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Band members continue sit-in at Buffalo Point

By: Staff Writer

Posted: 11/14/2012 11:36 AM | Comments: 0

Some Buffalo Point First Nation band members are facing off with RCMP officers and two band councillors at the Buffalo Point band office near the Manitoba-Minnesota border, a protester confirmed this morning.

Opponents of Buffalo Point Chief John Thunder have held the band office in a sit-in for the last three week in a dispute over a land vote.

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"We’re in a situation now," said Elliott Cobiness. He said two officers accompanied by the two band councillors ordered the protesters to leave this morning. He said they were handed legal documents and told Chief Thunder had obtained an injunction against their protest.

"It’s an illegal injunction," Cobiness said. The protesters refuse to leave and at least one supporter said today that she expected them to be arrested and removed at any moment.

That appeared to be unlikely. RCMP at the band office had no intention of arresting anyone, RCMP Cpl Miles Hiebert said.

"You will need to speak to the Band Council. I understand our members have no role in this other than to keep the peace," Hiebert said.

Chief Thunder filed a civil suit against the band occupation Nov. 2. He was not immediately available for comment.

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