cvSo .i.A`-AO QUOTABLE QUOTE "There's no equal rights on reserves for men and women... We people on re- serves, the majority of us, think the men have total say."

- Tsuu Tina councillor

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- National Aboriginal I I 13 September 13 September 26, 1993 Canada's News Publication Volume No. $1.00 plus G.S.T, where applicable

'Heroic Inuit boy remembered Leah Paged wenty one years after her son sacrificing his life so that another could live, Mabel Kootook takes part of Yte unveiling of an Inukshuk commemorating n David's heroic deed. The 14- ear-old Inuit from Taloyoak helped save the life of pilot Martin Hartwell after they crashed In the High Arctic In November r To receive Windspeaker in your mailbox every two weeks, just Davis Inlet kids go to Sango Bay send your ' ,rder in the c .T. DAVIS INLET, Nfld. Many residents turn to al- "I know a lot of the kids here are afraid to go home. But that's cohol and solvent abuse as a After six months of addic- okay, becausefear is healthy. We wouldn't be doing our job if means of escape, she said. w tion counselling the Davis In- Sango Bay would offer greater 1500 to let children have gone home. they weren't afraid go home." access to clean drinking water EDMO A But not to Davis Inlet. and especially to the caribou The 17 youths, who were - Poundmaker's Lodge executive director Pat Shirt herds that help sustain the flown to the Poundmaker's Mushuau Innu's traditional NAME:- lodge in Alberta for intensive culture. solvent addiction therapy and munity, said Poundmaker's diction, said the Poundmaker's Native councellors have sexual abuse counselling, Lodge Adolescent Treatment Lodge executive director Pat also been treating adults in ADDiäE: r landed at the Inlet for a com- Centre director Ruth Morin. Shirt. the community itself, said munity home -coming Sept. 2. "Sango Bay will be a kind I know a lot of the kids Maggie Hodgson, executive But soon they will be mov- of treatment centre," she said. here are afraid to go home," he director of the Nechi Centre, ing to a wilderness camp at For the last two weeks, In- said. "But that's okay, because an addiction treatment cen- CITY/TC Sango Bay, 15 km away on the let residents have been work- fear is healthy. We wouldn't tre affiliated with mainland, where Innu leaders ing at Sango Bay erecting tents be doingourjob if they weren't Poundmaker's. Approxi- eventually want to relocate the to house the children and their afraid to go home." mately 60 people in the inlet POSTAL community. families, Davis Inlet Chief Davis Inlet's current island are now abstaining from al- Counsellors from Katie Rich said. While the date location, 330 km north of cohol and solvents. Poundmaker's said they did of the children's arrival to the Goose Bay, is in part responsi- But the centre's counsellors $10 charge on all not want the children to return camp is uncertain, they are ble for the dire problems fac- still have a big job ahead of Cheques immediately to the environ- scheduled to remain there ing the community of 500, said them, she said. Communities NSF ment from which they had with counsellors from Rich. The absense of wild like Davis Inlet that take big $40 for all subscriptions spent the last six months es- Poundmaker's for the next two game and clean drinking wa- steps in terms of sobriety often outside Canada caping. months. ter, and the prevalence of have relapses. The Sango Bay camp will Many of the children were chronic unemployment, bore- A complete recovery could Sept 13/93 J be the buffer that the children afraid to go back to the inlet's dom and despair makes life take as long as five years, PUeUCATIONYAIL "E018T"ATION ITI71 need to return to their corn- environment of abuse and ad- almost unbearable. Hodgson said. PAGE 2, SEPTEMBER 13 - SEPTEMBER 26, 1993, WINDSPEAKER News

WHERE TO TURN

Arts & Entertainment National groups react to comic R6, R7 By Dina O'Meara 30 Windspeaker article "Racist writen campaign to boycotte attitude is unacceptable. Business 10 Windspeaker Staff Writer remarks in comic ignite boycotte" Archie Comics. "I was taken aback that a to Aboriginal and human An executive assistant at cartoon like that would even Careers 10,11 rights groups across Canada Archie Publications in New be printed. I don't understand OTTAWA to garner support in protest- York said the story was only how they could not be aware Environment 7 ing the use of the word Native meant to be humorous, and the of the insult." Furor over a racist corn- by the Archie Comic maga- company offers their "sincer- The coalition will defi- 8,9 Feature ment in a widely- distributed zine. est apologies ". nitely respond to the story, she comic book has spread from a News 1,2,3,R1,R2 In an August release of But in a later interview said. boycotte in Alberta to outrage Jugheads Double Digest No. with CBC Radio, editor Victor Joining the rapidly grow- OurOpinion 4 in the nations capital. 