Names have been edited to reflect a person’s common name and/or to correct names as recorded in legal documents.
* means on the Council of the Haida Nation’s list of those who stood the line
- Kamee Ethel Jones
- Chief Gaahlaay Watson Pryce
- Jaadsankinghliiyas Ada Yovanovich
- Giteewans Adolphus “Fussy” Marks *
- Brad Collinson
- Fred Davis
- Mervin Dunn
- Andy Edgars
- Lawrence Jones
- Colin Richardson
- Ron Russ
- Noel White
- Martin Williams
- John Yeltatzie
- Harold Yeltatzie
- Willard Wilson
- Diane Brown
- Rose Russ
- Laura Williams
- Richard Williams
- Reg Wesley
- James “Bussy” McGuire
- Merle Adams
- Henry Wilson
- Barbara “Babs” Stevens
- Kim Yovanovich
- Kenny Davis
- John Jones
- Christopher Collison
- Barry Bell
- Teddy Williams
- Valerie Jones
- LaVerne Davies
- Jackie Hans
- Pat Gellerman
- Paulette Robinson (née Pearson)
- Marni York
- Colleen Williams
- Audra Collison
- Dave Brock
- James Stelkia
- Mervin Dunn
- Joey Parnell
- Vince Pearson
- Jody Russ
- Giitsxaa, Ron Wilson
- Lawrence Drager
- Sally Edgars
- Kathleen Pearson
- Russell Edgars
- Harold Wilson
- Herman Collinson
- Clayton Gladstone
- Gordon Russ
- Stuart McLean
- Michael Allan
- Troy Pearson
- Frank Baker
- Mitch Richardson
- Marchel Shannon
- Shelley Hageman
- Waneeta Richardson
- Jennifer Davidson
- Ron Souza
- Alfie Setso Jr.
- James Stanley
- Dorothy Russ
- James Young
- Linda Day
- Beatrice Drager
- Ronald George
- Nigel Pearson
- Harold Williams
Injunction Hearings – 1985
Vancouver Registry No. C854987
Plaintiff: Western Forest Products Limited
Defendants: Dempsey Collinson (Chief of the Skidegate Indian Band, on behalf of himself and all members of the Skidegate Indian Band), Miles Richardson (Administrator of the Haida Tribal Council, on behalf of himself and all other members of the Haida Tribal Council), Gary Russ, Guujaaw Gary Edenshaw, John Doe, Jane Doe, and Persons Unknown
And – Vancouver Registry No. C854988
Plaintiff: Frank Beban Logging Ltd.
Defendants: Dempsey Collinson, Gary Russ, Miles Richardson, and Guujaaw Gary Edenshaw, and Persons Unknown
From November 5-8, 1985, hearings were held for an interlocutory injunction regarding the Lyell Island blockade were held at the Supreme Court of BC in Vancouver, and were heard by the Honourable Mr. Justice Harry McKay. President of the Haida Nation Miles Richardson Jr. represented the defendants, who chose to testify orally rather than submit written affidavits. On November 8th, the injunction was granted. The following testified at these hearings:
- Chief Gid Kun Nathan Young, who testified in Haida with Minnie Croft as his translator
- Chief Skidegate Clarence “Dempsey” Collinson
- Chief Chee Xial Miles Richardson Sr.
- Chief Iljuwaas Reynold Russ
- Chief Gaahlaay Watson Pryce
- Percy Williams
- Lilly Bell
- Diane Brown
- Marina Jones
- Bill Reid
- Gladys Gladstone
- Russ Jones
- Paul Pearson
- Gary Russ
- Phil Watson
- Robert Davidson
- Guujaaw
- Pansy Collison
- Lavina Lightbown
Criminal Contempt of Court Charges 1985
On November 22, 1985, Western Forest Products and the BC Attorney General filed in the BC Supreme Court to increase charges from mischief to that of criminal contempt, punishable of up to two years in jail, for 18 people. Seventeen Haida and an NDP MP who was invited to stand on the line by citizens of the Haida Nation.
The case was heard November 28, 1985, at the Supreme Court of BC in Prince Rupert by the Honourable Chief Justice Allan McEachern. President of the Haida Nation, Miles Richardson Jr represented the Haida defendants. Sentencing for those convicted was held December 6, 1985, at the Supreme Court of BC in Vancouver.
- Noel White: charges dropped
- Brad Collinson: charged and acquitted
- Mervin Dunn: charged and acquitted
- Andy Edgars: charged and acquitted
- Ron Russ: charged and acquitted
- Fred Davis: charged and acquitted
- Kim Yovanovich: charged and acquitted
- Colin Richardson: charged and convicted; received a suspended sentence of five months imprisonment
- Lawrence Jones: charged and convicted; received a suspended sentence of five months imprisonment
- John Yeltatzie: charged and convicted; received a suspended sentence of five months imprisonment
- Diane Brown: charged and convicted; received a suspended sentence of five months imprisonment
- Willard Wilson: charged and convicted. Before sentencing, at the express request of President of the Haida Nation Miles Richardson Jr. – in order to have Mr. Wilson continue overseeing the administration of the Athlii Gwaii stand – Mr. Wilson agreed not to return to Lyell Island for a period of four to six months and as such, was not sentenced.
- Guujaaw: charged and convicted; received a suspended sentence of five months imprisonment
- Roberta Olsen: charged and convicted; received a suspended sentence of five months imprisonment
- Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas: charged and convicted; received a suspended sentence of five months imprisonment
- Arnie Bellis: charged and convicted; received a suspended sentence of five months imprisonment
- Martin Williams: charged and convicted; received a suspended sentence of five months imprisonment
- NDP MP Svend Robinson: charged and fined $750. Robinson would not apologize to the courts but agreed not to return to the Lyell Island blockade.
Criminal Contempt of Court Charges 1986
New charges were laid against 11 Haida and again raised from mischief to that of criminal contempt and punishable up to two years in jail upon sentencing. Charges were later dropped.
- LaVerne Davies
- Christopher Collison
- Clayton Gladstone
- Kamee Ethel Jones
- John Jones
- Shelley Hageman
- Chief Gaahlaay Watson Price
- Noel White
- Colleen Williams
- Henry Wilson
- Jaadsankinghliiyas Ada Yovanovich