AOH :: TS'PETEN.TXT
A Chronological Archive of the Documents and Transcipts about Gustafsen Lake
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TS'PETEN (GUSTAFSEN LAKE) ARCHIVES
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Overview of events
About these archives
1997
* Trial: sovereigntists testify; final statements; verdicts; sentences *
State moves to prevent inquiry
1996
* Trial: police testimony reveals "smear campaign" * Sundance arbor burned
to ground
1995
* Siege: August 19 - September 17 * Wolverine, JoJo, and Dr. Bruce Clark
imprisoned
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How YOU can help the Ts'Peten Defenders
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OVERVIEW OF EVENTS
In 1995, after a long history of peaceful attempts to have Shuswap
sovereignty respected, indigenous people from the Shuswap and other
nations and a few non-indigenous supporters took a stand on sacred
Sundance lands at Ts'Peten, aka Gustafsen Lake. People came to the
Sundance grounds after a call for help went out, in response to
threats made by a local rancher and his hired goons. Shortly
afterwards the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) surrounded the
Ts'Peten Defenders and held the people there under siege. Over the
next month police, politicians, and media escalated the situation to
make the siege the most expensive domestic military operation in
Canada's history. Miraculously, there was only one casualty -- a dog
deliberately killed by a police sniper firing at two unarmed people
and the animal as they fled from police gunfire and armored personnel
carriers.
It could well be argued that there was another casualty at Ts'Peten:
justice. The people inside the encampment were forced to endure the
longest criminal trial in Canadian history. After over a year of
astonishing testimony by police (including open admissions of a "smear
and disinformation campaign" against the Ts'Peten Defenders and lawyer
Bruce Clark), thirteen of the Defenders received jail sentences.
Two of the Defenders are appealing the verdicts on the grounds that
the land where the siege took place is native land, and therefore the
settler (non-native) courts have no jurisdiction. In anticipation that
a settler court is not likely to rule against itself, Defenders are
also calling for an impartial, independent inquiry into the standoff
and the ensuing cover-up.
It remains to be seen if justice will be denied yet again.
Summary of key evidence and testimony
Chronologies
* As revealed in trial testimonies - up to Feb. 20/97
* Compiled by lawyers and Defendants - up to Oct./96
Related news and links
* Dr. Bruce Clark archives
* Our Home and Native Land - Sundancers on Trial
Ongoing series in Terminal City, Vancouver weekly magazine
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ABOUT THESE ARCHIVES
These archives are intended to be a reference for all documents
relating to Ts'Peten (Gustafsen Lake). Many of the items listed here
are NOT reliable, accurate sources of information (e.g., RCMP press
releases, mainstream media clippings). For example, most of the
mainstream newspapers that covered the standoff at Ts'Peten took their
information solely from police press releases and police statements,
ignoring or misquoting spokespeople of the Ts'Peten Defenders. The
documents listed here are, we believe, best read critically. Some of
the documents included in this archive may contain biased and
distorted information and may be missing pertinent facts and/or
context. Our inclusion of these documents in this archive should not
be assumed to mean we agree with their content. However, we do feel
that they are valuable sources of information in terms of
understanding the construction of the "smear and disinformation
campaign".
Documents are listed chronologically, in reverse order. For the
purposes of maintaining an overall chronological index, we have
interspersed legal and non-legal documents here. In addition we have
indexed the Defenders' trial at
http://kafka.uvic.ca/~vipirg/SISIS/GustLake/trial.html, for ease in
following solely the legal developments.
