Witness (the war in the woods, Tla-o-qui-aht (Clayoquot)(1993)

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Witness (The War in The Woods in Tla-o-qui-aht (Clayoquot)(1993) is a series of photographs documentating the group meetings of participants, protestors, arrests and camp supporters in 1992 to 93 culminating in The War in the Woods : the 1993 Protests to save ancient forests from clear cutting on the unceded territory of the aaḥuusʔatḥ(Ahousaht), hišqʷiʔatḥ(Hesquiaht) and ƛaʔuukʷiʔatḥ nuučaanułatḥ (Nuu-chah-nulth Nations).

The weight of living things (biomass and carbon sink) on the West Coast is the biggest biomass on the planet, greater than the weight in the Amazon, because of the weight of the massive, ancient tree relatives.


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This work was created in K'emk'emeláyÌ“ (colonially known as Vancouver BC.), situated on the stolen, unceded, ancestral and current territories of the əəθkʷə̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵw̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and sə̓lil̓wətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With respect and acknowledgement of their aeons-long nationhood, cultures, knowledge, languages and all relations, we support ongoing actions and initiatives here and in the unceded Wet'suwet'en territories.