NATIVE_NEWS: ipperwash: transcript of the NDP MPP speeches
Posted by [EMAIL PROTECTED] : From: NDP Mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Russ Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Ipperwash Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 15:32:07 -0500 : Bill 3, An Act to provide for a public inquiry to discover the truth about events at Ipperwash Provincial Park leading to the death of Dudley George / Projet de loi 3, Loi prvoyant une enqute publique pour dcouvrir la vrit sur les vnements qui se sont produits au parc provincial Ipperwash et qui ont conduit au dcs de Dudley George. Following is a transcript of the NDP MPP speeches: Mr Peter Kormos (Niagara Centre): I'm pleased to have the opportunity to speak firmly and clearly in support of this bill and the proposition contained within it. I can tell you that Gilles Bisson, our member responsible for native affairs, as well as Howard Hampton, our leader, will be addressing the bill as well. It's been an incredible history of events: four years and counting, Dudley George shot down, murdered, in Ipperwash and a succession of not just allegations but bits and pieces of evidence which point to and raise the clear spectre of direct government involvement--this government, this Premier, this Premier's advisers and at least one of this Premier's backbenchers as well as, perhaps, the Attorney General and Solicitor General of the day being directly involved, politicizing the role of the Ontario Provincial Police; Marcel Beaubien, the member for now Lambton-Kent-Middlesex, and the comments attributed to him, If they're not out of the park something has to be done, and the other now notorious comment, Get the fucking Indians out of the park, as well as a Premier who has stonewalled and resisted any fair and thorough inquiry into what was the murder of a peaceful and gentle-- Mr R. Gary Stewart (Peterborough): On a point of order, Mr Speaker: I realize the member may be quoting something, but I don't think we use that type of language in this House. The Acting Speaker: There is nothing out of order with the language. It may be inappropriate but that's up to the member. Mr Kormos: It is regrettable that native persons, First Nations persons, would be spoken of in that context and with that level of disdain and repugnant language. I regret having to refer to it, but the fact remains that it's a statement that has clearly been identified as having been made. Let's not ignore the realities here. Let's understand that this has not only been an injustice, a grave injustice, of course, to Dudley George and to his family, but a grave injustice to the First Nations people of this province and of this country and a grave injustice to the community, the members of this province and of this country, all of us as residents or citizens. The Premier has very skilfully avoided attendance at examinations for discovery so that he can be compelled to give evidence under oath. Every indication is there that he will continue to use every legal means to the point of pettifoggery to avoid appearance for the purpose of examination for discovery. Dudley George, his family, First Nations people and the people of this province deserve nothing less, and the call today is for nothing less than a public inquiry with the full disclosure of the course of events that led to the murder of Dudley George, and a clear result indicting those who will be found or could be found or may be found to be responsible for those unconscionable actions some four years ago. Mr Gilles Bisson (Timmins-James Bay): First of all, as the critic for native affairs for the NDP caucus, I want to say outright and at this point that our caucus will be supporting this bill put forward by the honourable member, for a lot of reasons that were spoken to a little earlier and will be spoken to. But I want to say that we support to the utmost what he is trying to do here. Quite frankly, what we have seen over the past four years is a government that on every occasion has tried to duck out from its responsibility on this whole matter. I'm not going to go through all the events that led to the unfortunate death, or I should say murder, of Dudley George. But it is fairly clear from the evidence as we see it, and as I think any fair-minded person would see it, that the police were basically influenced by the provincial government. The Mike Harris government--Mr Beaubien, Mr Harris himself and other members of his government--had their hands all over this thing. It was out of character for the Ontario Provincial Police to move in the way they did the night Dudley George was killed. We know, because the OPP were under directives from our government previously, that in no case and at no time should the OPP react the way they did. I know from talking to OPP officers since then that they felt a great amount of pressure on the part of the government on this particular issue. It was stated earlier, in the comments made by the Harris government in regard to its decision to send the police in and to kick the [expletiv
NATIVE_NEWS: Ipperwash Bill Defeated: Coalition Responds
Posted by [EMAIL PROTECTED] : From: Ann Pohl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Ipperwash Bill Defeated: Coalition Responds ** December 9, 1999 - Media Alert ** * Coalition for a Public Inquiry into Ipperwash Postal: Box 111, Station C, Toronto, Ont., M6J 3M7 Website: http://www.web.net/~inquiry Telephone: 416-537-3520 Fax: 416-538-2559 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Press Conference: Coalition's National and International Strategy with Lawyer Mary Eberts, and Harry Kits from Citizens for Public Justice Friday, December 10, 1999: 10:00 am Media Studio, Main Legislative Building, Queen's Park Tories Defeat "The Truth About Ipperwash Act" on First Reading ~ But the Coalition Won't Give Up - Announces National & International Strategies ~ This morning Conservative party members speedily defeated a Private Member's Bill calling for an Inquiry into Ipperwash. Sponsored by Liberal MPP Gerry Phillips and strongly supported by the New Democrat caucus at Queen's Park, the Bill was aptly named "The Truth About Ipperwash Act". It had been deftly worded to accommodate Tory concerns about prejudicing other cases before the courts. Still, only one Tory MPP could bring himself to 'do the right thing': Garry Guzzo, who represents an Ottawa riding. It was absolutely clear that Mr. Guzzo, a former Judge, 'broke ranks' on this matter as Tory and Tory stood to vote the Bill down. "This is just a continuation of the Ontario Tory strategy to delay and obstruct the emergence of the truth about Ipperwash. At the very last minute, the Tories used their legislative majority to switch the timing for discussion of this Bill, so that the Press and our members missed the debate," said Ann Pohl, a Coalition Spokesperson who was alerted about the time change 40 minutes before debate began and in attendance. "We admire the ongoing efforts of the Opposition Parties at Queen's Park to get at the truth about Ipperwash. Yet, it is totally clear that the Harris government will not allow a public investigation into why the September 6, 1995 events at Ipperwash Park went so terribly wrong. We are relying on national and international strategies at this point." The Ontario government has already spent AT LEAST $2,000,000 on the Ipperwash Cover-Up alone - exclusive of the costs of the associated criminal cases. By defeating the Bill, the Ontario Tories have ensured that this fiscal drain will become a hemorrhage. Costs related to the Civil Suit against the Premier and others, for Dudley George's "Wrongful Death", will skyrocket in the next few months as the Premier's new outside lawyer, Eleanore Cronk, attempts to continue Tory delaying tactics in relation to the oral Examination for Discovery. Cronk normally bills in excess of $400/hr or $4000 per day in court. At stake is not just the misuse of taxpayers' money. The Coalition is terribly concerned about the nature of state response to democratic protest across North America: Ipperwash, student and public service demonstrations in Ontario in 1996, APEC in 1997, and recently the WTO meeting. Combined with the threat of violence associated with growing anti-Aboriginal rights backlash across Canada, our members feel we are involved in what may be the fight of our lives: opposing the downward slide in official respect for civil and political human rights. We will not tolerate Premier Harris curtailing public investigation and debate of government actions in the name of efficiency. We WILL NOT give up on the idea that we are entitled to a full, impartial, judicial Public Inquiry into all the circumstances surrounding the death of Dudley George during the Ipperwash Affair. - 30 - For more information: Ann Pohl - 416-537-3520 Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. <><><>> Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ <><><>>
