Wolverine, a leader of the 1995 Gustafsen Lake standoff in B.C., has died

CBC is reporting that 82-year-old Wolverine, a leader of the 1995 Gustafsen Lake standoff in B.C., has died. William Jones Ignace, a Secwepemc man, spent five years in jail for his role in the standoff when 20 First Nations occupied sacred, unceded land near 100-mile House. The confrontation lasted 31 days, and this year people called for a national inquiry into the force brought to bear on the occupiers. Ignace, who will be forever remembered as Wolverine succumbed to cancer on March 22.