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NATIVE YOUTH MOVEMENT WARRIOR SHARK REFUSED RANSOM (BAIL) FOR LAND STRUGGLE, RCMP TARGETS HIS WIFE FOR REFUSING TO BE SILENT

Native Youth Movement Warrior Shark is still denied bail by KKKlanada and the illegal province of so-called british columbia. He is being held captive for defending the Land and Secwepemc women and children against Sun Peaks resort corporation and their mercenaries the royal canadian mounted pigz (RCMP). His illegal capture took place on Thursday, May 21st, 2009, almost 8 years after he was charged with defending the Land and People. Now his wife is being targeted for being a community organizer.

Sun Peaks Resort Corporation is illegally built on Un-Surrendered Secwepemc Territory. In 2000 Secwepemc people moved back to the Land surrounding Sun Peaks to stop their illegal expansion and destruction. Immediately the people were targeted, over 70 arrests have taken place in an effort to chase the people back to the reserved concentration camp. The Secwepemc continue to oppose Sun Peaks' destruction as well as all destruction to the Land, Water and Air.

Shark's wife, Miranda Dick, a mother of 5, is a part of the Secwepemc Women's Council and a Warrior for the Land and People. She has been targeted by the RCMP and threatened with criminal charges for refusing to be silent about Shark's capture and her uncompromising stance to protect her ancestor's remains and sacred sites from the highway and railway's destructive illegal expansion.

A RCMP officer, from the Chase detachment, approached the Neskonlith Chief and Council and said Miranda could be charged with Fraud for collecting donations towards Shark's legal costs while she is on social assistance [1]. The RCMPigz are trying their best to use fake petty threats to shut Miranda and the Secwepemc people up. They want Shark to be isolated and the world [to] stay uninformed about the Indigenous Land fight here in so-called british columbia. KKKlanada does not want anybody to know about the destruction that Sun Peaks, the Highway and Railway expansion, Mining, IPP's (Dams), and the oil pipelines and tar sands are doing to all Life. Their attempts to scare off community support and create in-fighting will fail, the people are smarter than that. The People will not be silenced, we are Earth's Army, here to speak for the speechless and defend the defenseless.

A day before Shark was arrested, a Mohawk Warrior, Gator was arrested for defending his Land from illegal destruction (development). In the same time frame, the RCMPigz threatened Miranda (through DIA chief & council) [and] 15 individuals were harassed and targeted by the Vancouver Integrated Security Unit (VISU) for organizing against the 2010 Winter Olympics, to be illegally held on Un-Surrendered Native Land.

Also over 100 Native People were massacred in Peru for stopping illegal destruction on their land. In Oaxaca, Native people fighting a mine were attacked by mexikkkan police and military. In Mohawk Territory, our brothers and sisters are refusing to allow armed border guards on their land and have been roadblocked onto Cornwall Island by KKKlanadian and ameiKKKan forces. We are Unified with all Indigenous People Worldwide, we must know each other and our struggles, so we can help each other defeat the enemies of the Earth.

World War 4 is here, the last battle of Nation states vs. Indigenous People and the Land. What would Crazy Horse do? Native people will not sit by and be silenced and massacred, our brothers and sisters in Peru have killed over 20 police in response to the massacre of their people, our ancestors are with us, we stand in full solidarity with
our people in the Amazon, we will defeat these illegal invaders, have no fear.

Write to Shark at:

Joseph Romandia
05474879
Box 820
Kamloops,
BC V2C 5M9

We will not stop until we win! No Surrender!

We are seeking donations from all those out there that support the Indigenous struggle for land and Freedom. All those that support Native youth, here is your chance to make a donation for a good cause.

All donations can be made to:

Skwelkwek’welt Protection Centre
c/o PO Box 837
Chase, BC V0E 1M0

Miranda Dick

Royal Bank (in the midst of switching to climate friendly banking)
Shuswap Ave., Chase, BC
Transit # 00880
Account # 5055447

If you are sending donations from the US, please send “international money order” or it will take 30-business days to clear for cheques and other money orders.

Any donations that [you] would like to [be made] contact:
resistance515@hotmail.com

[1] Under British Columbia's social assistance/disability rules, recipients are required to report all income, regardless of the amount or source. Failure to disclose may result in administrative sanctions (re-payment of assistance, fines, temporary suspension of assistance), as well as criminal "Fraud" charges. Those convicted of "Fraud" may receive jail, a fine, and/or an order to re-pay benefits, as well as a lifetime ban on receiving any further assistance.

Miranda's predicament is not uncommon (although the heavy handed [and politically-motivated] threat from the cops is: ordinarily, police do not become involved unless contacted by B.C. social services staff). On a personal note, while undergoing my own "yearly review", I was required to provide all manner of detailed, personal information, including a record of all my recent bank transactions. I was questioned about an account containing some $200.00-$300.00 that had my name on it. This account was set up by a grassroots collective of which I was a member and also bore the names and signatures of three other members as signing officers. Nonetheless, my caseworker "advised" me to remove my name as there was no way to "prove" that I was not accessing the account for personal gain - MW.]

For more info see below article:

Sun Peaks Court Order - Economic Racism?

The Supreme Court of British Columbia banned Aboriginal political presence at Sun Peaks in an interlocutory injunction on September 3, 2004. The interlocutory injunction prohibits the Skwelkwek'welt Protection Center from having a camp at Sun Peaks to monitor the destruction and sale of their land. People who are at the camp now could be arrested at any time. This decision completely ignores or recognizes any value to our Secwepemc indigenous economy.

