And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (S.I.S.I.S.) writes: :-:-:S.I.S.I.S. Settlers In Support of Indigenous Sovereignty:-:-: Feb. 22, 1999 No Copyright; Reproduce Freely CANADA THREATENS ELDER WITH PRISON IF HE DOESN'T SHUT UP: EMAIL ACTION The elder at the center of a stand by Shuswap traditionalists resisting a massive paramilitary operation mounted against their defence of the sacred, unceded Ts'peten Sundance grounds near Gustafsen Lake, has been threatened with re-imprisonment should he accept a speaking invitation from a class of students at a community college in Kamloops. Earlier this week the 67 year old Shuswap activist was visited at home on the Adams Lake Indian Reserve by two parole officers from the Kamloops area Parole Office who advised him that his parole would be revoked and he would be returned to custody if he discussed the Gustafsen affair. "What happened is I had a speaking engagement March 4th, where I was going to bring out the truth of what happened at Gustafsen Lake. They more or less threatened to send me back to prison if I speak out. I said all I'm bringing out is the truth. If this truth hurts some people then those people must have lots to hide," said Wolverine. "All the wrongdoings of the RCMP, Courts, government officials like BC Attorney General Ujjal Dosanjh, the Prime Minister and the Privy Council. This is the reason for the cover-up, because people in high places are involved. This is the reason for the attempt to gag me." "We don't have no civil liberties or human rights here, especially when the Attorney General with so much to hide is also the BC Minister of Human Rights, the same man who authorized shoot-to-kill orders at Gustafsen Lake. All we are asking for is a public inquiry. I should not even be on parole, I did nothing wrong. But there was a "smear and disinformation" campaign that included the RCMP, mainstream media here like the Vancouver Sun, the Vancouver Province, the Globe and Mail, CKNW radio, BCTV, CBC. They brought out the lies for the politicians and the RCMP who demonized the Sundancers at Gustafsen Lake. And now they're trying to hide the hollow point ammunition, the landmines and concussion grenades and the 'Rambo-types' that were up there. I'm telling the truth and we're asking for a public inquiry, so I'm told I can't speak on Gustafsen Lake. Well I won't accept any gag order and I told that to my Parole Board." CFUV Radio in Victoria, in a telephone interview conducted Thursday with the Regional Manager of the National Parole Board, Mike Halco, elicited the admission that the NPB had not placed any gag orders or conditions upon Wolverine. "If they've done that, it's not a decision by the National Parole Board," said Halco. Furthermore, Halco said any variance sought by the Kamloops Parole Office of the Canadian Corrections Service, would require reasons to be communicated to the National Parole Board, as the lead agency. No such reasons or variance had been received by the National Parole board. Personnel at the Kamloops office were unavailable for comment. This latest BC based move is simply the latest desperate attempt to maintain an ongoing Gustafsen cover-up. The increasing pressure for a public inquiry into all aspects of the 1995 armed standoff has resulted in renewed attempts to suppress and silence those speaking out. Although a huge and much-reported RCMP Public Complaints Commission is looking into allegations of excessive force and interference against student protesters at UBC during the 1997 Vancouver APEC Summit, an inquiry into Gustafsen has been refused. "I believe the matters have been absolutely and completely aired at trial and through the appeals," said BC's NDP Attorney General Ujjal Dosanjh. Even the supposedly progressive NDP Member of Parliament Svend Robinson has refused the demands of Apec protesters to support an inquiry call. "I am unable to support the call for a public inquiry... my New Democratic colleagues and I will continue to support the treaty negotiation process in BC, including the recently concluded Nisga'a treaty. This process, while often painstakingly slow and difficult, is certainly preferable to taking up guns and violence, as occurred in the summer of 1995," said Robinson. BC Premier Glen Clark has stated that: "the events at Gustafsen Lake have been dealt with appropriately by our criminal justice system. The Province has no intention of reviewing this matter through a public inquiry." Jane Stewart Canada's