NATIVE_NEWS: Ipperwash meeting, Oct 5, Toronto
And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 23:49:48 -0700 From: Ann Pohl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Ipperwash Coalition for a Public Inquiry into the Death of Dudley George announces an IMPORTANT PUBLIC MEETING TUESDAY, OCT. 5, 1999, 6:00 - 8:00 PM Native Canadian Centre, 16 Spadina Rd. Toronto (just north of Bloor) Agenda will include: - preparations for November Vigil in Ottawa: - Justice for Leonard Peltier and Dudley George; - the Ontario Liberals' proposed Truth About Ipperwash Act, - the latest news on related court cases. Your support is needed! Please plan to attend. Info: 416-537-3520 Visit our website at http://www.web.net/~inquiry . Bob Olsen, Toronto [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. && Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/ &&
NATIVE_NEWS: Ipperwash - Pierre George speaking to press today
And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 09:59:40 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Lynne Moss-Sharman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Ipperwash - Pierre George speaking to press today Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Wednesday, September 15, 1999 Ipperwash conviction, sentence appealed By JULIE CARL, London Free Press Columnist The Ipperwash saga hits a Toronto courtroom today as a court hears two appeals in the case of a police officer convicted of shooting a native protester four years ago. Acting OPP Sgt. Kenneth Deane is appealing his 1997 conviction of criminal negligence causing death in the shooting of Dudley George. The Crown's appeal of Deane's sentence of two years less a day to be served in the community -- the maximum sentence is life in prison -- will be heard in the same courtroom today, court staff said. (Deane was also ordered to perform 180 hours of community service.) Shortly after Deane's offence, a minimum sentence of four years in prison was implemented for cases in which a gun was used. Deane's sentence ended in July. Calls to OPP's Orillia headquarters about his duties and possible Police Services Act charges were not returned. It was just over four years ago that about 25 Stoney Point natives walked into Ipperwash Provincial Park as it closed for the season. They were protesting the park's development, which they said desecrated a native burial ground. Two days later, on Sept. 4, 1995, about 40 heavily armed OPP officers, some equipped with night vision goggles and semi-automatic weapons, marched on the park late at night. In the clash, George was shot and killed, a native youth was wounded and a native man badly beaten. There were immediate allegations Premier Mike Harris ordered police to use force and calls for a public inquiry into what happened. In 1997, documents released under Freedom of Information legislation suggested Harris wanted the natives out of the park, "nothing else." Harris has denied ordering police to confront the natives. He has also said a public inquiry can't be held while legal cases are before the courts. Among those cases is a $7-million wrongful death suit launched by five of George's seven brothers and sisters. It names the provincial government, Harris, cabinet ministers, Tory MPPs and police officials. Bob Runciman, solicitor general at the time of the shooting, was to answer questions at an examination for discovery Sept. 8, said family counsel Murray Klippenstein. Runciman didn't show up, Klippenstein said. A spokesperson for the Attorney General couldn't say yesterday why Runciman missed the court appearance. Unlike criminal court, which quickly issues warrants for no-shows, civil court puts the onus on litigants to ensure witnesses attend court. Klippenstein said the family is weighing its options. The province's lack of response to court proceedings has "a sense of surrealness to it," he said. The government hasn't released any paperwork dealing with Ipperwash despite the family's requests through the courts, Klippenstein said. Pierre George, Dudley's brother, who's not involved in the lawsuit, has vivid memories of the night of the shooting. He intends to share them with the world this morning on the steps of the courthouse where the appeals are to be heard. When police failed to call for an ambulance for his dying brother, Pierre George drove him to hospital more than 50 kilometres away in a ramshackle car with a flat tire. When the car pulled up to the hospital, police grabbed Pierre George and charged him with attempted murder. He wants to know why they monitored his slow progress across Lambton County but didn't intervene to help his dying brother. He'd also like to know who he was alleged to have tried to kill. The charge was withdrawn. "When will I get justice for my brother?" Pierre George asks. "What do I have to do to know what really happened to him?" "Let Us Consider The Human Brain As A Very Complex Photographic Plate" 1957 G.H. Estabrooks www.angelfire.com/mn/mcap/bc.html FOR K A R E N #01182 who died fighting 4/23/99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.aches-mc.org 807-622-5407
NATIVE_NEWS: Ipperwash Whitewash Unconsionable
And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: From: Bob Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Ipperwash Whitewash Unconsionable QUOTE: So far, the government has lost every argument in court, but it is pretty clear what the strategy is: Drag the civil case on beyond the spring election (done) and beyond the capacity of the George family to sustain (not done, thanks to pro bono work by the family lawyers). Toronto Star September 6, 1999 Issue We still need truth on Ipperwash FOUR [By Ian Urquhart - Queen's Park] YEARS AGO today, Dudley George, an unarmed native protester, was shot and killed by the Ontario Provincial Police riot squad at Ipperwash Provincial Park on the shores of Lake Huron. George and about 30 other First Nations protesters had occupied the park, which they said was on the site of an ancient burial ground, just two days before the shooting. An OPP officer was subsequently charged and convicted of criminal negligence causing death. But thanks to a concerted cover-up by the government of Premier Mike Harris, serious and disturbing questions remain unanswered in the case, viz: Why did the riot squad advance on the park instead of just waiting out the protesters, as the OPP had in previous occupations? After all, the tourism season had already ended by the time First Nations protesters had moved in. Were the police pressured by the Tory government to take action? If so, by whom in the government? Why? Were the Tories, fresh in office in September, 1995, thirsting for a fight to demonstrate their tough, no-nonsense approach? Harris, his aides and his ministers say they have nothing to hide, but their actions speak much more loudly than their words. * They have repeatedly refused to call a public inquiry into the George shooting on the widely discredited ground that it would be sub judice because the OPP officer is appealing his conviction. His appeal is due to be heard this fall. ``Other options will not be considered until all these court proceedings are completed,'' said then attorney-general Charles Harnick during debate in the Legislature on an opposition resolution calling for a inquiry. ``It would be premature to make a decision (on a public inquiry) or to comment further while these matters remain before the courts. The government is following the proper, traditional and appropriate steps in dealing with this situation.'' In fact, there is a substantial body of legal opinion to support the holding of a public inquiry even while parallel criminal cases are still before the courts. Federal inquiries into both the Westray mine disaster and the Somalia peacekeeping mission were held in these circumstances. Harnick is now retired from politics and has been replaced as attorney-general by Jim Flaherty, but there has been no discernible impact on the government's stance on Ipperwash. ``The government's position has not changed,'' a terse Flaherty told me this week. Not only have Flaherty and Harris continued to refuse a public inquiry, but they have also rejected requests this summer by the George family for a meeting just to talk about the idea. * They have also fought a ferocious legal battle against the George family's attempts to pursue a civil suit in the case. Using technicalities and arcane arguments, they have sought to prevent the suit ever coming to court, where Harris and Harnick and others might be called to testify. So far, the government has lost every argument in court, but it is pretty clear what the strategy is: Drag the civil case on beyond the spring election (done) and beyond the capacity of the George family to sustain (not done, thanks to pro bono work by the family lawyers). ``It is a deliberate use of technical, legalistic manoeuvres to slow down the process,'' says Murray Klippenstein, one of the lawyers working for the family. ``It is shameful.'' Flaherty said it would be ``inappropriate'' for him to make any comment on this charge. Despite such stonewalling, some evidence has been tickled out of the government by the opposition parties, notably Liberal native affairs critic Gerry Phillips and NDP Leader Howard Hampton, and by the media, notably Peter Edwards and Harold Levy of The Star. As a result, we know that Deb Hutton, one of the Premier's most trusted aides, went to an inter-ministerial meeting the morning of the shooting and expressed the view that native protesters be ousted from the park; that local Tory MPP, Marcel Beaubien, was on the scene and sending urgent messages to the Premier's office describing the Ipperwash occupants as ``thugs;'' and that then solicitor-general Bob Runciman was in contact with the OPP commissioner. These are only fragments, enough to arouse suspicion but not to draw conclusions. It will take a public inquir
