The threat of logging and damage to irreplaceable ecosystems has been a call to action for thousands, who have set up camps to stop forestry company Teal-Jones from building a logging road and harvesting old-growth trees.

But for Jackson, who is Nuu Chah Nulth/Heiltsuk and Nuučaańuł?ath/Haílzaqv, there wasn’t a choice. It’s a part of her inherent responsibility as an Indigenous person to protect the lands and waters.

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