Re: [A-List] Squamish Elder Harriet Nahnee Jailed

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Several questions:

I take it that she was held without bail for two weeks pending her trial
not sentenced for  crime so far. Was she represented at the bail hearing
by a lawyer and if not why not? Does she have a prior record? If not, then
her detention is completly unjustified and is only a political act to
prevent further protests by her. But they could have made that a condition
of bail.
What are the charges exactly? It is not clear. She needs  a lawyer
otherwise she will be chewed up by the system and lwyer sympathetic to her
cause.

Chris

> Please support the immediate release of this elder/grandmother activist
> and
> clan mother of the Squamish Nation.
>
> Support the immediate release of Harriet Nahanee.
>
> This is truly disgusting and beyond contempt.  The authorities should be
> ashamed of themselves for punishing an elder/elderly woman in such a
> fashion because she tried to protect the Earth from destruction and stood
> by her principles.  This is nothing more than abuse of power.
>
> This is the solution?  This is what a provincial judge, a supposedly
> intelligent, highly paid civil servant, comes up with?  A two-week jail
> sentence?!  What harm has this grandmother done?  What threat is she? Will
> the precious Olympic Games come to a grinding halt if she's not thrown
> into
> jail?  After all that's what this is all about isn't it, an unnecessary
> road to the Olympic Games site.
>
> Surely to goodness she could have been released on bail while waiting
> trial.
>
> I wonder what the First Nations are doing to support this woman and I
> wonder what we, the general public, can we do?
>
> Rita
>
> Vancouver, Wednesday January 24, 2007
>
> This morning, shortly after 10AM, Madam Justice Brown sentenced Squamish
> elder Harriet Nahanee to fourteen days in jail for asserting her rights
> under the Constitution as an Indian and refusing to apologize to anybody,
> including the court, for blockading at Eagleridge Bluffs.
>
> No. 2 - Resisting Arrest. Squamish Elder, Harriet Nahanee Photo:
> Christopher Grabowski
>
> Betty Krawczyk, who had been acting in the courtroom as a McKenzie Friend
> of the court on Harriet's behalf, knowing full well the horrors of Surrey
> Pre-Trial where Harriet will most likely be kept, objected strenuously at
> the sentencing. Betty was forcibly ejected from the court room and refused
> re-entry.
>
> It seems that these great grandmothers are the only two who have refused
> to
> apologize for trying to protect Eagleridge and are the two who will pay
> the
> price in jail time. Betty can't speak for Harriet right now because
> Harriet
> is in jail, but Betty wants everybody to know she will apologize to Kiewit
> and Sons and Mr. Falcon, Minister of Transportation when they apologize to
> the people of this province for destroying a valuable eco system to serve
> their own dark, troubled corporate loving egos. Her trial begins on
> Monday,
> Jan. 29 at the Supreme Court in Vancouver. It will last a week. She will
> represent herself.
>
> Please come support these two great grandmothers who are trying to help
> save life and breath for the next generations.
>
> For further information: Marni Norwich marni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 604.450.5326
>
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