First Nation Protesters Set Sights On New Shale Gas Protest Site | PopularResistance.Org

5.11.13

First Nation Protesters Set Sights On New Shale Gas Protest Site | PopularResistance.Org: “SWN intends to begin work again this Monday, November 4, 2013, even though no steps have been taken by the province to begin discussions with Elsipogtog.”

The group believes SWN will�resume seismic testing activity along Route 11, near Laketon.��On Saturday, 50 First Nations members staked land claims in the same area. They say since Saturday, more of SWN’s geophones — instruments used to collect seismic data — have been placed.

About 20 protesters went to Laketon to see where they could set up another protest site and watch for SWN’s activity. Those protesters�planned to�meet, regroup and try to figure out the best spot along Route 11 to set up.

“If they do start, my people are going there and we’re going to stop it,”�said�protester Louis�Jerome.

“I think everyone’s a little more thinking of what’s the next legal action step,” said Sequoyah Bernard, a member of the warrior society who has been�sleeping at the site for�three weeks.