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Chief Co '5 Co'nfer,enc'e of A I
II dlen Chiefs of 'S'ask,o C ew n
hi f
'D· eter
Steps
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1arch
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Chief Joe Dreaver
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Indian Statesman, Patriot and Soldier
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rovin .ia!
Lunch break.
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2 :30 p.m.
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ultural
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o.
mmunity Development.
port and
rganization,
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Pro
peaker.
Reef ation
initiat.iv
th hith
f
rt
r :
tr ng th
ak
w
5 :30 p.m.
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Assistan 'e
Board
Red and
Project
Winter Work
Health.
White Paper Policy
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Educational
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12 :00
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TOBER 21, 1970
Discussions on Constitution and By
Laws.
12 :00
1 :30 p.m.
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1 :30
5 :00 p.m.
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OCTOBER 22, 1970
9 :00
12 :00
12 :00
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1 :30 p.m.
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1: :30
noon
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3 :00 p.m.
D. Ahen
Luncheon
Lunch Break
akew ( entennial Celebration).
Election
Nominations for elections
matters.
related
other
and
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,
of British
hief's.
Indian
nion
olumbia
One of the main problems
with the national brother
hood in past years has been
financing and delegates dis
cussed ways and means of
prying loose more funds
from the government.
Most of the nine provin
cial and two territorial In
dian organizations
are
enjoy
fiscal
the basis of grants
already provided by the fed-
relatively
Open.
ing
Luncheon.
health
Resolutions.
,
na-
brotherhood
tern Indian
m \V
Yin
ial
rganizaticn:
pr
roth
the Manitoba Indian
ask
erhood. Federation of
Indians, Alberta
atchewan
Indian A., 0 iation and the
ti nal
largely f r
LA.
per onnel
hief
peak Out
will be pre. ent to an. \l er quest! ns,
if any. ( offee break will be in .luded).
orthern School
Suggested Topic
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i
He
m e
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2 :30
the
r
Th
ening
Tram.
1'1
mber
uard of
Veteran'
Hat.
Iedicine
the
with
Military
Along
he Pl' udl
medal
po. e
one
crenation Medal
two
medal for each of the Great
a Jubilee and a
\\ orld \ ar
f
r
m
on
good
.
y
ar
.
erved
.hief Joe
for 25
arne capa it
in the
rethe Mi taw i
on
y ar
we t
miles
70
.h
is
whi
erve
of Prince Albert. Now re
reaver
'
tired, he is a life time mem
ber of the Federation of
Sen
Saskatchewan Indian
oldest
the
is
he
at
79
and
ate
member.
He received several medals
during war services. He was
with the 107th Battalion in
War I, he fought
along side men like Tom
and
Brigadier
Longboat
Martin. He won the military
cross while serving with the
Canadian Infantry. He en
listed again for another four
World
entennial Medal.
He i a proud father of a
family of ix. Four members
of the family served with
either the army, navy or air
force and one acted as Chief
hief Dreaver served
while
in World War II. With his
former
the
Evelyn
wife.
ardinal, they make a hand
orne
couple.
Dreaver Lake in Northern
named
was
Saskatchewan
after
his
son,
Sgt. Harvey
killed in
World War II action.
Dreaver, who
was
OCT 211970
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Page 2
:::>ASKA T
HEW AN IN
IAN
Reported Angry
Natives
After Volunteer Service
k'
.'
un
h
I
r
plac d
f r
said
1
h
r
s:
had
r
\\i h t
i 1 many
d
r
1
t
I the m n
anada
ly af
imm diat
call f
th
r
Ianpow
ing
h
ar
n
rth bitter and
r
fr
and had returned
I'd
n
r
manager
Acting
of
.
r
Know Your Communication Worker
hlp,
m
the
The foIl
ntful.
H.
M.
Worker' of
anada Manpower
said he had
no
he
wa.
instru-
the F
ornrnunicati
of the
1. and their addres se :
t he
are
..
name
SASKATCHEWAN
Phone
HIEF DAVID AHENAKEW
entral Ave.