NATIVE_NEWS: Ipperwash: Toronto Star...cover up of OPP assault (fwd)
And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 08:14:28 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: ernie yacub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Ipperwash: Toronto Star...cover up of OPP assault (fwd) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 08:18:46 -0400 To: C4LD Democ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: C4LDEMOC-L: Toronto Star: We still need truth on Ipperwash September 6, 1999 We still need truth on Ipperwash Ian Urquhart, Toronto Star FOUR YEARS AGO today, Dudley George, an unarmed native protester, was shot and killed by the Ontario Provincial Police riot squad at Ipperwash Provincial Park on the shores of Lake Huron. George and about 30 other First Nations protesters had occupied the park, which they said was on the site of an ancient burial ground, just two days before the shooting. An OPP officer was subsequently charged and convicted of criminal negligence causing death. But thanks to a concerted cover-up by the government of Premier Mike Harris, serious and disturbing questions remain unanswered in the case, viz: Why did the riot squad advance on the park instead of just waiting out the protesters, as the OPP had in previous occupations? After all, the tourism season had already ended by the time First Nations protesters had moved in. Were the police pressured by the Tory government to take action? If so, by whom in the government? Why? Were the Tories, fresh in office in September, 1995, thirsting for a fight to demonstrate their tough, no-nonsense approach? Harris, his aides and his ministers say they have nothing to hide, but their actions speak much more loudly than their words. They have repeatedly refused to call a public inquiry into the George shooting on the widely discredited ground that it would be sub judice because the OPP officer is appealing his conviction. His appeal is due to be heard this fall. ``Other options will not be considered until all these court proceedings are completed,'' said then attorney-general Charles Harnick during debate in the Legislature on an opposition resolution calling for a inquiry. ``It would be premature to make a decision (on a public inquiry) or to comment further while these matters remain before the courts. The government is following the proper, traditional and appropriate steps in dealing with this situation.'' In fact, there is a substantial body of legal opinion to support the holding of a public inquiry even while parallel criminal cases are still before the courts. Federal inquiries into both the Westray mine disaster and the Somalia peacekeeping mission were held in these circumstances. Harnick is now retired from politics and has been replaced as attorney-general by Jim Flaherty, but there has been no discernible impact on the government's stance on Ipperwash. ``The government's position has not changed,'' a terse Flaherty told me this week. Not only have Flaherty and Harris continued to refuse a public inquiry, but they have also rejected requests this summer by the George family for a meeting just to talk about the idea. They have also fought a ferocious legal battle against the George family's attempts to pursue a civil suit in the case. Using technicalities and arcane arguments, they have sought to prevent the suit ever coming to court, where Harris and Harnick and others might be called to testify. So far, the government has lost every argument in court, but it is pretty clear what the strategy is: Drag the civil case on beyond the spring election (done) and beyond the capacity of the George family to sustain (not done, thanks to pro bono work by the family lawyers). ``It is a deliberate use of technical, legalistic manoeuvres to slow down the process,'' says Murray Klippenstein, one of the lawyers working for the family. ``It is shameful.'' Flaherty said it would be ``inappropriate'' for him to make any comment on this charge. Despite such stonewalling, some evidence has been tickled out of the government by the opposition parties, notably Liberal native affairs critic Gerry Phillips and NDP Leader Howard Hampton, and by the media, notably Peter Edwards and Harold Levy of The Star. As a result, we know that Deb Hutton, one of the Premier's most trusted aides, went to an inter-ministerial meeting the morning of the shooting and expressed the view that native protesters be ousted from the park; that local Tory MPP, Marcel Beaubien, was on the scene and sending urgent messages to the Premier's office describing the Ipperwash occupants as ``thugs;'' and that then solicitor-general Bob Runciman was in contact with the OPP commissioner. These are only fragments, enough to arouse suspicion but not to draw conclusions. It will take a public inquiry to get the full story, which the government clearly does not want to come out. Only public pressure will force its hand. Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrin
NATIVE_NEWS: Ipperwash
And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 09:51:25 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Russ Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Ipperwash Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_4171350==_.ALT" Remember Dudley George who died on September 6 1995 defending his homeland. Settlers Look back upon your history, Do you remember from where you came? How long ago did your ancestors set foot On this land of hardship and gain. Did they come out of persecution, Did they flee a certain famine, Who hosted you on Turtle Island, Who brewed bark tea when the scurvy came? Were you friends back then, survivors, Did you trade and laugh and meet, Were you glad to have new homes then, Did you know that prejudice creeped? Your allies, benefactors fell from grace, Into the settlers ego a shadow emerged That thought its ways were better And so the hosts were purged. The oppressed became the oppressors, And it was the Native's turn To feel the persecution and the famine turned Over a new leaf, and the hosts were spurned. Settlers, you'll always be the same, As a passed-on farmer's plot always carries his name, This land didn't need you to be fulfilled, First Nations already had the job filled. Will you reach out, remember your past?, Each generation is responsible for that of the last, Of sovereignty that is not exclusively yours, To share what you borrowed, ours is not exclusively yours. (c) 1998 Sandra Mitchell "We did not weave the web of life. We are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves" Walk gently on Mother Earth" "It's not necessary to blow out the other fellows candle.to let your own shine". I found that on the top of a menu in a little cafe in Mendimines, Kansas about 30 years agoand its stuck with me ever since. Petition For A Public Inquire Into The Death Of Dudley George http://www.nt.net/~russell/petition.html http://www.nt.net/~russell http://www.nt.net/~russell/Sandra Fax Number 603.737.3337 Genealogy Home Pages: http://business.fortunecity.com/influence/298 http://sandra.literature.webjump.com "And A Wolf Howled" http://www.nt.net/~russell/Work "Turtle Island" http://business.fortunecity.com/influence/298/Native/turtle_island.htm UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE: http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/ Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. && Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/ &&
NATIVE_NEWS: Ipperwash: September 6, 1999 & No Inquiry!