19, comic book character Gorelick said the character ing ranks of groups respond- "We're appalled at the Reggie said he did not want to Reggie was talking about go- ing to the comic is the Cana- Sports R4, R5 John Wayne mentality in the "go Native" lest he sink "to the ing back to nature, not about dian Ethno -Cultural Council. comic," said Ron George, head depths of degradation and Natives. Gorelick also la- Director Anna Chiappa was Your Opinion 5 of the Native Council of dispair. A sniveling, snarling mented not being able to write disappointed that a supposed Canada in Ottawa. "It certainly animal. No hope. No pride. No anything these days without family comic was so insensi- shows the amount of work still sense of decency. ". Two youths offending someone. tive. ahead of us to erase this rac- from Kehewin Reserve in Al- For Lorna "I was disappointed. It Bl L< ism and raise sensitivity to berta Amber Dion, 13, and Schwartzentruber, executive seemed to be thoughtless, with Native issues." friend Karina Cardinal, 14, director of theAboriginal Rights no idea of what they were do- The NCC faxed Aug. The court battle over Bill the read the story and launched a Coalition in Ottawa, such an ing" C -31, the controversial amendment to the Indian Act designed to re- Band takes province to court instate Natives who lost their status, goes to By D.B. Smith Casino, would not comment The Bear Claw Casino has Sheppard and the casino's court this month. Sena- Windspeaker Staff Writer on the exact wording of the been at the centre of an on-go- American supplier were later tor Walter Twinn is chal- claim and details were not ing dispute between the White charged. available at the time of publi- Bear Band and the provincial Negotiation between the lenging the constitution- WHITE BEAR RESERVE, Sask. cation. government over the right of band, the Federation of Sas- ality of the 1985 law. But he said the band is Natives to manage their own katchewan Indian Nations and Windspeaker has a pre- A band in southwest Sas- not satisfied with the prov- gaming houses. the province continued until an view of the issues sur- katchewan is planning to take ince's handling of the casino The casino, which opened agreement was reached in early the province to court over the rounding this complex and the on- reserve gambling last February, was operated June to operate the casino in right to control gambling on issue. for only a few weeks before conjunction with a local exhibi- conflict. their reserve. On Aug. 23, the province an RCMP SWAT team tion association. See pages 8, 9. The White Bear Band filed extended the casino's temporary stormed the facility in a pre- The province has been a statement of claim against operating licence until early dawn raid. Casino staff were granting temporary operating NATIVE PAY1LLIOf?l the province of Saskatchewan October, but Pasap said that is detained while police confis- licences to the casino since last week challenging the ju- not Food enough. cated all of the gambling then. risdiction of on- reserve gam- for The Aboriginal pavilion 'We have to sit down with equipment, including slot A spokesman the Sas- bling. a government that we don't machines, roulette tables and katchewan Gaming Commis- at Vancouver's PNE is Ed Pasap, chairman of the think has any jurisdiction," he video lottery terminals. sion said the province is wait- an event anticipated by the board for the Bear Claw said. The band's chief Bernard ing on the suit. many West Coast Na- tives. But this year's ex- hibit turned out to be Protesters deny more hype that reality. shooting helicopter Inadequate Aboriginal SARNIA, Ont. naissance mission over Cana- But George said the aircraft right to the land, which was com- displays and a poor site dian Forces Base Ipperwash on was probably in the area to har- mandeered by the Department layout left visitors want- Natives occupying part of a Aug. 23 when it was picked out ass the squatters, who have been of Defense more than 50 years ing more. Canadian Forces training base of the sky with a spotlight from camping on the ba se 50 km north ago under the War Measures in southern Ontario said they the ground of since May 6. Act. compensated the See page R6. at approximately Sarnia Ottawa were set up after a military heli- 10:20 p.m. and then hit in the tail Ontario Provincial Police Stoney Point Band and the copter was shot at. section by a bullet reported that a search of the nearby Kettle Point Band $2.4 Carl George, acting Chief The craft and crew landed camp by turned up a flare gun, million for the 907 hectares in of the Stoney Point First Na- safely in London, Ont. where a pellet gun and several rounds 1981. ,, DEADLINES: tions, said the shot fired at the provincial police found a bullet of ammunition. The Stoney Point lost their The Advertising military helicopter could have lodged in the fuselage. But that proves nothing, identity because of the forced been staged to discredit his Military spokesman Maj. said George. The ground around amalgamation, said George. deadline for the band's attempt to reclaim their Brian Haye said the helicopter the base is strewn with old and They did not receive their fair September 27th land. was flying at night looking for unused ammunition. share of the compensation pack- The helicopter, with five possible fires set by band mem- The small group of Stoney age but that is not the real issue, issue is Thursday, military personnel on board, bers who had wandered from Point band members say the he said. The land was never September 16, 1993. was on a routine night recon- their encampment government does not have legal given away.

