1995 - Norih Shore News 4 ~ Friday, September 22, Local fro From page 1 Said North Vancouver RCMP Insp Jamie Graham, “Sometimes if is less stressful for the members involved ‘because they are focused on the job at hand. “y “Wheie it gets stressful is for their peers at the detich- ment and the ‘ERT members’ families, ‘There is constait worry, and when you hear that shots have been fired, that ‘is very stressful.” said Graham,who is also a nember of “the ERT team, but did not go to Gustafsen. On Sunday, the protracted standoff ended peacefully with the last armed squatters leaving the camp. Among the squatters were members of the Shusy ap Nation and other native groups who claim the land is > sacred to nutive people who perform spiritual Sundance ‘ceremonies there. But the RCMP and provincial Attomey General Ujjal Dosanjh viewed the situation as a criminal act of uespass on private land. North’ Vancouver's Irwin Oostindie, Under the Volcano Studio: organizer, said the natives’ side of the issue was controlled and edited by media reports and the RCMP. 2 Under the Voleano Studio, which focuses on the works of political artists, held a film festival on Sept. 9 in its Lower Lonsdale location where Defenders of the Land: The Truth Behind the Stand at Gustafsen Lake was . ‘ shown, j return ense standoff “The film was reveatiog i in than the people inside the Gustafsen Lake camp weren't criminals,” said Oostindie. “They were party toa long. case of injustice against indigenous people in Canada, The guns were a sign of frustrated people who have been long mistreated.” he said. ‘The film sas shot by ‘Tran Royce, who had stayed at ‘the camp, said Oostindie. The film was taken Gut before the RCMP isolated the squatters. In the film, native squatters contend that the Sundance area was never given up by the Shuswap and that a 1763 Royal Proclamation guarantees that uaceded territories are to be left “unmolested and undisturbed.” One native explained that the situation appeared to escalate When a Fence was erected, The fence was built by ihe natives who claim it was needed to keep cattle from defecating on what they viewed as sacred land, The cattle are on fand owned by: Lyall James, The squatters dispute the rancher’s ownership of the land. Also in the film were excerpts of a tlk by controver- ‘sial lawyer Bruce Clark at the University of Victoria. Clark said the ‘native and non-native situation in Canada was like other instances of occupation. He said occupiers usually set up puppet governments to carry on their negative agendas. In the case of Canadian natives, Clark said the puppet governments are native band councils. “Roche Pt. residents seek input From page 3 Staff confirmed Monday that road access from Dollarton would involve substantial tree loss because ‘the route would switchback to gain the elevation of the planned devel- opment.” > Tt is the negotiation of that same elevation on Roche Point Drive by vastly increased traffic volumes that _ has local residents afraid and angry. |. Jean-Ennis: described: the. steep slope onto the Dollarton Highway vision out of a nightmare.” “Putting this road through would be akin to inviting our children to play in the traffic,” she told council. , But Dykeman described the “Phase One” extension of Roche Point Drive at the band’s expense as a reasonable proposal. ““It is not a completion of: the road. It is not a commitment to develop municipal property.” Dykeman, referring to approximate- ly 12 hectares of district-owned land said | But a report from district plan- ning staff shows that while the band would pay for the Phase One exten- sion of Roche Point Drive, 50% of that cost (approximately $400,000) would be refunded “when the dis- trict is ready to connect the road and use the full. corridor through to Mount Seymour Parkway.” Staff point out that the connec- tion of Roche Point Drive has been planned ‘for several. years and..is shown in the Seymour’ Official ‘mixed with rush hour traffic.as “a in the same area. ox XC Di Tag weds =e Bot Community Plan, adopted in 1990. NVD policy takes on violence issue NORTH VANCOUVER District Council is seeking i input on its comprehensive new zero tolerance of violence against women policy. 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