The Lubicon People are preparing to follow through on
illegitimate oil development activities in their unceded,
traditional lands, as announced in a letter by Chief Bernard
Ominayak to Prime Minister Mulroney (see web.native: OMINAYAK
TO MULRONEY and pn.alerts: LUBICON SET 1. DEC. DEADLINE).

Like last year, when the Lubicon People asserted jurisdiction
over their own traditional lands, politicians and bureaucrats
are warning the Lubicons and their supporters NOT to break
Canadian laws. Those are the same laws that are used to justify 
the destruction of Aboriginal lands across Canada. Those are
also the very laws created to justify the piecemeal destruction
of Aboriginal societies like the Lubicons or the Innu.

These very laws also make it possible for an investigator of
the Intelligence Unit of the National Crime Intelligence
Services to visit Lubicon supporters in their homes to question
them. Aided by members of local police forces, this exercise is
a blatant attempt to harass and intimidate supporters.

The purpose, as explained, is to make supporters aware that
large crowds could incite violence. One supporter pointed out
to the Intelligence Unit investigator that  she experienced
exactly that last year when, after several days of peaceful
Assertion of Jurisdiction over Lubicon Lands, a large crowd of
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, supported by helicopters, attack
dogs, and SWAT team members with silenced sub-machine guns
raided passport check points and arrested  27 Lubicons and
their supporters. 

The purpose of visiting also seems to have a much darker side.
Last years public opinion clearly was behind the Lubicons and
the intent this time could very well be an attempt to arrest
people before the Dec. 1 deadline on CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY
charges if need be.

Stay tuned as we will try to keep you up-to-date on the latest
developments.

If you want to do more than get information start writing
letters to Canadian politicians and newspapers. Public opinion
is the politicians barometer and letters enormously powerful.
Please send copies of letters to the Lubicon Lake Indian
Nation, c/o 3536-106 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, T6J 1A4.


 For more information contact web:car by e-mail or in writing 
                Aboriginal Rights Support Group 
                   Committee Against Racism 
                   P.O. Box 3085, Station B 
                   Calgary, Alberta  T2M 4L6