On Saturday, October 22, No One is Illegal members in an unannounced action went to the Vancouver Snow Show to protest the occupation of Sun Peaks Ski resort on Secwepemc territories, land which has never been ceded, released, nor surrendered.

Sun peaks resort is located near Kamloops, British Columbia and is owned by Nippon Cable. Despite the fact that the United Nations has repeatedly condemned Canada for violating International Human Rights of Indigenous communities, Sun Peaks Ski Resort continues to abuse the rights of the Secwepemc people through the continuous expansion of its overpriced bed units and hotel chains such as Delta Hotels on the Secwepemc Territories.

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HONOURING MAYUK (NICOLE MANUEL) AND ALL SECWEPEMC DEFENDERS

FRIDAY JULY 15, 2005 10 AM TO 2 PM. ABORIGINAL FRIENDSHIP CENTER 1607 EAST HASTINGS. Info: contact Art Manuel 250-319-0688 or NOII at 778 885 0040

==> PRESS CONFERENCE AT 10:30 AM
* Mayuk, Secwepmc Youth Movement and recently released political prisoner
* Professor June McCue, Director, First Nations Legal Studies, Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia Law Faculty
* Mr. Rick Quipp, Cheam fisherman, charged for fishing without a Fishing Permit.
* David Denis: West Coast Warrior Society, recently subjected to Burrard Street Police Takedown
* Mr. Arthur Manuel, Indigenous Network on Economies and Trade (INET),spokesperson
* Ms. Tara Scurr, BC-Yukon Organizer, Council of Canadians

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Speakers include: June Quipp (Elder, Cheam Nation), Rosalin Sam (Sutikalh camp), Billie Pierre, Dustin Johnson (Indigenous Students Society UBC), Super Dan, and others…..

RESIST 2010 !!! BOYCOTT DELTA HOTELS !!!
SATURDAY FEBURARY 12TH GATHER AT VICTORY SQUARE @ 1 PM

February 12, 2005 will mark the five-year countdown to the 2010 Olympics, which runs from February 12-28. On Saturday February 12, 2005 we will bring the struggle against the Olympics to the forefront by targeting the Delta Hotels and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) offices.

We will be marching to confront and remind people that there can be No Olympics on stolen native land as the the Secwepemc, St’at’imc, Cheam and other communities are fighting ski resort development, including hotels like Delta which is now the target of an International Boycott called for by the Secwepemc community, on unceded traditional territories.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 29, 2004, T’kumlups, Secwepemcul’ecw

In Kamloops bc Supreme Court today, Sun Peaks Corporation, provincial prosecutor Stephen R. Harrison and bc Supreme Court Justice Lamperson issued an uncontested stay of proceedings against 3 Secwepemc Nationals who have been representing themselves; Henry Saul ( Saw – Ses ) George Manuel Jr. ( Sen XeXe7 t’e Spelqweqs ) and Arnie Jack. With a packed courtroom, Justice Lamperson gave no reason for the stay of proceedings, immediately called for a two minute recess and ran from courtroom 5B.The three were originally charged as a result of their uncompromising role to occupy, use and enjoy their un-ceded land in a month-long standoff with provincial RCMP from August 29, 2004 through to the time of their arrests at Skwelkwek’welt ( aka Sun Peaks Ski Resort ) on September 21, 2004.

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BOYCOTT SUN PEAKS RESORT
Sunday October 17 @ 1 pm
Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre, 999 Canada Place

The Canadian Ski Patrol is hosting the 2004 Winter Extreme Swap from the weekend of October 15-17 at Canada Place. Sun Peaks will be operating a booth. This is huge event attended by ski clubs, tourists and tour operators and it is crucial to have a presence at this event to affect Sun Peaks Resorts where it hurts- at their economic base of tourists and potential investors. Skwelkwek’welt defenders will be traveling to Vancouver for this action and we will be there to support them in calling for a boycott of Sun Peaks Resort and demanding a halt to Sun Peaks resort expansion on unceded territories.

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