= pg Fre: ag MIE eT hee me 90 oft white orb: ee become weapons in claims battle — TERRACE — On, a summer’ 8 day in 1987 a confrontation ne banks of the Skeena River near Gitsegeucla.. : wet The. issue'Was inalives fi shing : in contravention of. federal: regulations and it had the mak- J ings of now familiar Somes © of i pratest, and. of arrest. poe and fisheries “Officers and pelted them | with mar- shmallows. © « my It’s one? of. “many tactics natives have at their disposal to press the: case: “for native land claims” ‘and Tights, says a spokesman’ for. the Gitksan and Wet’suwet’en: who. helped organize the incident. “Guerilla. warfare, mar- shmallow warfare., You take what action you have to take," said Don Ryan last. week. Ryan made the comment following the arrival of the ar- my at Oka and Kahnawake to femove Mowhawk barricades that had been up for more than . seven weeks. “Pye been saying for years that people in Canada aren’t go- ing to see the type of civil disobedience they have seen in the past,”* said Ryan. In -the case of the mar- shmallow incident, the issue was resolved. in favour of the natives. They can now fish wherever and whenever they want and assault charges laid against natives were dismissed by a provincial court judge. The point of the mar- shmallows is that natives need not take up weapons to press their point, said Ryan. “There are many tactics, things to target. You don’t need a protracted war, There are many ways to keep the authorities onthe run. oy can. disrupt’* “transportation” links, cofmunications . links,”’ ‘he said, « The Gitksan and Wet’suwet’en have become ex- perts at blockades and at other tactics designed to boost their: cause and to gather publicity. “Appear at places to which he must hasten, move _ “swiftly where he does not expect you.” _ From The Art of War written’ by: Sun: Tau from China 2,300 years ago. Don Ryan At Moricetown near Smithers on Hwy 16, for instance, natives set up an informational blockade and passed out pam- phiets while at other locations, all traffic except for logging . trucks was allowed to pass. Ryan conceded that the Gitksan and Weit’suwet’en carefully plan their actions to draw the reaction they want. Using weapons, for example, will result im authorities using weapons in turn but doing things without weapons, leaves authorities turning to other means, ““(Guns) are too expensive. You have to buy ammunition. Marshmallows are a symbolism of warfare. When you're deal- ing with the RCMP you do dif- ferent things than with the CN police. It depends on who you are facing. There are different rules for different ball games,’’ ,Said Ryan. OT He ‘spokesman included’ “public statements in his defini- ‘tion of guerilla warfare saying that rhetoric and = an- nouncements can be made to - establish positions and draw op- ponents off guard. On Gitksan and Wet’suwet’en roadblocks, there are located nearby what Ryan calls security. measures to pro- tect the people at the roadblocks. “Tt might be old cars you can drive up to obstruct. You can fake an accident. There are many ways,’ he said. All this comes under Ryan’s definition’ of guerilla warfare which involves using innovative tactics to oppose and wear down an opponent. The Gitksan and Wet'’suwet'en get their guerilla warfare knowledge from draw- ing on past experience, by learn- ing from people brought up to train. peacekeepers which are meant to replace the RCMP in their villages and by reading. One. of Ryan’s favourite books is The Art of War written 2,300 years ago by Sun Tzu from China. It's regarded as the first known attempt at laying out the basis for military opera- tions. Lessons in the book have been. adopted and adapted by many military leaders since. It advocates constant move- ment against a superior force, keeping it off balance, creating diversions and striking at unex- pected places. “Hit and leave and hit here again and leave, Create a noise. It’s a popular book,’’ said Ryan. Based on the Gitksan and Wet’suwet’en experience, Ryan says he’s not surprised about the absence of the mare heavily- armed Mowhawk warriors at the barricades when the army ’ moved in. _-"—T know people in those. “Villages and have‘talked' to the ~ political leaders. Those guys (the Mohawk warriors) were gone days ago. They’ve gone back to New York State or wherever. They'll pop up in Montreal or someplace else and do something else,”’ he said. | manu TIRE & AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLY LTD. an 4808 Hwy. 16 W. Terrace — 635-4902 _ ALL-DAY INSTORE SPECIALS F.M. c. A Wheel . Our head offices are.located within the northern region of aur Province and we are proiid:o| ‘that. 1 gives us the adge on what Is happening here, where we may be needed — and enables €32 Central J Mountain AirLtd. 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