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Indian Posse
The Indian Posse probably began around
1990, mostly inside Stony
Mountain Institution. Members are Aboriginal, White or
Black, and all live by "blood in and blood out"
doctrine common to many US prison gangs. The Indian Posse was featured in the film Stryker,
Canadian-director Noam Gonick's 2004 film about Native street
gangs in the Canadian Praires. Stryker highlights the turf
war between the Indian Posse and the Asian Bomb Squad, a North-End
Winnipeg street gang, specifically covering the lives of each
gang's prominent members. Gonick portrays Native Canadian
street gangs as "armies of resistance," as methods
of self-protection for disenfranchised youth that emerge following
state-minority uprisings such that of Oka, Quebec in the 1990s
(reference).
Gonick, in an interview with the Indian Posse members during
the filming of the movie, quotes them as saying “it’s about
time someone gave us the respect to make a movie about us.”
The term "Stryker" is slang for a prospective gang
member.
In prison they have made headlines in:
According to users , the Indian Posse mainly claims territory
in Samson Reserve and Louis Bull Reserve of Hobbema, Alberta,
while Redd
Alert mainly claims Ermineskin Reserve. However, some
Redd Alert members also reside in Samson, Montana, and Louis
Bull reserves. According to users, Locolz in Winnipeg is in
a rise together with the Indian Posse and Krazies.
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