Anthony O'Brien "Dudley" George (March 17, 1957 – September 7, 1995) was a Ojibwa protestor who was shot and killed near Ipperwash Provincial Park in Ontario in 1995 during the Ipperwash Crisis. He was protesting the Canadian government's seizure of the Stoney Point land^[1]. Dudley George was the only Aboriginal person killed by the police during an aboriginal land claims dispute in Canada in the twentieth century. March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Ojibwa, Aanishanabe or Chippewa (also Ojibwe, Ojibway, Chippeway, Anishinaabe, or Anishinabek) are the largest group of Native Americans/First Nations north of Mexico, including Métis. ... Canadian Forces Camp Ipperwash existed from 1942 until 1995. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (French has some legal status but is not fully co-official) Flower White trillium Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Ipperwash Crisis was an crisis that occurred in Ipperwash Provincial Park, Ontario in 1995. ... Aboriginal peoples in Canada are Indigenous Peoples recognized in the Canadian Constitution Act, 1982, sections 25 and 35, respectively, as Indians (First Nations), Métis, and Inuit. ... Aboriginal land claims are claims of Native or Aboriginal peoples (also referred to as Indigenous peoples) about their ownership of land before the arrival of settlers, primarily Europeans. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar (often from (1900 to 1999 in common usage). ...

Dudley was the eighth of ten children to Geneviève ("Jenny") and Reg ("Nug") George^[2]. He was called Dudley because he loved to watch Dudley Do-Right, the television cartoon about a Mountie.^[3] Dudley Do-Right was the eponymous hero of a segment on The Bullwinkle Show which parodied early 20th century melodrama and silent film. ... Royal Canadian Mounted Police heraldic badge. ...

The Ipperwash Crisis

Main article: Ipperwash Crisis

In 1942 the Government of Canada appropriated the Stoney Point Reserve at Ipperwash under the War Measures Act.^[4] On Labour Day Monday, September 4, 1995, a group of Natives started a protest in Ipperwash Provincial Park to draw attention to the decades-old land claims. About thirty-five unarmed protestors occupied the park. The Ipperwash Crisis was an crisis that occurred in Ipperwash Provincial Park, Ontario in 1995. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... System of government Canada is a constitutional monarchy as a Commonwealth Realm (see Monarchy in Canada) with a federal system of parliamentary government, and strong democratic traditions. ... The War Measures Act (enacted in August 1914, replaced by the Emergencies Act in 1988) was a Canadian statute that allowed the government to assume sweeping emergency powers. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Labor Day (United States). ... September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was called in to deal with the crisis. The OPP prepared a plan, Project Maple, for dealing with the Ipperwash occupation, which stressed "a peaceful resolution", and called for a team of thirteen negotiators to be on call around the clock.^[5] The Ontario Provincial Police (O.P.P.) is the provincial police force for the province of Ontario, Canada. ...

Ontario PC M.P. Marcel Beaubien was in contact with the police the following day^[6], and Beaubien also contacted the office of the Premier, Mike Harris^[7] in an attempt to put pressure on the government to intervene^[8]. On Tuesday, September 5, several government officials were involved in a meeting in Toronto to discuss the Ipperwash protest. The meeting notes conclude that "The province will take steps to remove the occupiers ASAP."^[9] The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party of Ontario) is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. ... A Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) is an elected member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. ... Marcel Beaubien is a politician in Ontario, Canada. ... Dalton McGuinty The Premier of Ontario is the first minister for the Canadian province of Ontario. ... Michael Deane Harris (born January 23, 1945, in Toronto, Ontario) was the twenty-second Premier of Ontario from June 26, 1995 to April 15, 2002. ... September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ...

The next day, police riot squads stormed the park to apprehend the protestors. Various police officers fired on vehicles and buildings. Acting Sergeant Ken "Tex" Deane, fired three shots at Dudley George, who was carrying an elongated dark-coloured branch.^[10] Kenneth Tex Deane (1961 - February 25, 2006) was a a former OPP officer. ...