Abbreviations:
CASNP: Alliance in Solidarity with the Native Peoples
MNN: Mohawk Nation News Service
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1997
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SEPTEMBER
Sep 15/97: International day of e-mail action
Sep 15/97: Free Wolverine Campaign fundraiser to be held in Seattle
Sep 12/97: Ts'Peten Defender released from prison
Sep 11/97: Gustafsen 2 year retrospective - Interview with Wolverine
Sep 11/97: The Martlet: Unhappy anniversary
Sep 08/97: BC Report - "Native Insurrectionists"
Sep 08/97: Trial - The Militant: Activists protest attack on native
rights
Sep 07/97: Defensoria Maya stand in solidarity with Defenders
Sep 02/97: Canadian govt. used land mines against natives
Sep 01/97: Mayans condemn Canada
Sep / 97: Terminal City - Interview with John Shafter
Sep / 97: Terminal City - Interview with Lil'Wat activists
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AUGUST
Aug 29/97: Gustafsen 2 year retrospective - Aug. 29, 1995 remembered
Aug 28/97: Gustafsen 2 year retrospective - Aug. 28, 1995 remembered
Aug 28/97: Paranoid fantasies of Reform Party
Aug 27/97: Gustafsen 2 year retrospective - Aug. 27, 1995 remembered
Aug 26/97: Gustafsen 2 year retrospective - Aug. 26, 1995 remembered
Aug 25/97: Gustafsen 2 year retrospective - Aug. 25, 1995 remembered
Aug 13/97: BC Liberals woo Gustafsen Mountie
Aug 06/97: Conspirators scrambling to implement cover-up
Aug 04/97: Trial - Letter to Editor re: media coverage
Aug 01/97: New AFN 'Chief' calls for Gustafsen inquiry
JULY
Jul / 97: Trial - Demanarchie Vol. 4 #1: No Jurisdiction
Jul / 97: Latin American Connexions - Interview with Bill Lightbown
Jul 31/97: Trial - Clippings: Defenders sentenced
Jul 30/97: Trial - Defenders sentenced to jail terms
Jul 29/97: AFN Elections = pillowfight between political bedfellows
Jul 28/97: Trial - AFN 'chiefs' golf while Defenders await sentencing
Jul 23/97: Trial - Sentencing date set
Jul 22/97: Benefit to be held Aug 8 in Montreal
Jul 17/97: Ontario calls for inquiry; BC silent on Gustafsen
Jul 16/97: Interview with native RCMP officer who resigned after Gust.
Lake
Jul 15/97: Comparing Great Law and Handsome Lake Code
Jul 14/97: Canada moves to gut inquiries
Jul 12/97: Trial - Defenders' sentencing submissions continue
Jul 11/97: Trial - Waiting to see justice: Defenders' sentencing
submissions
Jul 10/97: Trial - Concerns mount, support letters come in
Jul 09/97: Trial - Support letter from ex-US Attorney General Ramsey
Clark
Jul 09/97: RCMP buy APCs to use on natives
Jul 08/97: Vancouver forum on Ts'Peten
Jul 07/97: Trial - Urgent appeal for letters supporting Defenders
Jul 04/97: European Parliamentarian supports Defenders
Jul 03/97: From Oka to Somalia to Gustafsen Lake
Jul 02/97: Official Gustafsen author an academic fraud
Jul 01/97: Interview with Bruce Clark: Gustafsen, Delgamuukw, the Queen,
legal "mafia"
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JUNE
Jun / 97: What was real threat posed by Sundancers?
Jun / 97: Source of Resistance #3: Colonialism Continues - Inside the
Gustafsen Lake Standoff
° Introduction & Contents
° Chronology of events during standoff
° Haudenosaunee letter of support to Defenders
° Roundtable: Excerpts from discussion with Bill Lightbown,
Shelagh Franklin, Flo Sampson and
John "Splitting the Sky" Hill.
° Letter from Bruce Clark to RCMP
° Complicity and Silence: Analysis of media coverage
° Interview with Wolverine
° Summation of Defender James (Eyabay) Pitawanakwat, aka OJ
° Damage control: Court tactics and media spin control
° Sovereignty: Speech by Lavina White, Haida elder
° Further Readings
Jun 30/97: Trial - Bulldozer #2: Jury steered to convict
Jun 23/97: Open letter to Queen Elizabeth II
Jun 21/97: Trial - Crown demands stiff sentences, especially for
Wolverine
Jun 20/97: Trial - Terminal City #196: No happy ending, just damage
control
Jun 17/97: Trial - MNN: The real sentencing circle
Jun 13/97: TV show on Gustafsen cover-up
Jun 11/97: Clipping: Psychological tactics, from Gustafsen to Peru
Jun 11/97: Trial - Clipping: Defence suggests sentencing circle
Jun 10/97: Trial - Sentencing delayed
Jun 09/97: Trial - Gustafsen 'sentencing circle' rejected by
sovereigntists
Jun 08/97: Trial - Vigil for Defenders
Jun 07/97: Trial - Clipping: Judge to rule on Gustafsen sentencing
Jun 06/97: Trial - Terminal City #194: Mapping racism
Jun 07/97: War criminal appointed to Law Commission
Jun 06/97: Trial - Wolverine: When will we get justice?