And now:LISN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Subject: September 6, 1999 & No Inquiry! Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 14:31:51 -0700 From: Ann Pohl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: (Recipient list suppressed) Four Years after the fatal OPP Riot at Ipperwash - JOIN THE LABOUR DAY PARADE Sept. 6, 1999 Gathering at 8:30 am at Armoury and University Avenue (one block north of Queen Street West, on the east side). Bring Drums, placards, water, comfortable shoes. Parade route is along Queen West to the Dufferin Gates of the CNE. Parade participants enter the "EX" for free. ***Join us at the front of the Parade.*** In commemoration of the sacrifices made by the Aboriginal Rights protestors at Ipperwash, and the human rights violations they experienced, the Coalition for a Public Inquiry into the Death of Dudley George has been asked to join the lead contingent of this massive annual labour movement parade. PARADE LEAVES AT 9:15 AM - don't be late or you'll miss us. ** The Truth Must Come Out. ** An Injury to One is an Injury to All. ** The Coalition for a Public Inquiry into the Death of Dudley George. Info: 416-537-3520. Visit us at http://www.web.net/~inquiry
NATIVE_NEWS: Ipperwash
And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 12:13:04 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Russ Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Ipperwash Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed September 6, 1999 4 Years --- to the day!!! --- after the fatal OPP Riot at Ipperwash. Still no Inquiry! Not even an Inquest!! AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL When we stand together - in a Confederacy, a Labour Union, a coalition or a community - we are strongest. When we are divided we can easily be overwhelmed and defeated. JOIN THE LABOUR DAY PARADE Monday, September 6, 1999 - 8:30 am *** Gather at Armoury and University Avenue *** (one block north of Queen Street West, on the east side) *** Bring Drums, placards, water, comfortable shoes. *** Parade route is along Queen West to the Dufferin Gates of the CNE. *** Parade participants enter the "EX" for free. *** LABOUR DAY PARADE ORGANIZERS HONOUR DUDLEY'S SACRIFICE FOR HIS RIGHTS In commemoration of the sacrifices made by the Aboriginal Rights protestors at Ipperwash, and the human rights violations they experienced, the *** Coalition for a Public Inquiry into the Death of Dudley George *** has been asked to ___join the FIRST CONTINGENT of this MASSIVE annual labour movement parade. We will leave University Avenue promptly, so please arrive before 9:00 am (sharp) or plan to join us enroute along Queen West. WE ARE ALL AFFECTED WHEN HUMAN RIGHTS ARE NOT ADDRESSED BY GOVERNMENT Major international human rights violations occurred at Ipperwash Park on September 6, 1995, and we are all affected! About 30 Aboriginal persons peacefully occupied the closed Park, because of a longstanding land rights grievance. They were harassed in a confrontational manner by approximately 250 OPP riot police. By night's end, one protestor was killed, one severely beaten, and two others wounded. Dozens of Aboriginal persons were arrested, forced through expensive trials, and finally acquitted. Immediate family members of the protestors were arrested while seeking medical aid for the fatally wounded Dudley George. When one person's rights are trampled, the rights of all of us are in jeopardy. HARRIS PROMISED DIALOGUE IN HIS SECOND TERM BUT WON'T EVEN MEET US! For Ontarians, our belief that we can safely enjoy the right to political, non-violent protest died that night. To date, the Ontario government will not even discuss the issues with the Coalition! HOW COMPLICIT WAS OTTAWA IN IPPERWASH POLICE RIOT? For Canadians, there are very disturbing parallels with the RCMP "handling" of the APEC protest, and - even more particularly - the events at Gustafsen Lake which occurred at the same time as the Ipperwash occupation and police riot. A seriously flawed Inquiry has been called into the APEC matter, and a Gustafsen Lake Inquiry has been stonewalled - just like Ipperwash. Shame!! THEY MAY HOLD THE REIGNS OF GOVERNMENT, BUT WE ARE MANY AND MUST STAY STRONG. Amnesty International, the United Nations Human Rights Committee, the Ontario Ombudsman and thousands of other groups and individuals have demanded an Inquiry into Ipperwash. This issue has gone on for a long time and the money/power is stacked on the other side. Yet, we all recognize that there is farr too much to lose if we give up now. WE MUST FIGHT, UNITED AND STRONG, FOR OUR RIGHTS! Show you are concerned. JOIN US AT THE FRONT OF THE PARADE. Please pass this message on to friends, allies and companeros who might be interested. If you can use a paper copy of our flyer for circulation in your group or community, please contact us. Ann Pohl Spokesperson Info: 416-537-3520 Fax: 416-538-2559 Visit our website (to be updated in early Sept.) at http://www.web.net/~inquiry "It's not necessary to blow out the other fellows candle.to let your own shine". I found that on the top of a menu in a little cafe in Mendimines, Kansas about 30 years agoand its stuck with me ever since. Petition For A Public Inquire Into The Death Of Dudley George http://www.nt.net/~russell/petition.html http://www.nt.net/~russell http://www.nt.net/~russell/Sandra Fax Number 603.737.3337 Genealogy Home Pages: http://business.fortunecity.com/influence/298 http://sandra.literature.webjump.com "And A Wolf Howled" http://www.nt.net/~russell/Work "Turtle Island" http://business.fortunecity.com/influence/298/Native/turtle_island.htm Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. && Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/ &&
NATIVE_NEWS: Ipperwash, by Sandra Mitchell
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 12:24:37 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Russ Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Ipperwash Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_1518772==_.ALT" The article below was written in August of 1998 by Sandra it was never submitted to a magazine and is unedited. A History of Frustration by Sandra Mitchell This is a story of frustration and the violation of human rights, when a country turns on its own citizens. Please stop and ask yourself what you would think if your whole town was ordered to move up the highway and combine with residents of another community. The GTA merger into one city of Toronto has created a fervor and no one was even asked to leave their land behind, just amalgamate. Can you identify with such a frustration? To make matters worse this government, over which you have no control, promises to return your town when it is done, after using it for military training and maneuvers. And while you are away it develops a shoreline park for its friends over your grandmothers and grandfathers bones. A parcel of your town is even sold by this benevolent government to a developer who divides it up into valuable lakeview lots. They tell you that your town councilors have been compensated for this and not to worry, for you may one day be allowed the privilege of moving back to where you, your parents and grandparents were born and grew up -- until now. Time passes. The older people in your community pass on. Your cemetery is now a park. Where will you lay your loved ones to rest? The young people become tired of empty promises and act on the injustices that they have seen their elders carry in their hearts and minds. The former town is occupied again with faith in the future of tomorrow. This place is now called Aazhoohenda. The government has left your former home littered with buried explosives which threaten to pollute the water supply. The Department of Defence has left a mess and indeed it has been a poor tenant. They will not give you title to this land, nor will they undo the mess. The new people who now live on the real estate sold from your community do not recognize your history to this place. A racist organization is imported help keep control of these lots, so afraid are these new people of anyone different from themselves. And it still remains for you to recover your cemetery. If this scenario sounds vaguely familiar, it