found: Work cat.: Lambertus, S. Wartime images, peacetime wounds, c2004:t.p. (Gustafsen Lake standoff) p. xii (1995 Gustafsen Lake standoff) p. 3 ("standoff involved Natives and non-Native supporters camped on a small parcel of ranch land, which they defended as unceded Aboriginal territory. They refused to leave the location, and the RCMP were called in to assist in mediation. After a series of shooting incidents and a seizure of weapons associated with the camp, however, the RCMP declared the situation a criminal investigation ... At the conclusion of the standoff, the RCMP arrested and charged 18 individuals with various offences, ranging from attempted murder to mischief.")
found: Canadian subject headings, via WWW, May 17, 2004(Gustafsen Lake Standoff, B.C., 1995. UF Gustafsen Lake Confrontation, B.C., 1995; Gustafsen Lake Crisis, B.C., 1995; Gustafsen Lake Occupation, B.C., 1995; Gustafsen Lake Siege, B.C., 1995; Gustafsen Lake Stand-off, B.C., 1995. BT Indians of North America--Land tenure--British Columbia; Indians of North America--British Columbia--Claims; Indians of North America--Canada--Government relations--1951- )
found: Encyc. of British Columbia, 2000:p. 309 (entry Gustafsen Lake: "... Aug. 1995 when a group of aboriginal activists and sympathizers occupied property belonging to a local rancher beside the lake ... The dispute escalated into an armed confrontation with RCMP and came to symbolize the tense relations between aboriginals and non-aboriginals in BC ... In mid-Sept, after a tense standoff closely watched by the media, a dozen people remaining in the camp surrendered.")
found: Canadian encyc., via WWW, May 17, 2004(in entry Native People, Political Organization and Activism: "First Nations' leaders and organizations have been upstaged on several occasions by armed confrontations provoked by militant native groups. Lengthy standoffs between such groups and police or armed forces personnel occurred at Oka, Qué., in 1990 and at Gustafsen Lake, BC, in 1995.")
found: The Ts'peten (Gustafsen Lake) Standoff web site, May 17, 2004:index to Ts'peten archives (1995: Siege: August 19-September 17)
found: William Ignace (a.k.a. Wolverine) - lies and state repression at Gustafsen Lake, via Making the links radio online web site, May 17, 2004(Wolverine spent 5 years in prison for resisting attempts by the RCMP to deny Secwepemc traditionalists the ability to hold Sundances on their traditional land. By the end of the siege, RCMP had fired 77,000 rounds of ammunition at the Ts'peten Defenders.)
found: In honour of the Gustafsen Lake defenders, via WWW, May 17, 2004("In 1995, after a long history of peaceful attempts to have Shuswap sovereignty respected, indigenous people from the Shuswap and other nations and a few non-indigenous supporters took a stand on sacred Sundance lands at Ts'Peten, aka Gustafsen Lake ... Shortly afterwards the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) surrounded the Ts'Peten Defenders and held the people there under siege. On June 19, Counsel Dr. Bruce Clark confirmed that 'as a matter of strict law, you are acting within your existing legal rights by resisting the invasion.' Over the next month police, politicians, and media escalated the situation to make the siege the most expensive domestic military operation in Canada's history. Miraculously, there was only one casualty -- a dog deliberately killed by a police sniper firing at two unarmed people and the animal as they fled from police gunfire and armoured personnel carriers.")
found: Google search, May 17, 2004(Gustafsen Lake Standoff; Gustafsen Lake standoff; Ts'peten (Gustafsen Lake) Standoff; stand off at Gustafsen Lake; Gustafsen Lake Siege; Gustafsen Lake Seige [sic]; Ts'peten (Gustafsen Lake) siege; Gustafsen Lake confrontation; Gustafsen Lake Crisis; 1995 standoff at Gustafsen Lake, BC; armed stand-off between a rancher and native people at Gustafsen Lake, B.C. The group claims that 44 hectares of the rancher's land is sacred; confrontation taking place at Gustafsen Lake in the territory of the Shuswap Nation)