Jun 04/97: Trial - Socialist Worker: Drop all the charges
Jun 03/97: Day of Action in solidarity with Defenders
Jun 03/97: Report on Vancouver rally
Jun 01/97: Smear campaign continues
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MAY
May 31/97: Defendant "OJ": Stolen jurisdiction, illusion of reality
May 30/97: Trial - Terminal City #193: Defenders need your support now
May 27/97: Urgent action campaign for Defenders
May 27/97: Trial - Wolverine denied bail again; call for action
May 23/97: Clipping: Fast-tracking land claims lesson of Gust. Lake
May 23/97: Bruce Clark: Gustafsen Lake, Senecas, and Mohegans
May 22/97: Trial - CPC-ML condemns convictions
May 21/97: Clipping: Cops' antics not funny
May 21/97: Trial - Reasons for Judgement: Ruling disallowing
self-defence
May 20/97: Trial - CASNP statement on verdicts
May 20/97: Trial - Colonialist court, colonialist verdicts
May 19/97: Trial - Jury out a week; call for inquiry
May 18/97: Trial - Judicial manipulation of jury
May 16/97: Trial - Colour of Right defence: where did it go?
May 14/97: Trial - Still awaiting verdict
May 13/97: Trial - Jury still out
May 12/97: Trial - Jury begins deliberations
May 12/97: Trial - Judge continues to stonewall jurisdiction
May 11/97: Trial - Judge withholds 50+ hours of RCMP training tape
May 10/97: Trial - Charging the jury
May 09/97: Trial - Reasons for Judgement: Dismissal of jurisdiction
argument
May 09/97: Trial - CASNP: What next?
May 07/97: Trial - Judge stacks the deck
May 04/97: Trial - Clipping: Conspiracy theories on trial
May 02/97: Trial - Clipping: Crown accuses Defenders of
"Conspiracy to commit mischief"
May 01/97: Trial - Clipping: Crown argues "Gustafsen not a land issue"
May 01/97: National magazine supports public inquiry
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APRIL
Apr / 97: Trial - "Bulldozer" #1: Real Terrorists at Gustafsen Exposed
Apr 30/97: Trial - Last-minute dirty tricks to steer trial
Apr 30/97: Trial - Clipping: Wolverine speaks to court
Apr 29/97: Trial - Lawyer Manuel Azevedo: "Plea for respect"
Related document: interview with Glen Deneault
Apr 29/97: Trial - Clipping: Only conspiracy = politicans + police
Apr 28/97: Trial - Wolverine: "Bullshit sells, truth doesn't"
Apr 26/97: Trial - Lawyer George Wool: "Media manipulation"
Apr 25/97: Trial - Terminal City #188: Interview with John Shafer
Apr 25/97: Trial - OJ: "Sovereignty is the issue"
Apr 25/97: Trial - Lawyer Sheldon Tate: "Blame Clark, not clients"
Apr 24/97: Trial - Closing statements: Rob Flemming, Shelagh Franklin
Apr 21/97: Trial - End is in sight
Apr 21/97: Trial - Summary of key evidence and testimony
Apr 20/97: Trial - Reasons for Judgement: Dismissal of colour of right
defence Apr 18/97: Trial - Terminal City #187: Bruce Clark stands on
guard
Apr 16/97: Ernie Yacub's speech at Earth Walk '97
Apr 15/97: Trial - The Defense rests its case
Apr 14/97: Trial - Ts'peten trial reminiscent of Kafka's "Castle"
Apr 12/97: Trial - Lil'wat Elder testifies
Apr 11/97: Trial - Terminal City #186: Where's the media?