The Honourable Madame Justice Satanove accepted an Order drafted by Darcy Alexander, Vice President and General Manager of Sun Peaks and Frank Quinn, Lawyer and Sun Peaks Investor. The Order gives the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) orders to stop and arrest any Indian person and their friends who they suspect are going to occupy land at the base area of Sun Peaks. People arrested under this provision would be charged with “Criminal Contempt of Court”.

The BC Court Order totally endorses Sun Peaks’ economic interests and denies the fact that indigenous peoples do have economic rights, including the right to politically defend and protect their proprietary interests when they are being willfully ignored by the federal and provincial governments and industries like Sun Peaks. Justice Satanove totally backed up Darcy Alexander and Frank Quinn's condominium and townhouse development. Frank Quinn stated in his Affidavit that he is building 60 condominiums and 48 townhouses. Condominiums at Sun Peaks average about $255 thousand dollars a unit which totals $15 million dollars. Townhouses average approximately $445 thousand dollars which totals $21 million dollars. The total sale to be made by Frank Quinn under this Court Order is $36 million dollars. Mr. Frank Quinn said in his Affidavit that “if the camp is not removed, I believe sales for both these projects will be negatively affected”.

Darcy Alexander tried to discredit the efforts of the Skwelkwek’welt Protection Center by using a controversial and questionable Press Release issued by the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council (SNTC). Darcy Alexander submitted the SNTC Press Release as “Exhibit D” and said in his Affidavit that “the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council, which does represent local Indian bands, has issued a press release objecting to the protest.” At the BC Supreme Court hearing Sun Peaks’ legal counsel said the so called protestors did not represent anybody and were opposed by the Shuswap Chiefs. Madame Justice Satanove used the SNTC Press Release to justify her prohibition order.

The Skwelkwek’welt Protection Center did argue before the BC Supreme Court that Aboriginal Title does have an economic component and that this economic aspect of Aboriginal Title needs to be taken into account in the “balance of convenience test” used to decide who is going to suffer irreparable economic harm. It is clear that Frank Quinn would not suffer anything by having to wait until our Aboriginal Title matters are dealt with, but we would suffer immediately if he is allowed to build the 60 condominiums and 48 townhouses. This was totally ignored.

The BC Supreme Court was briefed that the World Trade Organization (WTO) did take our economic interests into account when the Indigenous Network on Economic Trade (INET) had three amicus curiae submissions accepted in the Canada-US softwood lumber dispute. In those submissions it was argued that “the federal government’s non-recognition of Aboriginal Title is a cash subsidy to the Canadian forest industry”. This also applies to the land that is being sold by Darcy Alexander and Frank Quinn. It is clear that BC Supreme Court on this matter is living in the dark ages when indigenous economic interests are valued at zero but when the same property is granted to white investors it is valued at current market values. This is a form of systemic economic racism.

The BC Court Order was drafted by Darcy Alexander and Frank Quinn and basically prohibits any Indian person from going to Sun Peaks, because it makes them subject to immediate questioning and possible arrest for Criminal Contempt of Court. The BC Court Order does have some limitations in the area and in terms of purpose but on the ground Indian people always feel extreme duress under any prohibition enforced by the RCMP. This has been described in many Indian criminal justice reports.

In fact the sign “No Indians Allowed” is being enforced by this BC Court Order. It is based upon giving developers and real estate agents an “Indian Free Zone” to sell our land under the protection of an injunctive remedy by the BC Supreme Court. This kind of lopsided valuation needs to stop if the economic conditions of our people are going to meaningfully and substantially improve. Aboriginal title does have a macro economic component.

The provincial government did argue that other alternatives do exist like the Haida Case but they were reminded that the province has not set a process to implement this and that the decision to approve Phase 2, and the $285 million dollar expansion, was not subject to the Haida process so their position was basically only giving lip service to the Haida decision. The BC government said they did not want to stand on their “Trespass Notice” but only on public interest arguments.

It is clear that the BC government realizes that Trespass is pretty hard to defend against Aboriginal people who have Aboriginal Title. In fact the Supreme Court agreed with the province to skirt around the Trespass issue and focus on the behavior of the Secwepemc people and supports living at the camp as being a nuisance.

The avoidance of dealing with Trespass however does not make the sale of the condominiums and townhouses legally perfect from a private property point of view. It is clear that the province and Sun Peaks are making these sales with the full knowledge that the Secwepemc peoples reject these real estate deals. The only support they got is from the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council, who does not have Aboriginal Title at Sun Peaks. Aboriginal Title belongs to the Secwepemc peoples collectively and [who] actually use and defend their land according to their traditional values, knowledge and activities.

Right now there are about 12 people at the Skwelkwek’welt Protection Center camp and they are subject to this Court Order. I feel these people are on the front line defending the indigenous economic interests of our peoples. The traditional values, knowledge and activities they defend are the basis of our economic rights as indigenous peoples. I fully support them in their committed effort to expose the way the Canadian judicial system's “injunctive remedy” is the legal means to impoverish our peoples.

Our people will not get one cent form Frank Quinn’s $36 million dollar real estate deals – with our land – the only outstanding question is what did the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council get from Frank Quinn, Darcy Alexander and Sun Peaks?