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Natives fired 25 rounds at
an RCMP chopper over Gustafsen
Lake 20 miles east of 100 Mile
House, BC. Natives have siezed
a rancher's land. Two officers
were shot nearby but wearing
bullet-proof gear were uninjured.
The natives and RCMP are in a
stand-off.
Slackers Party at 108 Mile House:
Avalon: He's pretty shitty live, eh. 'And, ah, aw wah...'
Nora: Who'd ya see?
That guy, the representative for BCTV News who's doing
the reporting for the blockade. He's pretty shitty,
like he's always live, six o'clock live on camera up
above 100 Mile...
Sargeant Peter Montague, Press Conference,
Red Coach Inn, 100 Mile House:
PASSED ON BY ATTORNEY
Craig: 'And uhmm, the uhmm, the natives are still in
the fucking camp man!'
SPIRIT OF THE AGREEMENT
Good deal, good deal.
Ya, he's pretty sad.
DEAL WITH DEVELOPMENTS TODAY
Philip: They may not be in the camp. They could be
evacuated to a prison for interogation and they're not
letting anyone into the camp. I mean why...
Crazy concept, man.
They're under hot lights in Vancouver prison, three floors
underground.
NOT FEDERAL LEVEL
Not like the ten cops, who are all at Smitty's right now.
They're not letting anyone in there because there's no
one there.
OTHER AVENUES
...tripping, man. Fucking cool.
Felix: Paranoid.
They're in there saying like who brought the donuts?
PREMATURE TO ADVISE
That's what they should mediate. They'll like walk up
between both sides and bring donuts and fresh coffee,
and the native walks up and the police walks up very
slowly. 'Chocolate or jelly!'
The natives wouldn't even have a chance man. 'Gimme them
fuckin' things!'
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO REMOVE THEM
FOR 3 MONTHS.
Cops. Everbody gives everybody a sentence.
Ya, right.
But I talked to Bruno and he's like totally like ya the
natives at Gustafsen are like revolutionaries and they
have something to say and they're sayin' it, cause he said
he has friends the natives at Gustafsen usin it to... I
don't know enough about it man, like I'm just so ignorant
about that. I mean I always think I understand the land
claims but then I really don't like it's so hard to have
an opinion on that. It's a pretty intense issue.
SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS THIS WEEK
But all the natives group in BC almost all of them have
said there is no burial ground or whatever it is that
they're claiming. They've said there is nothing significant
about Gustafsen Lake.
HOW MANY PEOPLE
It's the Sun Dance. They've said it's a Sun Dance place.
Ya, but the guys that are there aren't Sun Dancers.
No, they're there permanently because they said its burial
grounds for their ancestors or whatever, so that's why...
NOT AUTHORIZED TO
And that's bullshit man. Most of the people there aren't
even from BC.
They're staying there permanently.
OFFICER PLAYING GOLF
They live there. Do they live there?
No it's somebody else's camp. It's somebody else's ranch.
He's just like letting them stay there for their Sun Dance
but now they've stayed there. The ceremony has passed on
but they're still there.
So who owns it like some rancher and he's had it for a
long time.
PSYCHOLOGIST 24 HOURS A DAY
Yup, a rancher. Yup, yup.
Oh, so this is like some innocent rancher who's has this
land...
UNCHANGED
Yes.
And the natives said could we like do this dance and he
said sure...
OLIVE BRANCH OFFERED
Yup, it's the same one every year.
Vanessa: He said they could have it for two years to
finish the cycle.
And now he's said they could have it forever.
DEMANDS MET, ADDRESSED
No, I don't think so.
I thought he did, he wrote up a contract or something.
ALL WE CAN DO
So the big deal is we're not giving them the land? So it
couldn't be very much land. I mean it must be the size
of a baseball field or something.
It's Gustafsen Lake!
They want the whole land. They can't dance on the whole
land. How much do they dance on?
NOT CHARGED
But the thing is they're not even the Sun Dancers, they're
not the guys, I mean the Indian tribes here have said...
You know we don't understand. How do we know anything
about their perspective.
They're not from here.
CONTACT WITH MERCREDI
It's so easy for us to judge. We don't even know...
We get one-sided media views.
TIMING WILL BE
Exactly.
Ya, exactly. We get what the cops decide to tell, the
police. I can't really see natives running to the media.
I mean the people here aren't really the media type.
Apparently Corwin's out there.
RCMP DOESN'T PERSONALIZE
Corwin is out there?
Apparently yes.
IF IT MEANS ANYTHING
Well I think that's good for him man, I mean at least
he's doin' something other than smokin' weed. Maybe
he's taking pride in the fact that he's native.
Oh, he has a lot of pride.
Corwin's a great guy when you get to know him.
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