Sahtu comprehensive land claim finalized step in recognizing our rights as Aboriginal people in for the Supreme Court of Canada. Teens Swann, an Representatives of the Sahtu Dene and federal and Canada," he said. Alberta Cree, is appealing the B.C. Court of Appeals territorial officials signed the Sahtu comprehensive land decision to allow her son to remain with his adoptive agreement at a ceremony in Fort Norman, N W T Sept 6. Band wants part of national park parents. Swann gave up her son to the non -Native Under the agreement, the Sahtu Dene and Metis will The Siksika Nation in Alberta hopes to turn a portion of Victoria couple in February, 1992, just a few months receive ownership to 41,437 square kilometres of land in Banff National Park into its own tourist attraction. The after the child was born, but changed her mind about the Mackenzie Valley region of the Northwest Territo- band, located about 60 km east of Calgary, is negotiating the adoptiononly a few days later. Jim and FayeTearoe ries, including 1,813 square kilometres of subsurface with Indian Affairs over 70 square kilometres of land were eventually awarded custody as the court decided rights. Financial benefits for the Sahtu include a tax -free around Castle Mountain. The band claims that the treaty the child was better left with the parents he knew best payment of $75 million, paid over 15 years, and an of 1877 entities them to the timber rights around the Swamis appeal is expected to hinge on the argument annual share of resource royalties derived from Macken- mountain but they were taken away when the Canadian that the blond, blue eyed boy, who is one-quarter Cree, zie Valley -based oil and gas exploration The agreement Pacific built a track through the region Indian Affairs has is being robbed of his Aboriginal heritage. also guarantees the Sahtu participation inland use plan- suggested that other timber rights might be available but ning and in management of renewable resources, land the band is holding out for the land in the park. Joe Band joins in fray with environmentalists and water use and Sahtu heritage resources. The exdu- Weaselchild, the band's land daims manager, said the Three First Nations in B.0 are joining the fight against siveright to trap, hunt and fish throughout the region are Siksika do not want to accept any other land or monetary logging in the old-growth forests of Oayoquot Sound. also secured. The settlement area, which covers the compensation.Theband has its heritage in thatregionand The bands plan to ask the B.0 Supreme Court for injunc- region in which all benefits and terms of the agreement plans totumitinto their own touristattraction, he said. An tions to halt logging in parts of the sound. Kla- quioaht apply, covers some 280,238 square kilometres, including Indian Affairs spokesperson said the negotiations are Chief Fra ncisFranksaidhewil laskforacourtondertohalt Great Bear Lake. President of the Sahtu Tribal Council only in the preliminary stages. logging similar to the one that has prevented logging on George Cleary called the agreement "an historic event " Meares Island, in the heart of the sound, since 1985. The for the Sahtu Dare and Metis. "I am pleased that the Custody battle not over yet bands want all resource exploitation in the region to stop nwwmmart of Canada has taken another significant The custody battle over an Alberta child appears headed until a land daim settlement is reached. WINDSPEAKER, SEPTEMBER I3 - SEPTEMBER 26, 1993, PAGE 3 News Alberta court case a landmark in claims

By D.B. Smith Windspeaker Staff Writer "I don't know what benefits we'll get. It's a matter of setting a precedent in court. This will set a great precedent. The only HOBBEMA, Alta. thing that will come out of it is the fact that the government did wrong by taking all this land away." The outcome of a court case involving four bands in Alberta mayhaveseriousramifications for - Louis Bull councillor Jonathan Bull Natives across Canada. The Erminskin, Montana, there, said Gordon Lee, Erminskin government for the bands. Louis Bull and Samson Bands are Band councillor. "Z don't know what benefits seeldngadeclarationfromOttawa "What happened back when well get," he said. '7t's a matter of to the effect that under the 1870 the land transfer took place, when setting a precedent in court. This Rupert's Land Order, the federal Canada took over Rupert's Land, will setagreatprecedent Theonly government honor a promise to was a resolution was passed in thing that will come out of it is the protect "the interests and well- the (British) House of Lords to fact that the government did being" of Natives. A resolution of look after the interests and well- wrong by taking all this land that statement could mean being of the Indians in Rupert's away." compensation for lost resources Land. Federal Court Justice Strayer and lands which span almost the 