Apr 04/97: Trial - Terminal City #185: Trial continues
Apr 03/97: Mercredi = National Indian Hero or National Indian
Disgrace?
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MARCH
Mar / 97: The psychology behind RCMP actions at Ts'peten
Mar / 97: The spiritual stand at Gustafsen Lake
Mar 31/97: Trial - Media coverage = perception or reality?
Mar 27/97: Residential school rapist freed, Wolverine still in jail
Mar 27/97: Trial - Prosecution summons constitutional 'experts'
Mar 26/97: Trial - Bruce Clark: Canada "sneaks and snakes"
Mar 25/97: Trial - Bruce Clark: BC = "special racist enclave"
Mar 21/97: Interview with Wolverine
Mar 19/97: Trial - Bruce Clark: Responsibility for genocide
Mar 18/97: Trial - Bruce Clark: Self-defense = remedy to genocide
Mar 16/97: Montreal report on action against police brutality
Mar 14/97: Trial - Terminal City #182: Bruce Clark takes the stand
Mar 13/97: Trial - Bruce Clark: "Judicial genocide"
Mar 12/97: Trial - "Human Rights" minister ordered weapons
Mar 11/97: Trial - Bruce Clark testifies: rule of law on trial
Mar 08/97: Trial - Interrogation a travesty of justice
Mar 07/97: Trial - Clippings: Bruce Clark's testimony
Mar 07/97: Trial - Terminal City #181: Wolverine denied bail again
Mar 06/97: Trial - Bruce Clark: Respect and consent
Mar 06/97: Margaret Clark's car torched
Mar 05/97: Trial - Witness' memory "gone" due to abuse
Mar 04/97: Trial - Dr. Bruce Clark to appear as witness
Mar 03/97: Trial - The Militant: Cop frame-up against Natives unravels
Mar 02/97: Trial - Clipping: BC's trial in a giant 'fish tank'
Mar 02/97: Trial - Letter demanding media resume coverage
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FEBRUARY
Feb 28/97: Trial - Ernie Archie testifies
Feb 28/97: Trial - Terminal City #180: JoJo Ignace tortured
Feb 27/97: Trial - The Martlet: What kind of justice?
Feb 26/97: Trial - Media disappears
Feb 21/97: Trial - RCMP: Flak jackets tampered with
Feb 21/97: Trial - Terminal City #179: "murderers" vs. "patsies"
Feb 20/97: Trial - Clipping: Wolverine requests Clark
Chronology of standoff as revealed in trial testimonies - up to Feb.
20/97
Feb 19/97: Trial - RCMP quotes
Feb 18/97: Trial - Statement by Bill Lightbown, Kootenai elder
Feb 17/97: Trial - Defendant Trond Halle: Trial nears end
Feb 14/97: Trial - Terminal City #178: The non-official version
Feb 14/97: Trial - First casualty at Ts'peten = truth
Feb 12/97: Trial - Records exaggerated
Feb 06/97: Trial - Clipping: Trial turns into probe of Mounties'
actions
Feb 05/97: Trial - Clipping: Mountie says smear charge is "ludicrous"
Feb 04/97: Trial - Clipping: Sgt. cites boss: "Kill this Clark"
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JANUARY
Jan 31/97: Trial - Clipping: Up in smoke and all on video
Jan 29/97: Trial - Clipping: RCMP admit Gustafsen gaff
Jan 28/97: Trial - Clipping: Natives feared cops were racists
Jan 25/97: Trial - Clipping: RCMP denies plan to deceive media
Jan 24/97: Trial - Clipping: Mountie denies propaganda plan
Jan 23/97: Trial - Clippings: Officer altered surrender plan
Jan 23/97: Correspondence between Minister of Defence & Ts'peten legal
team
Jan 21/97: Trial - Clipping: Mountie regrets "smear" remark
Jan 20/97: Trial - Clipping: Battle extends to trial
Jan 09/97: Trial - Clipping: RCMP feared a "war"
Jan 08/97: Trial - Clipping: Police wanted 4,000 troops
Jan 07/97: Trial - Clipping: Armed standoff led to charges
Jan 01/97: Defenders' panel & RCMP shooting on TV
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1996
DECEMBER
Dec 20/96: Trial - RCMP "smear campaign" revealed
Dec 13/96: Trial, Day 91 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Dec 12/96: Trial, Day 90 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Dec 11/96: Trial, Day 89 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Dec 06/96: Trial, Day 88 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Dec 05/96: Trial, Day 87 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Dec 03/96: Trial, Day 86 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
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NOVEMBER
Nov 29/96: Trial, Day 85 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Nov 27/96: Trial, Day 83 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Nov 26/96: Trial, Day 82 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Nov 25/96: Trial, Day 81 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Nov 22/96: Trial, Day 80 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Nov 21/96: Trial, Day 79 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Nov 20/96: Trial, Day 78 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Nov 18/96: Trial, Day 77 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Nov 15/96: Trial, Day 76 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Nov 14/96: Trial, Day 75 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Nov 13/96: Trial, Day 74 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Nov 12/96: Trial, Day 73 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Nov 10/96: Trial - Call to attend bail hearing for Wolverine
Nov 08/96: Trial, Day 72 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Nov 07/96: Trial, Day 71 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Nov 06/96: Trial, Day 70 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Nov 05/96: Trial, Day 69 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Nov 04/96: Trial, Day 68 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