1114
Prince Albert
entre
Midtown
Regina
be
month's work would
764-3411
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522-9944
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guaranteed.
for
He said the requests
seri
a
at
came
firefighters
transmit
time, and
several
ted rapidly through
were
ous
departments.
fire-
said volunteer
asked to
fighters had been
and
bedrolls
boots,
He
bring
it was
hard hats, but that
volunteering
men
assumed
would have
for firefighting
that
equipment.
"It is
possible
standing could
red," he said.
a
misunder
have
occur
From the Star-Phoenix.
ns
REGION
explanation
that
for the announcement
one
wing
TRAN
FER OF
SOLOMON SAN
RESERVE LANDS
v e
r
The following res e
lands in the northern part
far
of the Province have so
been
transferred
u n
d
e r
treaty obligations.
Prince Albert
Y STANDING
Prince Albert
ERSON
1114 Central Ave.
764-3441
1114 Central Ave.
764-3441
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GORDON TOOTOOSIS
North Battleford
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(La
Morin Lake No.
by
transferred
Ronge Band)
1391
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702/68
Council
in
Order
1968.
dated April 24,
Grandmother's Bay No.
and
219 (La Ronge Band),
No.'s
221,
Reserves
Loche
La
and 223 transferred by
222,
Order in Council 247, 1970,
dated February 11, 1970.
445-8945
104th St.
or
217
ERNEST TOOTOOSIS
Poundmaker Reserve
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Box
445-8216
35, Cutknife, Sask.
PETER DUBOIS
Fort Qu' Appelle
HENRY LANGAN
Kamsack
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Box 722
...
332-4494
542-3375
�Communications and
sin
h
m
by
lic�
1
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f
n
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ing,
h
of
a.
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2:-'. 1.
un
in
FS Leaders Meet
H
hy .1
i
Blakeney,
Community Development Explained
111\'
hi f fund
1
h
lifficul
r.T
v
If
hin: ..
I
he
s
eaking for
lian
In
an
katche\
.1
1.
n
n
II'
i
which vitallab n nat pic
the live:
1 affe t 1 not nlv
ut
people
extant
of the
generation and generation.
of the
f Indian children
human being a
future
...
yet unborn.
deliwere
The problem.
immedi
Of
ate and acute.
concern
ate
the old
of
course
were
difficulties like
un
employment, poverty, :vel-
alcoholism, housing,
edu�ation and discrimina-
fare
tion.
N ow
added dimension
an
involved
the
negotiation
0
possible
f the
y.
popu
re
v e r
y
and
Agreements
Treaties
the foundations
which
upon
ia n
contemporary In d
of
existence were built.
How well these problems
total will be
were faced in
W can.
lat d 1 th pr
th y c rnpl men
h v
evelmmunity
an th r.
tarted
;
ple
nt
pe
m
get,
mmunication, keep. peo
is
in touch with what
ple
going
and how the people
or change it
can be a part of
ommunity
if they wi h.
the
Development can be
a goa1. Com
towards
vehicle
munications can be the road
to that
map and the highway
the people's in
Only
goa1.
will pro
terest and de ire
decis
vide the fuel and the
to
take
road
which
as to
n
ions
to reach the
(J
0
h
n
goa1.
Ursan
is
Com
munity Development Direc
tor of the F.S.I.)
1r.
Iakeney and Peter
Pre
uboi
an
wer
que tion
at
onference.
THE SASKATCHEWAN INDIAN
EDITOR
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DONALD LEITCH
EDITORIAL BOARD
SOL SANDERSON, CHAIRMAN
DAVE AHENAKEW
PETER DUBOIS
ERNEST TOOTOOSIS
GORDON TOOTOOSIS
CY STANDING
HENRY LANGAN
THE FEDERA
THIS PAPER IS THE OFFICIAL VOICE OF
IT IS INTENDED
TION OF SASKATCHEWAN INDIANS.
VEHICLE FOR INDIAN
TO SERVE AS AN EFFECTIVE
OPINION IN THIS PROVINCE.
�THE SASKAT HEWAN 1
Page 4
ew
Friendship
(en
re
IAN
WHAT THEY SAY A'BOUT US
Opened
Three Beauties
•
•
•
ur
now
reigning
next February.