Minister of Indian Affairs deflected the inquiry call back to BC. "It would be appropriate for you to direct to the respective provincial government any calls to conduct an inquiry into allegations of misconduct by provincial officials and the province's police force... all matters pertaining to law enforcement are the responsibility of the Attorney General of that province." This is patent nonsense and there are compelling reasons and precedents for a federal inquiry. There is a continuing coverup and conspiracy to silence still emerging revelations of what really happened at Gustafsen Lake. Those who persevere are subjected of official harassment, intimidation and silencing. This is directly related to the serious nature of the sovereignty challenge posed by the arguments of Wolverine and other traditional sovereigntists fighting to expose the crooked conspiracy surrounding the fraudulent and demonstrably illegal land theft and usurpation by the settler state system. Dr. Tony Hall of the Department of Native American studies at the University of Lethbridge, put it this way: "...especially grave questions arise about the political use of police to stifle or discredit [native sovereignty] arguments that the governments of the day don't want to enter general circulation... the by now familiar references to the RCMP "smear" campaign, as I see it, have worked so well that otherwise skeptical people seem to have decided that they know enough not to want to know anymore about what happened. It's time that the whole relationship between Indian Country, the RCMP and the rule of law be examined in a deep and thoughtful way." PLEASE PROTEST IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE WAY, THE THREATENED RE-INCARCERATION OF SHUSWAP ELDER WOLVERINE FOR REFUSING TO SHUT UP ABOUT HIS RIGHTS AND THE OUTRAGES COMMITTED AGAINST HIM AND OTHERS AT GUSTAFSEN LAKE. DEMAND THAT A PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO ALL ASPECTS OF THE GUSTAFSEN LAKE MATTER BE CONVENED! Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chretien: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BC Premier Glen Clark: [EMAIL PROTECTED] STOP THE GAGGING AND THREATENED IMPRISONMENT OF WOLVERINE: Solicitor-General of Canada, Lawrence MacAulay (Minister responsible for Corrections and Parole matters) DO NOT IMPRISON WOLVERINE! [EMAIL PROTECTED] PLEASE CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JOIN THOSE DEMANDING A PUBLIC INQUIRY NOW! http://kafka.uvic.ca/~vipirg/SISIS/GustLake/support.html http://kafka.uvic.ca/~vipirg/SISIS/gustmain.html Some of those calling for a public inquiry include: Lil'Wat Estken, Moloqhil Tinamat, Defensoria Maya (Guatemala), Te Ropa Maori, Canadian Alliance in Solidarity with Native Peoples (CASNP), Green Group of the European Parliament, The Black Community Collective, Black Autonomy International, The Afrikan Frontline Network, Anti-Racist Action (ARA), Settlers in Support of Indigenous Sovereignty (SISIS), NW Leonard Peltier Support Network, Aboriginal Rights Coalition (ARC), Council of Canadians (Victoria), Building Bridges to Chiapas, National Green Party of Canada, Ramsey Clark - former US Attorney General and counsel to Leonard Peltier, Ts'peten Defence Committee, Free Wolverine Campaign, Incomindios, For Mother Earth/Kola (Belgium), Assembly of First Nations, League of Indigenous Sovereign Nations, American Indian Movement (Florida), National Campus/Community Radio Association (NCRA), Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU-SFU), IWW, Canadian Federation of Students, and many more... "The political terrorism waged against Indigenous Peoples and the manipulation of the crisis by the Canadian authorities continue to remain as root causes of the conflict which erupted at Ts'peten. From the beginning, the Canadian Government and the provincial authorities of British Columbia attempted to criminalize the Sundance Camp defenders without addressing the underlying issues of sovereign rights on unceded indigenous territories." -- Indigenous Peoples Alliance, September 1995 "Smear campaigns are our specialty." -- RCMP Media Liaison for BC, Peter Montague, September 1995, RCMP videotaped strategy session, disclosed at trial. WE WILL NEVER FORGET GUSTAFSEN LAKE - WE WILL NEVER FORGET DUDLEY GEORGE :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: S.I.S.I.S. Settlers In Support of Indigenous Sovereignty P.O. Box 8673, Victoria, "B.C." 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