is. And worse, it is a true story, not fiction. But even scarier, it takes place here in Canada, not someplace else. Real peoples lives were impacted by a real government. Some residents, the new people, who replaced the original inhabitants, still refuse that the history that their homes were built on is valid. Today we are inclined to throw the old away and if this includes someone elses human rights so be it, for they are not our rights being affected. This is sad and if you look down at the ground that you are standing on you must realize that to dismiss the old things is folly for it foretells of our own destruction through disrespect of the very foundation of the earth. This is the history of the frustration that led up to the occupation of Ipperwash Provincial Park by the Stoney Point Nation in southern Ontario along the shores of Lake Huron during the summer of 1995. The media coverage of Ipperwash has faded but the loss of Dudley George to his family and friends has not. The conflict at Ipperwash did not have to happen. Other pressing headlines now replace the medias temporary interest in aboriginal affairs. To the Ontario governments surprise verification of an aboriginal burial site in the provincial park lay in documents housed in Ottawa. The this fact made it absurd to sustain trespassing charges by the OPP against the Stoney Pointers. But this was only researched by the government after a tactical unit, i.e. swat team, was called in and a death and other shootings occurred. The need to protest the governments occupation and therefore the publics occupation of Ipperwash Provincial Park reached fruition during the summer of 1995, just as the Harris government came to power. The Stoney Point Reserve had been expropriated through the War Measures Act in 1942. Part of this land was used for the military base, Camp Ipperwash. The Department of Indian Affairs mandated the removal and merger of the Stoney Pointers to the Kettle Reserve. It is then that the Stoney Point Nation lost its independent voice in dealing with the provincial and federal governments. The provincial and federal governments could have negotiated a resolution to the land claim at Ipperwash instead of denying it. Of course the government has the faith that no one else will be interested enough to care or say anything that would support the aboriginal population. In this attitude we are all complicit and we do not identify with the frustrations experienced by the Stone
NATIVE_NEWS: Ipperwash Newsletter re: Labour Day Parade
And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: via LISN Subject: Ipperwash Newsletter re: Labour Day Parade Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 12:05:08 -0700 From: Ann Pohl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: (Recipient list suppressed) Coalition for a Public Inquiry into the Death of Dudley George Summer Newsletter #24 ~ August 3, 1999 *** Uphold Aboriginal Land and Treaty Rights *** SEPTEMBER 6, 1995 - 4 YEARS SINCE IPPERWASH STILL NO INQUIRY - NOT EVEN AN INQUEST!! Commemorate the 4th Anniversary of Dudley George's Death Demand a Public Inquiry into the Ipperwash Affair An Injury to One is an Injury to All! Remember Other Victims of Human Rights Violations at APEC and Gustafsen Lake Speak out on Aboriginal Rights Issues across Ontario LET YOUR VOICE HEARD ~ JOIN THE LABOUR DAY PARADE ~ SEPTEMBER 6, 1999 Meet us in front of the Provincial Courthouse, one block north of Queen West on University Avenue GATHER FROM 8:30 AM BRING DRINKS FOR THE LONG WALK DRUMS, SINGERS ASKED TO SUPPORT More than 20,000 organized workers participate in Toronto's annual Labour Day Parade, organized by the Toronto and York Labour Council (TYLC). The Coalition for a Public Inquiry is mobilizing a contingent for the annual Labour Day Parade. The Parade celebrates the human rights protections won by unions, for workers, over the past century. This year, the Parade occurs on September 6th - a very significant date for our Coalition. On that day in 1995, numerous human rights violations occurred at Ipperwash Park, including the fatal shooting of non-violent Aboriginal rights protestor Dudley George. Since 1995, the Labour Council has been one of the most dedicated allies on the call for a Public Inquiry. The founding organization of the Coalition, Turtle Island Support Group, developed a strong fraternal relationship, on land, treaty and inherent rights issues, with the TYLC through-out the '90's. The Labour Council's advocacy for an Ipperwash Inquiry is just one element of their strong support on Aboriginal rights issues. TYLC is affiliated with both the OFL (Ontario Federation of Labour) and the CLC (Canadian Labour Congress, it's national 'parent' organization). The members of these groups have helped us reach out to social justice activists across Ontario and at the national level, broadening the call for an Inquiry from being just about what and how decisions are made at Queen's Park. Organized labour understands that an armed, lethal attack by the Police on persons engaged in peaceful protest is a dangerous precedent. The motto of organized labour is "an injury to one is an injury to all". We are participating in this Parade as a way of continuing to educate the larger public about the horrible abuses which occurred at Ipperwash. Turtle Island Support Group, and others involved in the Coalition, will also be carrying information which speaks about Aboriginal rights concerns in other parts of Ontario. The Parade contains thousands of activists with whom we can share our information and ask for their support. It also follows a several-kilometer route through downtown Toronto, providing an opportunity to educate the spectators. We will prepare special flyers for this day, and also develop a visual presentation based on our skit "Un-Cover the Cover-Up". PARADE ENDS AT "EX" - GET INTO THE CNE FREE! The route is along Queen Street West and south on Dufferin to the CNE. You can join us enroute. On arrival at the CNE Dufferin Gates, Parade participants enter the EX grounds free-of-charge. Bring the family and make a day of it! The parade mobilizing area is University Avenue in downtown Toronto. The contingents begin leaving at 9:30 am. At the present time we don't know the line-up, so we have no idea whether we will have to leave University Ave. at 9:30 am SHARP! or if we might be standing around for quite a while longer. Further details will be released by poster, fax and email two or three weeks before the Parade, but please MAKE PLANS NOW to attend. If you don't get a second notice, call 416-537-3520 for more information after the 25th of August. "BLUE INDIANS" We join the Labour Day Parade in an act of solidarity with the organized workers' movement. Labour and Aboriginal activists understand that in the emerging global economy all working poor, unemployed and marginalized persons, regardless of race, gender or age, are experiencing the historical fate of "Indians". John Trudell (co-accused of Leonard Peltier) has recently produced a CD with the song "Blue Indians" which addresses this topic: "Blue Indians, being pulled into melting pots Ruling Class rules the have and the have-nots Industrial reservation - tyranny stakes its claim Blue Indians, emotional siege and civilized stain" We are all subject to the greed of the multinationals, through their emerging global trade agreements which permit them untrammeled access to the cheapest possible labour and
NATIVE_NEWS: Ipperwash, Dudley George: province won't block lawsuit