21 t
June 19th, 2 th and
the
t
ho
entre
the
aw
econd Annual Prince Albert
Indian-Meits
gram
included
opening
a
ce
of the
katchewan
s
and
ays. The pro
Pageant,
Soccer
the official
entre, the
Indian
a
Prin
Pow-wow
and
Fred Sangray
Softball
Dies
Friends from all 0 vel'
Canada were saddened to
hear of the death of Fred
this summer, dur
Indian
ing the Northern
Davs Pow-wow. Even as he
was dying, his wife was
accepting a plaque from the
Pow-wow Committee, who
were honoring Mr. Sangray
for his part in reviving Pow-
Stingray
throughout
wows
try.
It
that
was
the
coun
especially fitting
Celina Bird, Mr. San
foster child, was this
as Indian Prin
chosen
year
for all the Tribes of
cess
gray's
Saskatchewan.
of the
w i 11
Indian
Saskatchewan
feature a biography of Fred
The
next
edition
Sangray, and the importance
of his work for the Indian
people.
Princess Celina and her
attendants, Lena Malhoeuf and
Marie Robillard.
�THE SASKAT HEWAN IN
Scenes from Pow
-
wows
and
Lighter
Page 5
IAN
PIAP
Side
T P
W-WOW
Indian Days This Summer
pm
E
L
ERT
My
COU
C)-lin
I
In
Fremon'
se saying
no'
'h
sen'
old
"6 per cent of a chlpmun
I phon,,,,
6 per c t of an
0
Fort QUi Appelle
ely b hind.
Holds Successful
ow-wow
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"
IE AMERI
INGERS
prize.
]ac1i
Th
ham pin
dan
dwill
r
ioux
from the
tanding Buff al
Re. erve and now attending
ttav a, re eived a
school in
trophy pon ored by La atts
Brewery. Regina, and t)0.00.
Be
erl:
a
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"P APOOSE"
arol Tainte, New Town,
appo,
North Dakota; Mary
Edenwold, S a s katchewan ;
Mary Loui e Defender, Win
nipeg, Manitoba, each re
ceived $30.00 for second and
third place prizes.
There were also dancing
contests foe the children who
took part in the Celebration.
The
Ann
of
President
I Celebration,
u a
the
Mr.
Wayne Goodwi1I, expressed
good wishes, welcomed and
I
thanked everyone for mak
ing this year's Pow-wow
successful one.
a
HAPPY PEOPLE
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Family Counsellor Found
One hundred delegates at
the
Saskatchewan
tended
Indian Women's Annual Con
ference held at Duck Lake
Students
Residence, Duck
Lake, August 18th, 19th and
20th, The theme was "Chal
lenges for Indian Women in
the 70's".
About 45 delegates gave
reports of activities on their
reserves. Most of the reports
indicated
in social
women
are
activities
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active
in the
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Indian Need
communities and they have
concern for social problems,
In Saskatchewan there is
one woman who is an Indian
Chief, and 22 women serve
on Band Councils,
The highlight of the dis
cussions centred around the
need to remedy the break
down of family life on the
reserve. The resolution was
passed,
requesting
counsellors for each
be
appointed
family
reserve
as soon as
Th
n
n
ch
kat
ha:
f th
1 cati n
th
a.
ference. A T ntative
onf r
of the
and N otic
ence have
e n mailed to all
hief. and
un ill r.
the
the re�el' es, and the
on
Pre. idents of the Ur an In
the
in
Associations
dian
hiefs and
Province, The
President. are reque ted to
take note of the number of
delegate that are allowed
a
pos-
from each band, according
to the By-laws of the Consti
tate
tution. The By-laws
"Two Delegates for the first
or portion
delegate for
400 band member
thereof and
every
one
200
band
members
thereafter,"
The board
was
given
pro
the Federa
tion of Saskatchewan of Sas
katchewan In d ian s progress
reports
on
inn",
5
�T
HEWAN I
IAN
P�ge
7
omen' 5 (onven ion at Duck Lake
o her of he Year
f
the
�
about
winning.
