[IPSM] [Six Nations] URGENT - OPP invades Six Nations, are repelled

[Nora Butler-Burke]

(1) ALERT! OPP INVADES SIX NATIONS
(2) Native protestors reclaim housing development that was cleared by 
police today in pre-dawn raid


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ALERT! ALERT! OPP INVADES SIX NATIONS - AIDED BY INDIAN TRAITORS - GO 
AND WITNESS -- Thursday, April 20^th 2006.

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4:20 am the OPP attacked to arrest them. Hauled first 9 off. Some 
protesters took the Caledonia bridge. Reserve people arrived and 
repelled the cops. At least 150 heavily armed cops. Vans, trucks, paddy 
wagons, ambulances (for the cops). They repelled them. The cops came 
back. They were replled again. Now at 9:00 am the people have taken the 
land in question back. How to get there: From Niagara Falls and Toronto, 
take Highway 6 straight south from Hamilton to Caledonia. From buffalo 
take Highway 3 west to Higway 6 and north on Highway 6 to Caledonia. 
 From Windsor take Higway 3 East to Higway 6 and go north. These are 
backways and cops are not likely to be looking at it too much.

8:30 OPP DISRUPTS PEACE IN QUIET CALEDONIA

The OPP has created an ongoing battle. They sit in their cars, give out 
false news reports, and wait for reinforcements to come in to squash the 
Six Nations people but they can't. Everyone is reporting to everyone.

All police have been chased off the perimeter of Douglas Estates for 
now. Cop were sneaking behind the unfinished houses. One woman went 
over. A women cop told her she was under arrest. "What do you mean I'm 
under arrest. You're violating the laws, both ours and international 
law". Other cops came out and wrestled her down on the ground. She 
fought all of them. They kneed her to handcuff her. She started booting 
the cops. Then other Indians arrived on the scene and chased the cops 
off. As they were leaving they shot her son in back with tasers. The big 
woman cop was carrying a big gun, something like an Ouzi. "It was a big 
one". Those cops were fully packed, she said. They failed to arrest her 
because she resisted. There are 9 arrested. They're supposed to only 
keep them for 2 hours. 'We haven't seen them back yet". The People are 
shutting Caledonia down. "We are not armed. We got our land back. Were 
in! We're at the fire!"

At the 6^th Line where the Douglas Estates comes out on the road at the 
entrance, out to Highway 6 that goes onto the rez. The bypass that goes 
around Caledonia. At the 6^th line overpass, the people there had been 
blocking that road, they were attacked by the cops, paddy wagons were 
there. They fought back. It was a brawl. People started coming from the 
rez and supported them. Immediately there were hydro poles around which 
they threw on the road and set on fire. They are cutting off Highway 6 
the main supply line that goes goes to Nanticoke Hydro Electric plant 
down on Lake Erie. It is the main transport truck road to Hamilton. This 
is being blocked.

Some protesters are still holding Caledonia Bridge, the main artery of 
the city. It's total confusion.

If you have satellite TV, look for Hamilton CH which has a live feed. 
They have helicopters filming everything.

8:00 AM

It is an ongoing situation. 9 people arrested.

There is fighting going on at the No. 6 Line Bridge. It is blocked off. 
The traditional Longhouse people put a fire there and the OPP pepper 
sprayed them. But the people started fighting back. The people have 
moved onto the main bridge in Caledonia. The people moved the police off 
the land and are going back to the main door and are still there holding 
on. The cops are still on the road shutting down the bypass. The OPP 
were chased off by the people and told to get out. OPP got off the land 
and are in their cars watching and waiting for "orders".

Get the news on the radio stations, newspapers, television.

7:05 am. Two snipers were chased off by the people. They have 50 cops 
trapped in, who can't get out. A media black out could work against 
them. More cops are going to come in. Indians don't have weapons but 
they do have tons of cameras.

In Ipperwash there was a media blackout. The only way the information 
got out was because some of the people told what they saw. That's why we 
need people in there. The police show ed in that public inquiry there 
was a deliberate attempt to stop the press from finding out. There were 
attacks upon people with cameras, those who tried to get the story out. 
What the police learned is how to do this the right way next time. This 
is it. They learned all the weaknesses We learned the invaders are 
psychologically twisted people who pretend to be supporting the law. 
These are megalomaniacs who think they can say what the law is because 
they have access to guns. This time they will do it "right". The CTV 
have made two major movies showing what happens when these twisted 
personalities are allowed free reign on Indians. We get killed.