'Thatisamatterthathasnever heard arguments from the bands' entire region of Canada. really been looked at The words lawyer, Thomas Berger, and Rupert's Land comprises all "interests and well-being" covers a Crown lawyers the third week of landsinCanadawhoserive sdrain lot. There's quite an area of matters Spetember in Calgary over the into Hudson's Bay. Jurisdiction of concerning our lives." admissibility of certain historical the land was transferred from the The bands hope the case documents as evidence. That Lakota woman awarded Hudson's Bay Company to the will set a precedent that could decision was still pending at the federal government in 1870. lead to adequate compensation time of publication. By Dina O'Meara Tall, 41, is a Lakota woman The Rupert's Land Order for lost lands and resources, The second part of the case, Windspeaker Staff Writer from the Oglala band and returned control of the region to said Louis Bull councillor which will deal with the mother of eight children. Since Ottawa and specified that the Jonathan Bull. Sucha precedent constitutionalimpactoftheRupert's 1978 she has been active inform - federal government was might also be used as a legal landOrder,isscheduledioproceed PINE RIDGE, South Dakota ingherpeopleabouthealth haz- responsible for the Indians living lever in establishing self- December 14. ards associated with uranium The 1993 winnerof the pres- mining, blocking nuclear test- tigious Goldman Environmen- ing in the Black Hills, consid- tal Award of San Fransisco is an ered sacred to the Lakota, and Premiers endorse self-government unassuming woman who looks preventing toxic waste dumps forward to buying a roto-tiller from being built on her people's By D.B. Smith unclear, said Rosemarie Kuptana, head of the Inuit for her garden with the pro- land. Windspeaker Staff Writer Tapirisat of Canada. ceeds of the award. "I went to the site of the "There's always been strong support for Native Because much of what Jo Battle of Big Horn to pray. And majority of all the provincial self -govemment by the Ann Tall eats comes from her I asked (Crazy Horse) to come BADDECK, NS. governments. The federal govemment has to decide garden, she can't affordtobuy a back in spirit to help his peo- what to do about it, what to do in terms of a self - lot of food. But adversity such ple," said Tall, who is guided by Support for Native self-government among government agenda, including the Inuit." as poverty and crippling rheu- her dreams and spiritual expe- Canada's provincial and territorial leaders is still Unlike Mercredi and other Native leaders, she matoid arthritis hasn't deterred riences. alive and well. never saw the referendum's defeat as a rejection of this exceptional woman from Tall is one of seven grass- The 10 provincial and two territorial premiers self-government, Kuptana said. The trick now will risking all to protect and save roots environmental heroes agreed at a two-day meeting in Nova Scotia last be to see what happens at the federal level as her people's environment awarded $60,000 each for their month to try and restart Native self- government Ottawas support for self- government during to "Crazy Horse sacrificed his selfless dedication to protecting negotiation, said Ron George, head of the Native the Conservative leadership race in June has life for the love of his land and the environment. She felt Council of Canada (NCC). subsequently evaporated. the Black Hills," said Tall, about amazed to receive the bounty 'They've always been in favour of it," he said. "Once the leadership race was over, that where she finds the inspiration and proud to carry on the legacy 'They agreed to it in the Charlottetown Accord. position seemed to have changed," she said. "There to lobby for the environment of Crazy Horse, Tall said. We've continued to work on it outside the seems to be a double standard. They entered into constitution." discussions with Quebec and with New Brunswick The NCC and other Native groups have been and implememented language rights. So why can't working with they do the Natives, non -Natives same thing provincial "No one is going to agree with self- officials on with the self- furthering government. We are agreeing to a proc- government must forge healing s e 1 f - ess so that our member organizations package of the government will have a process whereby they can Charlottetown QUEBEC CITY policy has been to assimilate Abo- for Accord." riginal people, to take away their First negotiate self- government." Nations since Ottawa's Healing the rift between Na- languages, their spirituality, their the death of endorsement tives and non -Natives is the over - culture. The legacy of residential t h e - Ron George, head of the Native of Native self- ridingissue facing the Royal Corry schools, adoption policies, Charlottetown Council of Canada government mission on Aboriginal Peoples, relocations