The Trespass: A Proposed Pipeline Brings Questions for the Gitxsan – The Tyee
June 3, 2026
Chiefs signed agreements, saying they were doing what’s best for the nation. Others say they weren’t given a choice.
Sim’oo’git Geel sits in her living room and gazes out the window at Sdiky’oodenax̱, the commanding peak whose name means “big brother” or “stands alone mountain” and rises above Gitanmaax, a Gitxsan community in northwest British Columbia.
Geel, who also goes by Catherine Blackstock, grew up just down the road in Old Hazelton, a vibrant village nestled on the shores of the Skeena River. Her mother ran several small businesses and her father drove a logging truck.