There are back room deals in police headquarters to hide the information 
and protect the police officers that give orders. In the case of 
Ipperwash, three OPP police officers died suddenly just before they were 
going to give evidence at the enquiry. What a strange coincidence. It is 
unfortunate that the poor jerks that are just "following orders" do not 
realize that they are putting their lives on the line. They are not at 
risk from Indians, so why all these coincidences?

The Six Nations people have been burning tobacco during this entire 
occupation for their protection. This is the only weapon that we have. 
We know the truth is on our side. We are calling upon the natural forces 
to give us wisdom and guidance through this whole siege. There are 
repercussions to those involved when you go against people who are 
innocent and justified in what they are doing. The megalomaniacs who do 
these kinds of things are only looking out for themselves. They are a 
danger to all of society. We Indigenous people are within our rights. We 
want Canada to obey their own laws, and to respect international norms. 
We want an open and fair hearing. If the colonizers think they own our 
land, they need to prove it. With this attack they have trashed any 
pretension to right and decency, democracy and the rule of law. Canada 
is beginning to slide quickly down the slippery slope of despotism. How 
can Canada decolonize. The test lies in how they feel toward people who 
challenge their assumptions. Are they going to use batons, guns and 
pepper spray? Or are they going to get out their documents and take a 
serious look at the evidence.

The answer is obvious. Just look at what is happening today. This is a 
colonial government's hard core. Canada does not believe in reasoned 
researched and documented solutions. We are seeing how colonial 
government is going to deal with any kind of questioning of their "might 
makes right" authority. These are the signs of how a tyrannical 
government is going to suppress the people from expressing legitimate 
dissent against a takeover by the powerful elitist interests that are 
involved. It appears that individual rights are being eliminated 
systematically all over Turtle Island. This destruction of dissent at 
Six Nations is done under the cover of media darkness. This is the way 
it will be done in the future against all people across Turtle Island. 
This is an experiment in police state tactics against unarmed people who 
are exercising our rights.

These are the lessons they learned at Gustafsen Lake in 1995 where 
77,000 rounds of ammunition were shot at the Indians. In Saskatoon, 
where Six Indian boys were found frozen to death outside the city put 
there by police officers. In Winnipeg where J.J. Harper was murdered by 
the Winnipeg police. At Ipperwash where Dudley George was murdered in 
cold blood by the OPP. There are over 500 Indigenous women who have 
"disappeared" and the police have done nothing about it. In the 1960's 
there was a complaint made in British Columbia because men were looking 
for Indian children to have sex with them in the streets. The police did 
nothing about it. Child prostitution is an on-going problem in 
Vancouver. We don't want the blood lust of Canada's police force to be 
whetted by spilling the blood of Indians. This vampire regime is moving 
in on Indians like sharks who smell blood in the water.

We don't want the

6:45 am

Go to Six nations. Take part in the Canadian "democratic" process. Get 
pepper sprayed. Get beat up. Get arrested. Get killed. No one will know 
what is going on. Seriously, the media black out is giving the lawless 
their power. They can do anything they want and who knows where it will 
stop. Take photos and tell your friends. We don't want another Chile. 
The state has been involved in murders before like Anna May Aquash. 
These attackers find a place where they can live out their bizarre 
fantasies and manias. These people have a twisted view of society and a 
gun is put in their hands. No psychological testing is done on these 
guys in police, armies, and bureaucracies. The only test for surviving 
is a willingness to "follow orders", not the law. These people have no 
concept of what the law or true democratic rule is.

6:20 AM

Cops all over the place. People are there. More people coming. Pepper 
sprayed. So far they let everybody go. Some might have been seized. 
Don't know. Canada using Gestapo tactics instead of making things right. 
Canada following big brother george bush mentality -- invasion, 
containment, imprisonment and torture of Indigenous people and their 
families. Next Canada will start hunting down those who continue to 
protect and try to maintain the sov and jurisdiction of our people. lets 
not be surprised if Canada puts a deck of 52 for its most wanted 
Indigenous people and their friends and allies. Free land is our land 
that is free of Indians.

