Tsilhqot’in

Teztan Biny (Fish Lake) in Tsilhqot’in territory.

Setbacks for greedy extraction companies always make me happy, but when they coincide with benefits to the little guy, I’m extatic. Like when the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously granted the Tsilhqot’in tribe the right to their ancestral lands in British Columbia. This means that forestry and mining companies such as Taseko Mining, Ltd. cannot ravish the land the way they planned.
“The Tsilhqot’in Nation is using culture as a weapon,” complained Taseko. Damn right they are. Just like you use lawyers and money. Only this time, for once, culture won. Deal with it.