SPORTS AND R (REAliON
\
rking 1 ely with
him will b
orclinat 1". H
th s tting up f area game.
n th
.ornpl ti n and orne
pI' gress bing made on the
1 v 1 we
'an
then
re:
I've
talk in terms of going higher
in sport and recreation uch
all
Provincial
as
game,
m
nt
.
anacla game .and possibly
to a North American Native
We feel
.ames.
National
that this proposal will help
solve the recreation prob
lems giving our children a
much deserved program also
allowing
tion
as
people
We
greater participa
spectators for all
of the Indian Nation.
look forward to re-
T'h
ig, tr n
ld
Indian
am
with a
rilliant
] 8 h Ie
par 71 f r th
II w
er, he wa n t f'ini hed
that wa ju t ood enough
t
tie him f r the la t pot
at
07 and he had to tep to
th fir t tee again.
.
diam nd
fa. tball
f r
m
w re
a quired
the
reati n and ark
R gina R
divi ion. W I'd wa
g tten
out that an Indian team
w uld be formed.
uring the
first week approximately 70
h wed
p tential ballplayer
for
practice every Tues
up
day, Thursday and Friday.
T"
The
posed
Bruce
Starr
management com
Arnold
Dufour,
Flamont, and Fred
of
were
at
short
ends
because of the lack of equip
ment and finances were nil.
The Regina Friendship
Centre was contacted and an
appeal made to the board of
directors for funding of this
team. There were no recrea
tional funds available but
-
Hi
oppo ition was Tom
Lukiw ki
f Regina
:folf
Iub, a member of a well
kno\�n golfing family in the
province. Tom had fired a
77 Monday to leave him at
307.
They halved the first hole
with par four. Lloyd hit a
tremendou
drive of 280
and pitched to within
y.ards
SIX feet but hi
putter failed
and he needed two
putts
�rom
there. Tom
was
also
on
two, 30 feet away but his
putter almost turned the
In
Continued
on
Page
8
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fin, 1 78
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Cause
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Canadian lndian
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fCrafts
Exhibi ion
ake Reserve Indian Girl
Becomes Airline Stewardess
Saddle
Th
raft: in
p rati n with
ati nell In ian 1 r th rth
n.
1 i
h
ring a
chi iti n
a n I
tition
an
rt
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an' di: n
1 7
m er
in
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tak
will
exhi iti n
Thi:
-
.
.
ona.v nture,
In.
overnber
1\1 ntr eal, from
10th to 1 vember 22nd. All
will b
entrie
judged and
pla
>
at
of up
prize
will be awarded.
individual
$200.00
Paper Solicits
to
Information
The aim of the exhibition
is to bring together in one
place the be t work being
created by contemporary In
Sf. Michaelis
Boys
A group of 21 Indian boys,
two supervisors and Father
Gauthier left Duck Lake
June 28th for Winnipeg, Ft.
Francis, Ottawa, Hull, and
St. Anne de
via
returned
Beaupre. They
Sherbrooke, Montreal, Tor
onto, Detroit and Fargo,
North Dakota, U.S.A. The
East
as
far
as
whole trip was 5,268 miles,
and lasted for 18 days
They passed through Win
in a
nipeg where they took
on
Eastern Tour
sights, and hurried on
to St. Francis. The next stop
was Sudbury, Ont., and then
few
to Ottawa. Here they were
given a tour of the city and
Prime Minister Tru
met
deau; Hon. C. Chretien, Min
ister of Indian Affairs, also,
the Hon. R. Gregory, Secre
tary of State who gave
Father Gauthier
for $1,000 to help
their trip.
a
The boys
cheque
finance
enjoyed the
All-
and traditional
dian artist
craftsmen. A festival of In
dian dance
music, and films
will be held at Place Bona
venture at the same time.
,
Indian craftsmen through
out the Northwest Terri
tories and the northern parts
of the provinces are invited
to take their articles per
sonally to the nearest Hud
son's Bay Co. post. The Hud
Co.
has
kindly
son's Bay
offered to supply packing
material and assistance to
the artist in
wrapping
and
It is possible an Indian
child may end up in a foster
home close to his own home.
