B.C. chief says First Nations didn't give up rights for pipeline to be built

SMITHERS, B.C. — A Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief told a crowd of First Nation leaders gathered in Smithers that no elected band council or Crown authority has jurisdiction over the land.
Chief Na’Moks said the rights of the hereditary chiefs to the land have never been extinguished.
He said the agreements signed by pipeline builder Coastal GasLink are illegitimate, and the support shown by those gathered, and by many people around the world, proves the Wet’suwet&rsq