[news] Resistance Without Reservation! (Part 1 of 2)

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Sun Peaks resort and Delta Hotels are built on Secwepemc territories that have 
never been ceded or surrendered. Land and Water BC disregarded the Secwepemc, 
who said NO to expansion in stakeholder meetings and in June 2001 obtained a 
court injunction to forcibly remove the Secwepemc from their homelands. The 
Skwekwelk'welt Protection Center, at the resort's entrance, claims aboriginal 
title and rights. For this exercise of rights, 54 arrests with charges ranging 
from criminal contempt and intimidation by blocking a road to resisting arrest 
have been made. In honour of the front-line struggles of this land that have 
been in total resistance for centuries, a convergence is being organized on 
Secwepemc territories on August 28-29. Hundreds will travel from Vancouver and 
surrounding areas to escalate the fight against state and corporate occupation.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/8/5/203315/4745