Indian Affairs only cares
for those children abandon
ed on reserves. The province
takes the responsibility in
the cities.
i s
the
"Abandonment
main problem, although this
may not be purely physical
The Editor and Editorial
Board of the Sa katchewan
Indian would like to invite
and new
letter, article
from the people all
item
over the province.
Please
keep us posted
about you I'
celebrations
sports events and accom�
plishments.
Send your comments either
Sol Sanderson at Prince
Albert, or Donald Leitch
D.I.A.N.D., McCallum Hili
to
Bldg., Regina.
UPCOMING DATE
Cutknife Rodeo and Three
October
Day Whooperoo
15, 16 and 17th.
-
�JUL
,
Page
THE SASKATCHEWAN INDIAN
1970
New Western
Run by
9
know the magnificent
be
mankind
diver ity of
cau e our generation let diswh
tho e
might
ppe r
them."
have t u h
\Ve h ve offered Indian
our language,
our trinket
i e: e." n our w y of
o r
ut we have never oflife.
never
Industry Owned,
ative People
,
You join
the
c i
v a
force
ria
n
t
with all
ocial
of
en c e:
anthropologi t
studying the Indian as a
pecies; archeologi ts and
their exhumed data; grad
Fr
m
"The
nite
hurch Observer".
who
uate student
few week preparing
Genocide i Canada:
"We Call It Integrationll
chool teacher
An Indian
want our
don't
Indian
say
our money, our way
service
our
life.
of
They only want
friendship.
By JAMES E. MILORD
Genocide has been a la
mentable fact in Canada for
now. In the past
400
years
it took the form of exploita
as
tion; today it is disguised
The fact of this
integration.
genocide is only
now begin
ning to break into print, but
it has not yet penetrated our
ocial
con
flailing
ciousness that the
anadian Indian
be extinct.
may
soon
lament
to let
that
our
they
religion
and authority, and proclaim
ing the perfectibility of the
Red Man.
And you aid and abet, by
alignment with white
culture, those entrepreneurs
disappearance of "primitive
cultures" all over the world
in his book Man's Rise to
Civilization: "To do nothing
is
a
paper
your
allow the Indian
If
'1;e
the Indian ways
and
people
of life to die by doing noth
ing to preserve their culture,
As author
we too will lose.
about the
wrote
Farb
Peter
now
agencie,
pend
a
children
should
of
the fur trad
camp operators, store
bush "cat train"
commerce
ers,
-
keepers,
lines, and assorted empire
builders
Rare is the teacher of
Indians who can gain accept
During a brief
ance today.
..
interlude at a pow-wow, or
on a meditative canoe trip,
there may occur a few sec
onds' look, a few scattered
Europe, with foods we now
take for granted, such as
potatoes, corn, beans, p€a
nuts, tomatoes, and smoked
codfish and herring.
In return, we are now pre
pared to keep the Indian's
body alive with handouts and
medicare,
at the expense of
his way of life. The job of
many Indian culContinued on Page 10
keeping the
�Page
10
India
O,n the Action Lines of the Federation
The Traditional and the New
Surveys
ow a
ummer were
N ive people around the province this
blend the
which
es
d in a variety of exciting enterpri
enga
century.
twentieth
the
of
those
with
skills of the old day
There
the lee: der
Ahen: k
all
cle
..
w
little time for dan ing and rel
wa
nd
of the F
employee
held
..
of meeting
eri
a
970
OCTOBER,
THE SASKATCHEWAN INDIAN
I. thi
..
tr
n
c
xs
ad
bon for
ummer.
hief
ining
ion
e
hief of the di ri t m: e
the province where the
rally
to him what the wi he and need of the pe ple
t f
the
of
cene
re
orne
over
r
c
reo
Following
t work.
I
ud
hief
h
hi f and
The
in the
ack
jam.
ontinued from
age 9
expect for hi "three- core
and-ten", if lucky, 43 years
Like the buffalo, the Indian
..
dian
left to the In
alive i
ture
,
already benumbed by
has been
their tragedy.