and foster homes are Accord appeared to the commission's co-chair said. with us still. They were based on almost a year ago, said George. lapse last month when newly -appointed Indian "On the Aboriginal side there an assumption that Aboriginal Those discussions were not, however, abouta Affairs Minister Pauline Browes announced is anger, which when turned in- ways were inferior to the ways of blanket self- government policy for all bands in during a press conference that the federal wards, leads to social dysfunc- Europeans and that Aboriginal Canada, he said. Talks with the provinces have government could not support Native self -rule. tion," Rene Dassault said in an people had to be brought up to focused primarily on a process that will empower The minister claimed that the defeat of the address to the Canadian Judge's the level of those of European individual First Nations to negotiate for themselves. constitutional package last October signalled Conference August 25. background." "No one is going to agree with self- govemment," Canadians' unwillingness to consider the idea. "On the non -Aboriginal said, Dessault, a justice with the he said. "We are agreeing to a process so that our But Browes' statements were blown out of there is guilt, which when turned Quebec Court of Appeals, also member organizations will have a process whereby proprtion, said George. inwards leads to denial. What is said self-government is an exist- they can negotiate self-government" "She only said she wouldn't recognize the required in each case is the ac- ing Aboriginal or Treaty right Negotiating a self-government process should inherent right to self-government. And she was ceptance of responsibility." implicitly recognized in the Ca- be easier now that the provinces have agreed to receiving advice from an ill- informed advisor. It Natives cannot blame all nadian Constitution. bring Ottawa into the talks, he added. was understood that what we did in Charlottetown non -Natives for their problems, If Ottawa could be persuaded Ovide Mercredi, Grand Chief of the Assembly was done to set things down and clarify things." he said. But non- Aboriginals by that argument, then there of First Nations, said it was urgent that self- Many of the premiers said there is no more must accept some responsibility would be no need for constitu- for the tional he government talks resume soon to prevent further time to wait. Ontario is already under pressure to poverty, unemployment amendments, added. conflicts like such as those which took place earlier address Native concerns such as health care, and chronic health problems The commission, which was this year on reserves in Saskatchewan and housing and social services, said Premier Bob Natives are currently facing. established in the fall of 1991, has Manitoba over gambling. Rae. Accepting one another's cul- produced three working papers But the assembly will not take part inany talks Alberta Premier Ralph Klein said a national tures would help foster respect on the state of Natives in Canada unless the federal government takes part in the solution is unlikely and Native leaders would be and affirm diversity in Canadian and is expected to present its negotiations, he said. better off to make agreements directly with the society, he added. final recommendations by the Ottawa's position on self-government is still provinces. 'The history of government end of 1994. PAGE 4, SEPTEMBER 13 - SEPTEMBER 26, 1993, WINDSPEAKEfiOur Opinion

Bill C-3 I court

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Senator Walter Twinn is on the verge of going to court. Twinn,along with threeothherbands in Alberta, is aboutto challenge the constitutionality of Bill C-31, a 19$5 piece of legislation that reversed some of the discrimination outlined in one section of the Indian Act C -31 was designed to give Indian status back to Natives who lost status through the Indian Act for any number of reasons, such as marrying non- Indians, working off a reserve or wanting to vote. Among the most disadvantaged people addressed in the act are women. Under C -31, any woman who lost her status for marrying a non -Native is placed back on the Department of Indian Affairs Registrar's Indian status list But they are only placed on a band's membership list if the Registrar controls membership. If the band controls membership, the C-31 applicants must approach the band. Twinn, who's also the chief of the Sawridge band in northern Alberta, says that Ottawa does not have the right to decide who will be and who will not be members of an Indian band. In passing BID C- 31, the federal government is apparently forcing him to accept appli- cants whether he wants them or not In all fairness, Twine is not the only Native who does not like the bill ManyotherAboriginal peopled° not believe C-31 is in their bestinterests andseeitasamovetowandsassimilation. Manythinkitundermmestheir