George had been shot with a hollow point bullet, which caused internal injuries.^[11] He was declared dead at 12:20 a.m. on September 7, 1995 at Strathroy-Middlesex General Hospital.^[12] .357 Magnum rounds. ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... Strathroy (2001 population 12,978) is a community in southwestern Ontario, Canada. ... Middlesex is one of the 39 historic counties of England and the second smallest (after Rutland). ...

Deane was convicted of criminal negligence causing death.^[13] Deane's defence was that he had believed that Dudley George was carrying a rifle. The judge rejected Deane's claim, but sentenced Deane to two years of community service.^[14] Criminal negligence, in the realm of criminal common law, is a legal term of art for a state of mind which is careless, inattentive, neglectful, willfully blind, or reckless; it is the mens rea part of a crime which, if occurring simultaneously with the actus reus, gives rise to criminal... A rifle is a firearm with a stock and a barrel that has a spiral groove or grooves (rifling) cut into its interior. ...

Despite Deane's conviction, larger questions about the role of the office of Progressive Conservative Premier Mike Harris remained. The George family repeatedly called on the Ontario and federal governments to launch an inquiry into the events at Ipperwash^[15]. An investigation was finally launched on November 12, 2003^[16], after the Ontario Conservatives lost power to the Ontario Liberal Party in the 2003 provincial election. The Ontario Liberal Party is a center-right provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. ... Map of Ontarios ridings and their popular vote for their party elected The Ontario general election of 2003 was held on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or MPPs) of the Province of Ontario, Canada. ...

Ken Deane was killed on February 25, 2006 in a car accident when his vehicle collided with a truck near Prescott, Ontario.^[17] Deane was on his way to testify in the inquiry^{[verification needed]}. Kenneth Tex Deane (1961 - February 25, 2006) was a a former OPP officer. ... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The result of excessive speed, this cement truck rolls over into the front garden of a house. ... Prescott is a town of approximately 4,200 people on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Ontario, Canada, directly across from Ogdensburg, New York. ...

Notes

1. ^ Peter Edwards, One Dead Indian. Toronto: Stoddart Publishing Co. Ltd, 2001
2. ^ ibid. p.55
3. ^ ibid. p.55
4. ^ ibid. pp.47-48
5. ^ ibid. pp.74-76
6. ^ Ipperwash Inquiry transcript for January 19th, 2006. Beaubien says that although he couldn't confirm that he'd spoken to Staff Sergeant Lacroix on the morning of the 5th, he had a good relationship with Lacroix and spoke to him frequently. Also, Beaubien's constituency day planner, entered as an inquiry exhibit, confirms the meeting.
7. ^ ibid. Beaubien's fax to Bill King in the Premier's office was also entered as an exhibit
8. ^ ibid. Beaubien testified that "Well, basically I'm giving him a heads up that here's a press release that's going to go out. And, you know, when you -- you give somewhat of a quote/unquote, I guess, 'ultimatum', to somebody in the Premier's office, they may not like it. But I felt that, hey, I got to get some attention here"
9. ^ One Dead Indian. p.80
10. ^ ibid. p.10
11. ^ ibid. p.15
12. ^ ibid. p.15
13. ^ ibid. pp.158-198
14. ^ ibid. p.214
15. ^ ibid. pp.146-147
16. ^ Ipperwash Inquiry
17. ^ "Key Ipperwash witness killed in highway crash", The Globe and Mail, Monday, February 27, 2006

One Dead Indian: The Premier, the Police, and the Ipperwash Crisis is a 2003 book by Canadian investigative journalist Peter Edwards about the 1995 Ipperwash Crisis and the shooting death of aboriginal land claims protester Dudley George by the Ontario Provincial Police on September 7 1995. ... One Dead Indian: The Premier, the Police, and the Ipperwash Crisis is a 2003 book by Canadian investigative journalist Peter Edwards about the 1995 Ipperwash Crisis and the shooting death of aboriginal land claims protester Dudley George by the Ontario Provincial Police on September 7 1995. ...

See also

• One Dead Indian