And the
of Can
Tens of thousands
tranded
are
ada's Indians
economically stagnant
with diminished
serves
in
a
precarious
Or, driven by boredom,
employment,
or
re
re
un
our
tion, they huddle
a n
cities, condemned
illness,
of
bigotry,
oblivion
alcoholism, f r i endlessness
average. Infant
eight
mortali�y
average.
our
normal rat
race". He advocates that if
Indians wish to have full
of
privileges
without
e
is'
the national
times
A male Indian can
community conscious
barbaric
ness for a crudely
that
stops at
commercialism
sell.
nothing to sell, sell
and
to succeed in
in Can
rate
life of ob ervation for
up
literacy. They face a surren
der of a tradition of sharing
a
urged that Indians develop
"aggressive behavior traits
is
Half the Indians
than $1,000
ada live on less
Their
unemploYI?ent
a year.
national
is ten times the
ingly talkative and
blandly articulate one; give
One clergyman, a supposed
"expert" on Indian problems,
To
and continuous failure.
situa
abominable
this
call
tion a "national disgrace"
to dignify it.
fac
relinquish their background
of isolation for a closely
life.
overpopula
in
t 0
proposition
.
increa
ing these remaining Indians
is a gloomy one. They must
on
source�,
expendable.
increa ingly
crammed an
i nth e
ociety
alienated
lum
They mu t abandon
ilent
ociety for an
their
·c i
economic
ti
zenship
or
social
discrimination, they must be
willing to "pay for it as all
members
of
group do".
the
dominant
entleman
reverend
Thi
for et conveniently that the
never paid
white man ha
re ource
for the land it
that have made him pro
clo ed his
He ha
perou
mind to the incontrovertible
facts of life about the richest
welfare recipients of them
-
.
the North American
moneyed classes, a group of
clever inheriters 0 f the
fruits of the earth who have
a battery of lobbyists, law
yers, and advisers on hand
all
-
keep the subsidies, tax
dodges, concessions, and
pol i tic a 1 machinery in
to
smooth order.
The Indians have
ical
even
They
voice.
They
no
polit
couldn't
vote until recent times.
have
no
lobbies,
no
unions. And the land that
used to be theirs alone, that
aggressively occupied
whether they liked it or not,
was
to keep the
very, very rich.
continue
man
rich
Any attempt to pump
ag-
into Indian
the kind of a gre ivene
in the
we have abundantly
commercial e tabli hment in
ivene
re
-
anadian/ American way
the
is much like feed
of life
of
ing them into a new kind
cultural gas chamber, dif
ferent only in method from
-
Belsen. North American so
ciety is sick enough without
advocating that kind of
action.
What is needed is a con
cept that has been histor
ically alien to the develop
ment of t his society
FRIENDSHIP. Perhaps if
we
offer it, after four
of genocide, we
also begin to heal our
can
centuries
can
selves.
Friendship
.
.
strings attached
.
with
no
�Education, Community Growth
Page
HEWAN INDIAN
THE SASKAT
J
11
STORY SECTION
(ut Knife
Is Focus of Indian Federation
MIT
IRWI
Doing Things
H
t
THE LEGEND OF
WESAKACHAK
.
I
1950.
in
rxit.y
taught
v
Having
in Al erta prior to
c nd W r ld War, he
the
in
in structor
an
b came
and radar work when
radi
he nli ted in the R. .A.F.
Karashowsky
Accepts New Post
Mr. Walter Karashow ky,
15 McNall Place, has re ign
cd his position as Regional
Superintendent of Educa
tion, to accept the position
of Director of Dependants'
Education with the Depart
ment of National Defence,
Ottawa.
Mr. Karashowsky took his
elementary and secondary
ed ucation in Alberta, and
his undergraduate work at
the University of Alberta.