At 5:55 am this morning, Thursday, April 20th, over 150 heavily armed 
Ontario Provincial Police with Native mercenaries as body shields, 
invaded Six Nations land. Some carrying M-16's, in riot gear. 6th line 
is still open. The Rotinoshon'no are not fighting because they are 
unarmed. Tear gas has been thrown at them. Some were pepper sprayed. The 
traitors are the same kind of people who stabbed Crazy Horse, Geronimo, 
and those who fought for our sovereignty and our lives.

One bridge to the property has been closed.

Witnesses required. This will not be on the national news. Go there and 
see what is going on. This is a scary precedent. Take pictures. Make 
reports. Let the world know. report. REPORT. REPORT. Help the people so 
no one gets hurt. we never wanted violence. Canada has opened to the 
door to covert state violence on a scale that is unprecedented in 
Canada. This si the end of any pretense of negotiation with Indigenous 
people. they're just going to take the land. Canada came in with 
armaments, guns, paddy wagons (we dont know what's in there).

Don't let Canada become another Chile. Tell the world. The 
Rotino'shon:we are on our own land.

MNN Mohawk Nation News

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Thursday, April 20, 2006 | Updated at 9:07 AM EDT

Native protestors reclaim housing development that was cleared by police 
today in pre-dawn raid
*Hamilton Spectator*

CALEDONIA -- Native protesters have re-occupied the housing development 
that OPP cleared in a pre-dawn raid today.

Eyewitness accounts say the natives chased the OPP off the site. One 
native reported protesters used metal pipes to smash the windows of an 
OPP vehicle prior to the pull-out.P>

Police arrived at 5 a.m. this morning with cruisers, rented vans, tear 
gas cannons, and Tasers at ready, according to a Mrs. Hill who contacted 
the Spectator as the sweep was taking place. She said 12 people were 
arrested.

Other eyewitnesses said protesters were pepper-sprayed as police 
approached the barricade in darkness.

Argyll Road is closed down, Notre Dame school in Caledonia has been 
closed at the request of police and police helicopters are buzzing the 
airspace above the area.

But just after police left the scene, more protesters moved in. They 
slipped behind police lines on Six Nations land.

Norma General, a Six Nations safekeeper in the longhouse, arrived at 
police barricades at Argyll Rd. in a flood of tears.

"They came here and raided our village. They always come when no one is 
aware."

Her son was there and she thinks he has been arrested.

"I'm angry. The chiefs were working with the federal government and they 
still did this. There was peace in our hearts but they just dragged them 
away," said General.

Police told thespec.com that "the operation is ongoing" but refused to 
disclose any details about the raid. Police will release a statement 
early this afternoon. More details will follow here on thespec.com 
through the day.

Tensions rose on Tuesday after talks to end the dispute apparently broke 
down.

A judge granted an injunction in March to remove the occupiers, but 
police did not enforce it until day 52 of the occupation.

"By the time anybody saw that they were coming, the police were all over 
the site and basically began arresting people," said Desrochers.

Provincial police had not commented on the raid.

Since Feb. 28, dozens of Six Nations protesters have been occupying the 
Douglas Creek Estates housing project southwest of Hamilton, which they 
say sits on native land.

They argue that the site was part of a large land grant back in 1784, 
but the provincial and federal governments say the land was surrendered 
in 1841 to help build a major highway.

The protest has irked local residents, 500 of whom turned out earlier 
this month for a rally to demand that authorities end the occupation.

A spokeswoman for federal Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice has said 
the occupation is a provincial matter.

The Ontario government said earlier this month that it wanted a 
negotiated end to the standoff.

The clash with police brings to mind the aboriginal occupation of 
Ipperwash Provincial Park, which resulted in the death of protester 
Dudley George from a police sniper's bullet.

The park was seized by First Nations protesters on Sept. 4, 1995, under 
the belief it was native territory that had never been properly surrendered.

Provincial police marched on the park two days later, and George was 
slain in the ensuing showdown.

George's death prompted accusations of police and government racism and 
an inquiry that is still ongoing.

-- with files from Canadian Press