*LINK IN BIO Image from facebook group: Secwepemc'ulecw Grassroots Movement 'Wolverine & Faith Keeper Percy Rosette' BELIEVE IN SOMETHING EVEN IF IT MEANS GIVING UP EVERYTHING SEPTEMBER 11, 1995 Windbreaker article: 'Footprints: Gustafsen Lake warrior Wolverine showed bravery under fire' September 15th, 2018 By Dianne Meili Windspeaker Archives, 2016 Wolverine was 65 when he joined 23 Sun Dancers in August 1995 on sacred Ts'Peten (pronounced Chuh-patten) the traditional Secwepemc name for Gustafsen Lake, unceded land near B.C.'s 100 Mile House. When rancher Lyle James demanded they leave his land, tension escalated into what would become Canada's largest and most expensive domestic paramilitary operation. Four hundred police surrounded the area, aided by helicopters and armoured personnel carriers. Police shot at unarmed people and "RCMP Superintendent Murray Johnston said a resolution to the standoff would 'require the killing of the defenders, including myself'," wrote Wolverine in a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in December 2015. Wolverine was asking the PM for an inquiry into the extreme actions of police and heavy military force during the standoff. When the siege ended on Sept. 17, 1995, one person was injured but no one was killed. During it, Wolverine found himself dodging bullets and saving the life of fellow defender James "OJ" Pitawanakwat, who lives in political asylum in the United States after fleeing #Canada from charges stemming from Gustafsen Lake. "He saved my life by re-directing gunfire," Pitawanakwat said in an APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network) interview. "In the battlefield, no one could match his integrity and perseverance and his agility." Convicted in 1997, Wolverine served about six years in prison for willful mischief, firing at police officers, assaulting police officers and possession of weapons and explosives. The trial was lengthy; questions were asked as to who signed off on the weaponry and military tactics used against the defenders, given the government's responsibility to protect inherent rights and title of #Indigenous people under the Constitution of Canada and Royal Proclamation of 1763.