culture, customs and traditional laws respecting citizenship. Many Aboriginal women had hoped that the bill would restore equal rights, but discrimination still exists in many sections of the bill, in other government policies, and in the Jurassic -like mentalities of many chiefs and councils. But it is hard to look at Twinn's case and believe that he is challenging Bill C -31 on any of these fronts. The Sawridge Band is not very big. I t has less than 100 members. But it is one of the richest bands in Canada, with assets that weigh in the millions. NAFTA could be illegal Twinn's band currently requires any applicant, C-31 or other- wise, to fill out a complicated application form. The document re- Part one of a three -part series vironmental safety and many Racial Discrimination. quires that people interested in joining the band prove why they on the North American Free trade other issues has traditionally It is also designed to do should be members. Historical documents must be produced, act been reserved to the states. away with any and all barriers genealogies researched, resumes submitted. Membership is also con - Tribes have equal powers with to the right to try to make money, tingent on the applicant handing over some of their assets to the band By Jack D. Forbes the states since the "Interstate except by one's own labor, any- during their first year as member for the band's use. Windspeaker Contributor Commerce Clause" gives the where in North America. This All of this could lead one to believe that membership in the federal government only the means that any laws, codes or Sawridge band is a matter of money, not community. It might also right "to regulate commerce with government regulations which lead one to believe that the whole Bill C -31 conflict is really about rich The proposed North Ameri- foreign nations, and among the interfere with, block, hamper or bands hying to limit their membership to maximize their profits. can Free Trade Agreement several states and with Indian restrain the free flow of goods, (NAFTA) represents a serious money, services, etc., will most threat to the existing constitu- Just at a time when Native likely be nullified either imme- Innu still waiting tional character of the United American governments are try- diately or gradually in certain States and, in fact, may be un- ing to restore their sovereignty cases. The Innu in Davis Inlet have another wait on their hands. constitutional - that is, it may be and self -government, NAFTA But NAFTA is being pre- Peter Penashue, head of the Innu Nation, walked away from illegal. offers a new threat to them and sented as a so- called "agree= negotiations with the federal government last month, frustrated at The Constitution of the to state and local governments. ment" which can be approved Ottawa's lack of commitment and level of inaction over moving the United States establishes a "fed- NAFTA is, first of all, a merely by a majority vote in both Innu out of the inlet. eral" system of government. This treaty, an agreement between the Senate and the House of September marks the eighth month since the Innis plight first means that most powers are dis- sovereign states. According to Representatives. Why aren't made national and thenintemationalheadlines. Although conditions tributed between the central gov- the U.S. Constitution, treaties agreements guaranteeing basic in the remote community of 500 are improving gradually, the poverty, emment in Washington, D.C. must be approved by a two - human rights treated as simple alcoholism, sexual abuse, despair and hopelessness still abound. and the various state and tribal thirds of the U.S. Senate. Many pieces of legislation requiring Chief federal negotiator Ross Reid said he understands the Innu s governments elsewhere. This is international agreements impor- only a majority vote? situation and will act as soon as they put their demands for relocation analogous to government struc- tant to Native Americans have (Professor Jack D. Forbes, inwriting.Butnooneshould take him at his word. The Innu presented ture in Canada, with the federal not yet been ratified by the U.S. Powhatan -Delaware, is the author their demands inwriting six months ago. They knowwhere they want government centralized in Ot- Senate, including the Interna- of Columbus and Other Cannibals, to go. With a federal election only seven weeks away the politician in tawa and provincial and tribal tional Covenant on Economic, AfricansandNativeAmericansand Ottawa are probably more concerned with keeping their jobs than governments elsewhere. Social and Cultural Rights and other books.) with saving a community by moving it 15 only kilometres. Under theConstitution,con - the International Convention on Marlena Dolan returns next And so the Innu wait some more. trol over education, health, en- the Elimination of All Forms of issue.

