Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 22, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press monday june 9 micmac vow to continue fishing despite second raid rest Gouche que. Up Mic Mac indians Here vowed yesterday to step up Salmon fishing using borrowed nets after Quebec provincial police seized most of their nets from the Resti Gouche River during a Surprise week end raid. National Indian brotherhood presi Dent Del Riley said fishing nets were being sent from other reserves to enable the micmac to continue fishing six nights a week. He said the. Band had Only about 15 nets in its Possession following Satur Day s raid the second in less than 10 Days. The two raids were launched after the micmac defied Quebec government regulations limiting them to fishing three Days a week. Riley who met for several hours yesterday with Indian affairs minister John Munro and the rest Gouche band Council said the band has also decided to retain night roadblocks at four entry Points to the Reserve. Under seige the Reserve is virtually under seige by the troops of Quebec Premier or. Rene Riley said adding that the roadblocks would remain in place for As Long As the nearest concentration of Provin Cial police in the area is 25 Kilometres away at Matapedia where about 150 members of the tactical squad Are on standby. Micmac band spokesman Michael nation Isaacs told reporters that the blockade would be lifted during Daylight hours and dump trucks borrowed from a Riviere do Loup construction company would be returned. The checkpoints would be put up again at night to protect our women and he said. During saturday s raid a Force of 260 provincial police officers and game wardens swooped Down on the Resti Gouche River and seized about 40 fish ing nets. Two Quebec government helicopters were fired on and reporters who approached Sand bagged police positions on the Intel provincial Bridge Between rest Gouche and Campbellton n.8., were turned Back with the threat of a tear Gas attack. Tear Gas and smoke bombs were fired by the police to keep angry re serve residents at Bay and one Man was grazed by a plastic Bullet. There were no arrests during the three hour police action which unlike a raid on june 11, took place outside the Reserve. During the first raid 11 men were arrested and several band members were jostled by police. Munro who flew to the rest Gouche Reserve saturday following the police raid rejected a band Council request for Federal Protection from provincial police. Munro said his presence was a form of Federal Protection and the government did not plan to provide ramp or Canadian forces Protection for the band. Federal Protection in the sense Are we going to Send tanks and guns in he said before leaving for Ottawa yesterday. I Don t really think that s the keep your while urging the micmac to keep your the minister said i cannot give a personal guarantee that the Quebec police Force will not come and repeat the performance they undertook yesterday saturday and june Munro promised to stay in touch with rest Gouche band members and said he will look into the possibility of taking jurisdiction Over Indian fishing rights from Quebec. Quebec currently administers the fisheries under a 1923 agreement with the Federal government. Munro said he would also talk with solicitor general Robert Kaplan about the possibility of bringing charges against police officers for their behaviour during the june 11 raid. The micmac charge that several members of the band were beaten and Indian women insulted when police urinated in front of them during the police action. Federal Indian affairs minister John Munro left meets rest Gouche chief Alphonse metallic. 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