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OCTOBER
Oct 31/96: Trial, Day 67 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Oct 30/96: Trial, Day 66 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Oct 29/96: Trial, Day 65 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Oct 28/96: Trial, Day 64 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Oct 25/96: Trial, Day 63 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Oct 24/96: Trial, Day 62 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Oct 23/96: Trial, Day 61 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Oct 22/96: Trial, Day 60 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Oct 21/96: Trial, Day 59 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Oct 11/96: Trial, Day 58 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Oct 10/96: Trial, Day 57 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Oct 09/96: Trial, Day 56 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Oct 08/96: Trial, Day 55 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Oct 07/96: Trial, Day 54 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Oct 04/96: Trial, Day 53 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Oct 03/96: Trial, Day 52 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Oct 02/96: Trial, Day 51 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Oct 01/96: Trial, Day 50 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
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SEPTEMBER
Sep 30/96: Trial, Day 49 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Sep 27/96: Trial, Day 48 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Sep 26/96: Trial, Day 47 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Sep 25/96: Trial, Day 46 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Sep 24/96: Trial, Day 45 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Sep 23/96: Trial, Day 44 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Sep 20/96: Trial, Day 43 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Sep 19/96: Trial, Day 42 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Sep 18/96: Trial, Day 41 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Sep 17/96: Trial, Day 40 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Sep 16/96: Trial, Day 39 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Sep 16/96: Trial - The Militant: Native Canadians fight for land
rights
Sep 13/96: Trial, Day 38 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Sep 12/96: Trial, Day 37 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Sep 11/96: Trial, Day 36 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Sep 10/96: Trial, Day 35 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Sep 09/96: Trial, Day 34 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Sep 06/96: Trial, Day 33 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Sep 05/96: Trial, Day 32 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Sep 04/96: Trial, Day 31 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Sep 03/96: Trial, Day 30 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
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AUGUST
Aug / 96:
Speeches at Ts'peten support event, La Quena Coffeehouse Mary Pena,
Ts'peten Defender Dacajewiah, Ts'peten spokesperson Percy Rosette,
Shuswap Faithkeeper Aug 30/96: Trial, Day 29 - Defendant Trond Halle's
notes
Aug 29/96: Trial, Day 28 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Aug 28/96: Trial, Day 27 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Aug 27/96: Trial, Day 26 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Aug 26/96: Trial, Day 25 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Aug 23/96: Trial, Day 24 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Aug 22/96: Trial, Day 23 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Aug 21/96: Trial, Day 22 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Aug 20/96: Trial, Day 21 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Aug 18/96: Trial - Far from a 'ho-hummer': real criminals unmasked
Aug 15/96: Trial - Oh Canada, our home and NATIVE land
Aug 16/96: Trial, Day 19 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Aug 15/96: Trial, Day 18 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Aug 14/96: Trial, Day 17 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Aug 13/96: Trial, Day 16 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Aug 12/96: Trial, Day 15 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
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JULY
Jul 26/96: Trial, Day 14 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Jul 25/96: Trial, Day 13 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Jul 24/96: Trial, Day 12 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Jul 23/96: Trial, Day 11 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Jul 22/96: Trial, Day 10 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Jul 21/96: Trial - Delay caused by prosecution withholding info
Jul 21/96: Trial - RCMP sent in to improve NDP ratings?