He completed his post-grad
uate work at Queen's Uni-
1950
From
worked
ficer for
as
a
the
to 1958 he
Research Of
Defence
Re-
earch Board, Department
of National Research. At
that time he tran ferred to
the Department of Northern
Re
Natural
and
Affairs
to accept
position in the
sources
a
teaching
Sir John
in Yellow
School
Knife. He found these two
most rewarding be
Franklin
years
the Cosmopolitan
composition of the group
(Eskimo, Metis and White)
which he taught. In 1960 he
accepted the principals hip of
the federal school at Fort
cause
of
1962 he b came
of
uperintendent
Regional
mith
chool for the F rt
Region. He tran f'err d to
the
epaitment of Immigra
itizen hip, Indian
tion and
Affair Branch, a Regional
uperintendent of In d ian
Schools in the province of
mith.
In
Sa katchewan, in 1965
ha held that po t until
and
now.
Mr. Karashowsky ha two
Michael, at home with
and
Christopher, who is
him,
married and living in Lu
saka, Zambia, as the District
Manager for a wholesale dis
sons:
tributor.
Mr. Karashowsky's new
duties began August 17. He
will make his home in Ot
tawa, and will commute to
Armed Forces bases in Eu
rope when his new position
makes it necessary.
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P ge 12
the
dl
tw
u..
h
w..
on
11
f h. y h
n th m.
plit th bun
h: d (I ng
In
him.
,\1l' k�
littl
h
f hi
a
There
th
n
r
1'0
a
was
,1 r'
han
t r
"1'
an. \\
1'-
nn
II'
fif s;"
I.
1."
tha
maul.
..
1" wn
.
f
r
red
r-
man.
1 hi.
ani
I
ul'
igar tt
h
m
w
,
th
in black ink.
paper
Whenev
u s
r
bought
he could
omething b cau:
name on
brand
the
read
not
1
na:ne
the tag or label, �e'
t thmg
fir
the
the item by
UN
saw.
serve
Daws,
.
the
amiable,
good
over 'the
counter
at
the
shelves. Gus said at last,
them
"Gimme a pack of
Mr. Daws".
there,
papers
"Which ones?" asked Mr.
Daws.
"Those there," said Gus,
"Red ones."
poinitng.
"You mean
Mr. Daws.
these?" asked
all he m n
vif
get is the
T
1'.
TrIp.
and
01
age p nsion."
"Vell,
who
natured old gentleman
had kept the store for many
as Gus looked
years smiled
h
t
"T need the money, and
besides T didn't have my din
the
ner yet. If you won't buy
wood. I'll go someplace else."
When he bought his
the coun
cigarette papers at
the Re
trv Co-op store near
Mr.
morning,
that
he
rna
four
fifty.
No
more."
It was a time like this that
Gus felt 'ike shooting his
horses. He ran crashing and
tripping through the bush,
At last, his chest
swearing.
heaving, and trying to get
his wind, Gus stopped to
lean against a tree to plan
other strategy. Rolling a
smoke, but looking out of the
of his eyes under
corners
the
brim
of
his
tattered
Sarah this one."
Twenty miles
Gus knew that he had
dinner
won. "Four fifty and
to boot."
"All right, all
¥, alk ing out with hi box
and I eking at
of gr eerie
the lamp chimn y in it
U
brown paper wrapping,
kept saying over and over to
himself, "Well I'll be damn
how
ed, just wait till I
right," said
Herman, throwing up his
hands as if he were being
robbed, but he too, had won.
While Gus unloaded, Her
man went inside to get his,
wife to prepare a meal. Gus
tied a horse on each side of
away,
No
said the
But if I
hief.
dropped
out two
bills, wouldn't two
be happy the n ?
ten dollar
Sarah,
Gus' sharp tongued old wife,
was cooking supper for her
self, knowing that she would
eat alone. She put another
stick of wood in the stove.
Gus did not get drunk every
time he went to town, only
once in a while, just when
she least expected it. If he
got drunk today, her mood
would not let him hear the
end of it for days on end.
Indians
the
asked
puzzled
sooniou
kimow.
No, said the Chief.
Well then, said the offi
cial, what could I throw out
that
would
please the
In
dians?
Yourself,
man.
said
the
old
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Contents:
Chief Joe Dreaver: Indian Statesman, Patriot And Soldier
By: Sol Sanderson
The Legend Of Wesakachak
By: Ida Mcleod
Wisahkecahk