RCMP Spied on Indigenous Leader George Manuel

0:00It's March 28th, I'm Corey with the story and this is Canada News today, your AI-powered local news. Declassified RCMP files from the 1970s expose heavy spying on George Manuel, the respected First Nations leader who headed the national, Indian Brotherhood from 1970 to 1976. The Mounties use informants like code name A828, physical tales, electronic bugs, and even wiretaps on headquarters phones. Targeting Manuel, as he fought Pierre Trudeau's, white paper plan to assimilate Indigenous peoples. This surveillance ramped up in 1975, right when Manuel was building global ties, including founding the World Council of Indigenous, peoples and meeting leaders abroad. They also zeroed in on his executive director, Marie Smallface-Marule, suspecting her of radical ties due to her husband's anti-apartheid work, and tracked other figures like Wetsuit and leader Gloria George. Doreen Manuel, George's daughter, and a residential school survivor, feels heartbroken seeing proof

1:05of betrayal from someone close to her father. She shared how he cleverly defended hunters in court using tricks, despite the constant pressure that must have slowed him down like walking in sand. The files confirmed RCMP's racial intelligence unit, modeled after the FBI, infiltrated legitimate groups amid Cold War fears of radicalism even. Though they later admitted the Brotherhood posed no security threat. A 1979 commission verified the tactics, but buried the details until now. Doreen urged his any surviving informers to come forward today, while the assembly of first nations, the Brotherhood successor, demands a full inquiry, and prime ministerial apology after the RCMP's recent expression of regret.