And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 13:25:06 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Lynne Moss-Sharman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Ipperwash, Dudley George: province won't block lawsuit Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Thursday, July 22, 1999 Province blinks Won't block Dudley George lawsuit By JAMES WALLACE AND LAURA BOBAK, TORONTO SUN The province has abandoned efforts to block a civil lawsuit filed by the family of slain native protester Dudley George. George was killed by an OPP officer on Sept. 6, 1995, after about 30 natives occupied Ipperwash Provincial Park, saying it was on sacred native burial grounds. The officer, acting OPP Sgt. Kenneth Deane, was later found guilty of criminal negligence causing death. George's family has launched a civil suit alleging in part that the government pressed police to use force instead of negotiation to resolve the standoff. However, the suit has been hung up while the government tried to extricate itself from the case. "I feel a bit of relief that they have now abandoned that and we can begin to move forward," said Maynard "Sam" George, 47, Dudley's brother, adding the province is trying to "crush" the family with motions and appeals. "Every time we think we're going to move forward they throw up another roadblock," George said. Provincial lawyer Dennis Brown said the government now intends to ask the courts to appoint a judge to oversee the dispute. July 22, 1999Deal struck in Lambton land claim By JONATHAN SHER, London Free Press Reporter Ottawa has reached an agreement in principle to give three native bands $6.7 million to purchase up to 240 hectares to add to their reserves in Southwestern Ontario, The Free Press has learned. The deal, if ratified, would settle a 21-year-old claim for land in Enniskillen Township wrongly sold by the federal government. Money would be split evenly among three bands -- Walpole Island, Kettle and Stony Point and Chippewas of Sarnia. Bands could use all, some or none of their share to purchase land to add to their reserve, keeping the balance for other uses, said their lawyer, Russell Raikes. If bands buy land, they intend to buy property reasonably close to their reserves, he said. Negotiators are still finalizing a few details, including the number of years bands would have to acquire land to add to their reserves. While each band will decide when to hold ratification votes on the agreement, Raikes hopes they'll occur before the end of the year. Natives once surrendered the claimed land east of Petrolia, then traded other properties for its return so they could access its sugar bush. But beginning with the oil boom in the 1860s, the government began to sell off parcels. Chief Ray Rogers of Chippewas of Sarnia said yesterday he'd consult the other band chiefs before deciding whether he'd comment on the deal. He didn't return later phone calls. The agreement, if ratified, would accomplish a long-stated goal of the bands -- to settle through negotiation rather than litigation, Raikes said. "They're trying to avoid dispossessing anyone of property. If this settlement goes through, they wouldn't have another lawsuit." The tentative deal comes after two decades of frustration. "(The bands) have the patience of Job," he said. Natives dealt with a revolving door of federal negotiators, five or six in all. Each had to be brought up to speed. "The system is far from perfect," Raikes said. The deal comes on the heels of other area claims that have been met with some opposition. Some residents in Bosanquet Township oppose a claim to Ipperwash Provincial Park, which natives have occupied since 1995. An agreement in principle calls for the return of Camp Ipperwash, plus $26.3 million to rebuild the native community on the former camp next to the park. In Chatham-Kent, a tentative deal to give the Caldwell First Nation $23.4 million to create a reserve has been challenged by the municipality, some area residents and a substantial part of the band. But reaction to the Enniskillen claim was mostly positive. Residents near the site of the historic claim were relieved to learn that a deal, if ratified, would remove claims to their lands. "That's great news. This appears close to being resolved," Enniskillen Mayor Arn Syer said. Dan Brown, who said his farm might be on the claimed lands, was relieved: "This gives me peace of mind." Residents near Kettle and Stony Point will be happy to learn the amount earmarked for the band won't be enough to monopolize beachfront properties, said Mary-Lou LaPratte, president of ONFIRE (Ontario Federation of Individual Rights and Equalities), an Ipperwash-area citizens' group. "If it had been a settlement of $50 million you'd see some panicking. But $2.2 million isn't going to buy a lot of property," she said. But the way the deal has been negotiated raised the ire of Bosanquet Mayor Bill Grah
NATIVE_NEWS: Ipperwash Protest: Legal Court Told
And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Subject: Indian protest legal, court told Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 19:02:15 -0400 From: "chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PLEASE note: The following mainstream news article may contain biased or distorted information and may be missing pertinent facts and/or context. It is provided for reference only. NOTE FROM STONEY POINT TRIAL REPORT BY Sue Forrest and Davin Charney Thursday, February 12, 1998 Warren George of Stoney Point was convicted of assault with a weapon and criminal negligence causing bodily harm (the charge of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle was stayed). Warren had driven a car in the direction of the 32-member OPP Emergency Response Team, after they had severely beaten and then dragged Cecil Bernard George of nearby Kettle Point toward the arrest van located at the rear of the OPP units. Both convictions resulted from actions which occurred the evening of September 6, 1995, just minutes before the murder of Dudley George. Less than a year ago, OPP Acting Sargent Kenneth Deane was convicted of criminal negligence causing the death of Dudley. In his judgement today, Judge Greg Pockele strongly implied that the Stoney Point people who were defending the burial ground (located in "Ipperwash Provincial Park") were responsible for the confrontation with the OPP and even "perhaps" the death of Dudley. Pockele stated the police were justified in their level of violence as it is their job to "dominate" such a situtation by using all means at their disposal. * IPPERWASH APPEAL HEARD Indian protest legal, court told Toronto Star, A4, July 8.99 By Andrew Chung Staff reporter The judge who convicted Warren George for his role in a deadly clash with police at Ipperwash Provincial Park erred in assuming the park's occupation was illegal, Ontario's highest court was told yesterday. Ontario judge Greg Pockele, in the former provincial division court, wrongly viewed the Indian occupation as illegal, and any resistance to police as illegal also, argued George's lawyer, Michael Code, to an Ontario Court of Appeal panel. George's second cousin, Anthony (Dudley) George, was shot and killed during the standoff. OPP Acting-Sergeant Kenneth Deane was convicted of criminal negligence causing death and sentenced to community service. After driving into a group of police officers during the standoff, Warren George was charged and sentenced to six months in jail. There is mounting pressure on the provincial government for a public inquiry into the September 1995 standoff, where about 30 Indians from the Stoney Point band occupied the park. Pockele did not take into consideration the right of a person in "peaceful possession" of property to resist trespassers, Code said. The hearing resumes today. Reprinted under the fair use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. && Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&
NATIVE_NEWS: Ipperwash