Jul 19/96: Trial - Petition filed for Wolverine's release
Jul 19/96: Trial, Day 09 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Jul 18/96: Trial, Day 08 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Jul 17/96: Trial, Day 07 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Jul 17/96: Trial, Day 07 - 'Ownership' of site questioned
Jul 16/96: Trial, Day 06 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Jul 16/96: Trial, Day 06 - Excessive force used against Defender
Jul 15/96: Trial, Day 05 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Jul 15/96: Trial, Day 05 - RCMP selective memory
Jul 14/96: Trial, Week 1 - Summary of first week of court
Jul 11/96: Trial, Day 04 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Jul 10/96: Trial, Day 03 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Jul 09/96: Trial, Day 02 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Jul 09/96: Trial, Day 02 - First police testimony evasive
Jul 08/96: Trial, Day 01 - Defendant Trond Halle's notes
Jul 08/96: Trial, Day 01 - Powerful opening statement brings
spontaneous applause
Jul 07/96: Growing support for Defenders on eve of trial
Jul 03/96: Senior RCMP officers abscond from court
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JUNE
Jun 14/96: Trial - Ts'peten Defender demands RCMP issue retractions
Jun 04/96: Trial - Defenders' lawyer questions use of the military
Jun 04/96: Trial - Defense lawyer challenges make-up of jury pool
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MAY
May 30/96: Trial - The Martlet: Justice? What justice?
May 29/96: Trial - Jury selection begins
May 14/96: B.C. Attorney-General served with legal petition
May 07/96: Trial - Sgt. Montague continues to testify
May 06/96: Trial - Sgt. Montague grilled about RCMP handling of media
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APRIL
Apr 29/96: Trial - Strange justice: bail granted, injustice
unquestioned
Apr 26/96: Trial - Final day of bail hearing set
Apr 24/96: Trial - Clipping: Accused endures 'circus' in jail
Apr 23/96: Trial - Clipping: Lift on press ban sought
Apr 02/96: Sacred Sundance arbor burned down
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JANUARY
Jan 16/96: Defenders prepare for trial; police disclosures revealing
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1995
NOVEMBER
Nov / 95: Canadian Forum: Manufacturing Contempt-Covering the
stand-off
Nov / 95: Whose Province? - Top Ten Lies About Defenders Dismantled
Nov 11/95: Court continues use of intimidation tactics
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OCTOBER
late Oct.: Chronology of standoff, to Oct. 5
Oct 30/95: Who Owns Canada?
