The houses are affordable and energy-efficient, and are bringing back elements of the Secwepemc’s hunter-gatherer culture.

Indigenous Women Built These Tiny Houses to Block a Pipeline-and Reclaim Nomadic Traditions

Tiny houses are a trendy way to live minimally and downsize-but for a First Nations community in British Columbia, they’re an act of resistance. Since the fall, indigenous women of the Secwepemc Nation-calling themselves the Tiny House Warriors-have been constructing tiny houses that they plan to strategically place in the pathway of the proposed Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.