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 09:49:20 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Ipperwash Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_7186715==_.ALT" The Toronto Star Jun 07, 12:11 EDT Coalition for Dudley George inquiry eyes new approach LONDON, Ont. (CP) - A coalition pushing for an inquiry into the shooting of a native protester has vowed to continue despite the Tory election victory last week. Dudley George was shot and killed during a clash between provincial police and native protesters occupying Ipperwash Provincial Park in 1995. The natives claim the land was a sacred burial ground. The provincial government has refused to hear calls for an inquiry, saying related issues are still before the courts. Acting-Sgt. Kenneth Deane was convicted of criminal negligence causing death in the shooting, but is appealing. The Coalition for a Public Inquiry into the Death of Dudley George tried but failed to make the inquiry a major issue in the recent provincial election. Coalition spokeswoman Ann Pohl said members will meet this week to set new priorities. ``It is our sense Canada won't want to go back to the UN without an inquiry,'' Pohl said, referring to a report this spring by a United Nations human rights committee on the need for an inquiry. Federal Indian Affairs Minister Jane Stewart and her predecessor, Ron Irwin, who was minister when George was shot, have both called on the province to hold an inquiry. Meanwhile, a wrongful death lawsuit filed by some of George's brothers and sisters against Ontario Premier Mike Harris, the provincial government and others, will be back before a Toronto court on Tuesday. Lawyer Murray Klippenstein said he will continue to demand the government file a list of related documents. He said government lawyers have indicated they will argue the proceedings should be halted while the government appeals a decision permitting the lawsuit to continue. ``It was a stark new direction from what Mike Harris had been saying a couple of days earlier,'' Klippenstein said. During the election campaign the premier said he had instructed his lawyers to co-operate fully. (London Free Press) Petition For A Public Inquire Into The Death Of Dudley George http://www.nt.net/~russell/petition.html Get your Free E-mail at http://savard.zzn.com "Once more let me remind you what fascism is. It need not wear a brown shirt or a green shirt -- it may even wear a dress shirt. Fascism begins the moment a ruling class, fearing the people may use their political democracy to gain economic democracy, begins to destroy political democracy in order to retain its power of exploitation and special privilege." -- Tommy Douglas http://www.nt.net/~russell http://www.nt.net/~russell/Sandra Fax Number 603.737.3337 Genealogy Home Pages: http://business.fortunecity.com/influence/298 http://sandra.literature.webjump.com Reprinted under the fair use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. && Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&
NATIVE_NEWS: Ipperwash hearings deliberately stalled
And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 09:55:54 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Lynne Moss-Sharman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Ipperwash hearings deliberately stalled Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Ipperwash hearing adjourned Lawyers accuse Premier of frustrating judicial process By Kerry Gillespie Toronto Star Staff Reporter Premier Mike Harris is promising co-operation in public but deliberately stalling in court over requests for documents related to the fatal police shooting of Dudley George at Ipperwash, lawyers for the victim's family have charged. After reading a statement attributed to Harris in a weekend newspaper, claiming he had instructed his lawyers to provide all necessary documents, lawyer Murray Klippenstein came before Madame Justice Gloria Epstein in the Superior Court of Justice yesterday to request that Harris provide a list of documents within five days. Instead, Epstein granted the request of Harris' lawyer, Dennis Brown, for an adjournment until June 8. Lawyers for both parties had agreed to the adjournment last week, but after reading Harris' comments, Klippenstein said he felt it was no longer necessary. Andrew Orkin, co-counsel for the George family, said after the hearing that the government was not co-operating with the court process. ``We saw a continuing pattern of deliberate delay and frustration of the judicial process,'' Orkin said outside the Osgoode Hall courtroom. ``Dudley George was shot on Sept. 6 of 1995. The public is judicially and officially no closer to the facts than it was on that day,'' said Orkin, who added they have been waiting six months for documents from Harris. OPP acting Sergeant Kenneth Deane was convicted of criminal negligence causing death in the fatal shooting of George when officers confronted 30 unarmed native men, women and children protesting the desecration of their ancestors' burial grounds at Ipperwash Provincial Park. The lawsuit by George's family alleges that Harris personally directed a massive police operation at Ipperwash, and ordered the OPP to use its paramilitary Tactical Response Unit to confront protesters. Brown said the documents ``will be forthcoming,'' but added that there were other issues which should be dealt with first. The main one is whether Harris, Attorney-General Charles Harnick and Solicitor-General Bob Runciman should be named as defendants in the suit, he said. On June 16, Brown will be requesting the right to appeal the decision of Madame Justice Susan Lang of the former Ontario Court, general division, who ruled they must remain in the lawsuit. Lawyers for the George family are calling this move a obstructionist tactic and fear appeals of this kind could delay the suit for years. ``Mike Harris is doing exactly what we would expect him to do,'' Orkin said. "Let Us Consider The Human Brain As A Very Complex Photographic Plate" 1957 G.H. Estabrooks www.angelfire.com/mn/mcap/bc.html FOR K A R E N #01182 who died fighting 4/23/99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.aches-mc.org 807-622-5407 Reprinted under the fair use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. && Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&
NATIVE_NEWS: Ipperwash cleanup shrouded in secrecy
And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 09:13:29 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Lynne Moss-Sharman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Ipperwash cleanup shrouded in secrecy Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" March 6, 1999 Ipperwash cleanup shrouded in secrecy Special Report By Julie Carl -- Free Press Reporter Negotiators may be able to skirt consulting the public about the cleanup of Camp Ipperwash because no federal laws compel them to tell what they find. The cleanup of the former army camp -- dogged by tales of everything from ammunition to radioactive waste buried there -- begins with Monday's deadline for tenders on the massive job. Minutes, marked privileged and confidential, from a meeting between Kettle and Stony Point band representatives and their environmental and legal advisers show the group was seeking a way to minimize public consultation throughout the massive project. The minutes, 18 months old, record a discussion of choosing between old and new environmental legislation or a "customized approach" based on which route could best "nullify the need for public consultation (outside of the First Nation community)." One benefit of proceeding with the project under the new legislation -- the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) in force since the mid-1990s -- according to the minutes, is a section allowing projects on reserve land to proceed under a customized process and "avoid the enormous cost and time of public hearings." The minutes say a customized approach "will allow the project to avoid public consultation, such as with Bosanquet." The town abuts the former camp on three sides. Russell Raikes, a legal adviser to the Kettle and Stony Point band, insisted the public will be told "if we do find something that is harmful or potentially harmful. We're not going to sit on that kind of information." He said the comments at the meeting in September 1997 were made early in the process. "I think it's premature at this point in time to say that there's an effort to exclude anybody," he said. "We don't even know what is on or in the land at this stage." Negotiations for the cleanup deal have gone on behind closed doors for two years, with no information released to the public. Principals have been tight-lipped. The minutes provide the first details about the talks. The investigative phase of the cleanup isn't covered by any environmental legislation, said Capt. Rob Wheeler, the project manager. The actual cleanup may fall under the federal law, which calls for public input, he said. Bosanquet Mayor Bill Graham was unaware the cleanup process was set to start. Monday is the deadline for firms to express an interest in the contract expected to be awarded by June. The cleanup may take up to four years. "I think they owe it to Bosanquet and the neighbouring communities