Oct 24/95: RCMP try to intimidate Ts'peten Defenders
Oct 24/95: Letter from Ts'peten Defenders to all supporters
Oct 23/95: Canada accelerates indigenous termination agenda
Oct 19/95: CBC Radio interview: Bruce Clark flees to Holland
Oct 12/95: Ex-US AG cites judge as tyrant
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SEPTEMBER
late Sep.: Letters to editor supporting Ts'peten Defenders
late Sep.: Life inside the Ts'peten Camp - by Trond Halle
Sep 26/95: 3rd party hearing request; Queens Park vigil dismantled
Sep 26/95: Letter from ex-U.S. Attorney General to Judge Friesen
Sep 25/95: The Militant: Protests challenge govt. assault on activists
Sep 19/95: Margaret Clark: Defending the big lie
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THE SIEGE
AUGUST 19 - SEPTEMBER 17, 1995
Day 30 - Sep 17 / 95
Update: Seige ends - RCMP press conference
Day 29 - Sep 16 / 95
Update: Bruce Clark arrested Support: Police harass indigenous
people at Peace Arch The Militant: Canada - Gov't is the criminal
Day 28 - Sep 15 / 95
ASSC (Aboriginal Sovereignty Support Committee) formed
Day 27 - Sep 14 / 95
Bruce Clark: Collaborators & police vs. the resistance peoples
Day 26 - Sep 13 / 95
Update: Defenders stay inside camp Media report: Peace at hand
Media report: RCMP accused of smear campaign Support: Sinixt Nation
Day 25 - Sep 12 / 95
Update: Police shoot defenders Update: Native support increases;
police step up tensions Clipping: Chronology of standoff Bruce
Clark: Supreme Court action
Day 24 - Sep 11 / 95
Update: Police block all movement except negotiating team Update:
Mohawks march against Ontario police killings Bruce Clark: Domestic
vs. constitutional law Support: Report on Mohawk action
Day 22 - Sep 09 / 95
Support: Haudenosaunee declaration of defence
Day 21- Sep 08 / 95
Support: Five Nations letter to Jean Chretien
Day 20 - Sep 07 / 95
Clipping: Whose "law" and whose "order"? The Militant: Canada cops
threaten natives Support: IITC to Jean Chretien on Gustafsen Lake
Op/Ed: COINTELPRO tactics
Day 19 - Sep 06 / 95
Related event: Ontario police murder unarmed native protester
Support: Indigenous Support From Australia
Day 18 - Sep 05 / 95
Update: Tanks, lap dogs, and injunctions
Day 15 - Sep 02 / 95
Update: Police declare 2000 square mile "no-go zone" Bruce Clark:
Correspondence between Clark & RCMP
Day 14 - Sep 01 / 95
Update: Two men leave camp; historical context of siege RCMP
document: RCMP media strategy
Day 13 - Aug 31 / 95
Update: Dr. Clark finally allowed to go inside camp Monday
Magazine: Shaking hands with "Wolverine"
Day 12 - Aug 30 / 95
Clippings: Court case way to end siege? Clipping: Standoff result
of "years of neglect" Clipping: AG says immunity "impossible"
Clipping: RCMP angered by media report Clipping: Action in U.S. in
support of Defenders Support: Mohawks seize Crown building
Day 11 - Aug 29 / 95
Update: International pressure, Sundancers' resolve cracks siege
Clipping: National columnist: media coverage suspect Support:
Ex-U.S. Attorney-General calls for peace at Gustafsen
Day 10 - Aug 28 / 95
Support: Demo in support of Defenders
Day 9 - Aug 27 / 95
Update: Police allege Defenders shot two officers
Day 8 - Aug 26 / 95
Update: Media distortion of situation at Gustafsen Lake Bruce
Clark: Sundancers are heroes, not terrorists Clipping: Mercredi,
rebels clash about way to justice
Day 7 - Aug 25 / 95
Release: Defenders' demands Update: RCMP tell media of plans for
invasion Update: Police cut communication to Defenders Support:
Group plans demo in support of Defenders
Day 6 - Aug 24 / 95
Release: Defenders call for peaceful solution
Day 5 - Aug 23 / 95
Clipping: Indians invite RCMP to talk
Day 4 - Aug 22 / 95
Clipping: Rebels plan to leave in 'body bags'
Day 3 - Aug 21 / 95
Release: Defenders' press release - support sought
Day 2 - Aug 20 / 95
Clipping: RCMP "on warpath" Clipping: Police set to move in
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JULY
Jul 19/95: Defenders' press release - Preparing for assault
[INLINE] Jul 12/95: Report of native RCMP Officer - "It's genocide"
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JUNE
Jun 28/95: Clipping - Gustafsen Lake: a special place
[INLINE] Jun 28/95: Clippings - Is Gustafsen a sacred site, or more?
Jun 18/95: Defenders' press release - No resolution from meeting
Jun 17/95: Defenders' press release - Chronicle of harassment
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