#12 Frontlines Are Everywhere | Sleydo’ Molly Wickham and Jennifer Wickham, Protecting the YINTAH for Future Generations

featuring Sleydo’ Molly Wickham and Jennifer Wickham (Gidimt’en Clan, Wet’suwet’en)

Sleydo’ Molly Wickham and Jennifer Wickham are on the frontlines of Wet’suwet’en land defence. They joined Jeff Ganohalidoh Corntassel for the season 1 finale of Frontlines Are Everywhere to discuss topics including the criminalization of Indigenous land defenders, building resilient communities on the frontlines, and their film YINTAH (2024), a documentary covering a decade of Wet’suwet’en resistance.

Sleydo’ Molly Wickham is a wing chief of the Cas Yikh people of the Gidimt’en clan. Molly is actively involved in land defense and reoccupation of traditional territories. She previously worked as Governance Director at the Office of the Wet’suwet’en.

Jennifer Wickham is a Gidimt’en clan member of the Wet’suwet’en people. Jennifer has been the Media Coordinator for Gidimt’en Checkpoint since 2018 and is co-director and producer of “YINTAH.”

UPDATE: After this interview took place, a judge ruled that Sleydo’ Molly Wickham and two land defenders arrested during the 2021 raid of Wet’suwet’en land defence camp were targets of racism, but that their convictions of contempt for court would stand–with reduced sentences. Sentencing decisions for all three land defenders will take place in the fall of 2025.