to sit down with us prior to the (environmental) investigation and fill us in on what the process is and what effect it could have on us," Graham said. "At the very least, the federal government should have told us." The mayor has long argued the town had no say in negotiations to return the camp to natives. Graham said he's more concerned with trucks and heavy equipment carrying unknown materials from the camp on Bosanquet roads past local homes than he is with stories of toxic contamination at the camp. He said he believes most of the longstanding tales of nerve gas canisters and radioactive and other toxic waste buried at the camp are sensationalized. The stories took on more credibility in January 1997 when a former soldier swore an affidavit he was on night watch in 1979 when sealed barrels marked with radioactive labels were trucked in and buried at the camp. That led to emergency testing of some areas of the army camp, which turned up no evidence of radioactivity, according to information released by the federal government. At the time, the First Nation announced it didn't accept the findings, which were discussed behind closed doors, according to minutes of a March 1997 meeting between officials of the Kettle and Stony Point band and the federal government. One of the band's environmental advisers said he considered the tests inadequate. A Kettle Point man at the testing described his concerns: The survey was done very quickly, the readings were always moving, and the surveyors told him, "We don't care what is under the ground, only from the ground up." The man described an incident when the testing equipment began beeping rapidly and the surveyor swapped it for another piece of equipment. One adviser said the rapid beeping could mean the area isn't safe for long-term exposure or it could have been a malfunction. None of that information was released publicly. Wheeler said there's no effort to avoid public consultation. The results of the tests -- which he said were adequate -- weren't released because no evidence of r
NATIVE_NEWS: Ipperwash, Dudley George - Decision today
And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 08:55:17 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Lynne Moss-Sharman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Ipperwash, Dudley George - Decision today Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Thursday, February 11, 1999 Decision today on Ipperwash beating incident By JULIE CARL, Free Press Reporter The province's Special Investigations Unit will announce today whether it will lay charges in the 1995 police beating of a native protester at Ipperwash. The investigation into the beating of Cecil Bernard George has stretched over more than three years and included interviews with more than 50 "witness" officers, said Gail Scala, a communications officer with the SIU, which investigates all serious police incidents in which citizens are killed or seriously injured. Witness officers are not under investigation for the incident in question. Six officers have been designated as "subject officers" -- those under investigation in George's beating, Scala said. She declined to identify the officers or say where they were from. Earlier, the SIU determined George was beaten by eight to 10 OPP officers outside Ipperwash Provincial Park, the site of a native occupation, Sept. 6, 1995, the night Dudley George (no relation to Cecil Bernard George) was shot by police. But no charges were laid because the SIU could not identify the officers involved. The case was re-activated after acting OPP Sgt. Kenneth Deane was convicted of criminal negligence causing death for shooting Dudley George and several native protesters were acquitted of an array of charges. Witnesses testified to seeing Cecil Bernard George beaten and kicked by OPP officers. Medical evidence indicated George was hit at least 28 times. < the more we do to you, the less you seem to believe we are doing it > Mengele [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.aches-mc.org && Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&
NATIVE_NEWS: "Ipperwash" Stoney Point: Pierre George letter to Jane Stewart
And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (S.I.S.I.S.) writes: :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:Forwarded message:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 19:44:49 -0500 From: Carolyn Zavitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: From Pierre George Concerning "Ipperwash" Stoney Point Concerning Ipperwash: Aazhoodena Territory is the correct name and the land is also known as Stoney Point. In 1992 the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs stated that in order to rectify a serious injustice done to the Stoney Point People the land must be returned to them. To me, Pierre George, Aazhoodena is my ancestral home, my inheritance. This includes the sacred burial grounds in the park. The community should and must be restored as it was prior to 1937. Jane Stewart states: That the federal government has the authority to call for public inquiries into matters within federal jurisdiction -- hence, the elected band council and chief fall under this jurisdiction. I hereby enter these three paragraphs taken from the Ontario Provincial Police logs pertaining to the events leading up to the murder of my brother Dudley. They concern the actions of the elected chief and band council of Kettle Point (also known as Kettle and Stoney Point): [Pg.19] "08.18: Asked him (Tom Bressette) to notify his counselors, he and counselors don't support the action of the natives, he feels they should be dealt with." [Pg.21] "Inspector Carson advises that Tom Bressette agrees with what we are doing." [Pg.24] "09.25: meeting: John Carson advises that Tom Bressette's on board, agrees, thinks they are criminals." These are clear indicators of gross misconduct at the very least. I hereby state that these people have played a major role in the paramilitary assaults on the peoples of Aazhoodena-Stoney Point, which resulted in the death of Dudley. The Stoney Point People were there defending the sacred burial grounds in the park. A full public inquiry is needed to expose the acquisition of these particular lands. I myself wouldn't even dream of selling my grandfathers' and grandmothers' graves. So it is up to Jane Stewart to live up to her statement. The theft of our territory has never stopped, it has now just taken the form of the Agreement in Principle. It is backed by one of the signers, namely chief Norman Shawnoo, who also is one of the counselors who advocated that the natives should be "dealt" with. (Sept 6, 1995) So, all is not well in Aazhoodena as Jane Stewart seems to write. The Kettle Point band council of the day, Sept/95, and chief Tom Bressette are corrupt. The Agreement in Principle moves toward signing away our territory thereby giving Kettle Point the so-called power to enforce the police to move against us. These police being the Anishnabek Police Services who are backed by the Ontario Provincial Police, the same police who murdered my brother Dudley George. The same police who then produced racist and appalling memorabilia commemorating the killing of Dudley. (Team Ipperwash =9195) The truth shall prevail! In the Spirit of Dudley, Pierre George Aazhoodena-Stoney Point PS: Please post this wherever you like. PPS: Please phone Jane Stewart or Indian Affairs to push for a federal inquiry into Tom Bressette and council's activities. Jane Stewart states that she cannot call a public inquiry into the misconduct of elected provincial officials. But elected band councils etc fall under federal jurisdiction. Please push for federal public inquiry by phoning or faxing these people: --Delia Opekokew, barrister & solicitor: Toronto: ph. (416)598-2645 fax:(416)598-9520 --Kettle Point Band Council: ph.(519)786-2125 or (519)786-2126 fax (519)786-2108 --Ontario Federation of Labour: ph (416)441-2731 fax:(416)441-1893 attn: Ethel LaValley --Murray Klippenstein of Iler, Campbell & Klippenstein ph(416)598-0103 fax(416)598-3484 :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Jane Stewart mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "SOVEREIGNTY IS THE ANSWER - CANADA IS THE PROBLEM"
