Northern First Nations Look for Answers as Work Camps Bring the Virus
Wet’suwet’en Elders in Witset have identified five COVID-19 cases directly linked to workers returning from job sites.
Amanda Follett Hosgood lives and writes amidst the stunning mountains and rivers of Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Twitter @amandajfollett. SHARES Violet Gellenbeck, Kiliset: ‘It was our job then to begin to protect our families. And that s where we’re at today.’
Photo by Mark West.
Violet Gellenbeck, Kiliset, is an Elder and Ts’ako ze’, a female chief, who has barely left her home in the Wet’suwet’en community of Witset since March.