And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (S.I.S.I.S.) writes: :-:-:S.I.S.I.S. Settlers In Support of Indigenous Sovereignty:-:-: May 20, 1999 No Copyright; please reproduce SHUSWAP ELDER AGAIN THREATENED WITH IMPRISONMENT BY BC AUTHORITIES The 67 year old Shuswap traditionalist Wolverine is again experiencing harassment and intimidation from parole office officials in BC. Wolverine was recently paroled from an 8 1/2 year prison sentence for his role in the 1995 defence of unceded, sacred Sundance grounds at Ts'Peten (Gustafsen Lake) against one of the largest RCMP operations in Canadian history. Wolverine, aka Jones William Ignace, has been advised by the Kamloops Parole Office that he may not speak about state crimes committed during the Gustafsen Lake standoff, nor may he communicate with any other members of the indigenous traditionalist movement in BC. He has also been forbidden to attend a recent gathering of the Arrow Lakes people and cultural gatherings in the Lil'Wat nation. Moreover, Wolverine has been told that all communications with Splitting the Sky, spokesperson of the FREE WOLVERINE Campaign, must cease on pain of re-imprisonment. No such gag-order is included in Wolverine's terms of parole from the National Parole Board; the initiative appears to emanate from the BC authorities, specifically the Kamloops Parole Office. The Kamloops Parole Office previously threatened Wolverine with re-imprisonment in February of this year, when he accepted a speaking engagement at a community college in Kamloops. They withdrew that threat after being flooded with protest letters from around the world which condemned the blatant attack on his freedom of speech. Wolverine's friend and associate Splitting the Sky expressed outrage at the latest development. "It shows how far the governments will go to stop discussion or debate of anything connected to Indigenous sovereignty and [Canada's] attempts to suppress it. The intimidation, gagging and virtual house arrest of the elder Wolverine, and the disbarment of our counsel of choice Dr. Bruce Clark demonstrate clearly the governments' clear intent to muzzle the truth." An international campaign to obtain a public inquiry into 1995 Gustafsen standoff and the state crimes and human rights abuses that occurred there, has thus far met with outright refusals from both the BC and federal governments, despite a recent UN Human Rights Commission ruling recommending an inquiry into the killing of Aazhoodena sovereignty activist Dudley George during the 1995 stand-off at Stoney Point (aka Ipperwash). Both standoffs occurred virtually simultaneously, both concerned sacred lands and sovereignty, and both involved the active participation of collaborationist Indian elites who publicly denounced the standoffs at the time. These same elements have now inserted themselves into the inquiry campaigns and are attempting to exploit and steer the resulting political capital to their own agendas. Grand Chief Phil Fontaine of the Assembly of First Nations, when confronted recently by Gustafsen supporters at the Vancouver airport, brushed off complaints about his lack of action on an AFN resolution committing to pressure a public inquiry into "all aspects" of both the Gustafsen Lake and Stoney Point crises. "That's only one of hundreds of things we have to do," said Fontaine. "We've got lots of other things to do and I'm not the only one handling that anyway", said the Grand Chief as he hurried away. :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: PLEASE PROTEST IN THE STRONGEST WAY POSSIBLE THE THREATENED RE-INCARCERATION OF WOLVERINE! DEMAND THAT HIS FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT BE RESPECTED: Kamloops Parole Area Office 590-175 Second Avenue Kamloops "BC" (Canada) Phone (250) 851-4800 Solicitor-General of Canadafor Corrections and Parole matters) [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Prime Minister Jean Chretien: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BC Premier Glen Clark: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Grand Chief Phil Fontaine: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (letters will be forwarded to Wolverine) JOIN THE CALL FOR A PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO GUSTAFSEN LAKE 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... :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: S.I.S.I.S. 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