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15001 - 112 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T5M 2V6 Ph: (403) 455 -2700 or 1-800-661-5469 v) Cliff Stebbings N. ALTA, SASK. MEMBERSHIPS W Laura Mould YUKON, NWT, MAN, QUE. Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) (NACS) Fax: (403) 455 -7639 '1Joanne Thibault &C, S. ALTA, U.SA National Aboriginal Communications Society dCheeko Desjarlais ONT, MARITIMES Canadian Magazine Publishers Association Publisher: Bert Crowfoot PUBLICATION MAIL REGISTRATION 42177 WINDSPEAKER, SEPTEMBER 13 - SEPTEMBER 26, 1993, PAGE 5 Your Opinion ee Polynesian decries uranium mining Dear Editor, tests, we are opposed to the expansion of uranium mining I would like to begin by in the North. The source and the bringing you greetings from my continuation of our suffering is people and from the Polynesian your uranium. and French Liberation Front, the Colonial power. We do not want organization I belong to. to be a base, nor do we want to Who are we? We have lived be complicit in the destruction 1511 years under the yoke of of human beings, particularly French Colonialism. France has those of future generations. always taught us in school that We are absolutely in our Polynesia is a piece of land agreement with, and support that became detached from the position taken by the Black France, and floated away across Lake and Fund Du Lac First the ocean until it finally stopped Nations which states "The in the Pacific. For this reason the expansion of the uranium French named our Polynesia mining industry should not be "French" Polynesia, or in other approved until the words, a Polynesia that comes governments of Canada and from France. Saskatchewan formally Secondly, the French also recognise the inherent rights of taught us that our ancestors the Dene to self -government." descended from the Gallic tribes, I would like to remind you in other words, they came from that those who decide are not Gaul, which is the ancient name necessarily those who suffer the of France. consequences of the decision. These 151 years of French We are, unfortunately, those colonialism has been for our A trailing wall at a typical uranium mine who suffer if you, the people of people years of struggle, Saskatchewan do not choose to suffering and work, to make however, certain that today and French decided to begin nuclear information. Every aspect of the help us. You have something French people ad mi t that we are in those 151 years, we have yet weapons testing on two of our tests is secret, including that needs to be said to your not French but instead a distinct to see Polynesian doctors, islands, Mururoa and information regarding government, namely, that life people, a people with our own physicians, professors, judges, Fangataufa. These islands are contamination, medical is inherently worthy of respect. identity, language, culture, and lawyers, etc. located approximately 1000 km statistics and accidents at the From our side, along with territory. A people with their Thirty years ago 80 per cent east of the island of Tahiti. This test sites. Several demands that non-violet actions we organize, own vision of the world. of the people lived off was done without the consent independent scientists be we firmly believe that the way We are not French, nor could agriculture and fisheries, in of our people. allowed to examine bomb fall- to stop French colonialism and we ever be. Even if they insist comparison to the five per cent The structure of out, have been refused. her nuclear weapons testing is that we carry a French passport, today. In other words, today 95 community life was ripped Simply stated, our people through one thing - our souls, our beings will remain per cent of our consumption apart. Individualism was born. do not exist in the eyes of France. independence. We want the Polynesian always, and this the comes from the outside. Some of the population of If I am in Canada it is because freedom to speak for ourselves French can never take away. Today we understand that neighboring islands poured we want to be heard. We want and to organize ourselves. And We call ourselves the Maohi during the last 151 years of into Tahiti's capital city looking to bear witness to what is for this, we need your help. people which signifies "a people colonialism, France has never for salaried work. Agriculture happening in our country, with There is only one thing in born of pure roots, clean roots" - been able to develop my people and fisheries were devalued as respect to French colonialism which we agree with France. If people who are completely and my country. And for these the result of large sums of and nuclear weapons testing. you were to read the French opposed to the vileness we live reasons, since 1977 the French money being injected We are not only victims of the Larousse dictionary, this is what in as a result of French nuclear Polynesian Liberation Front has into Tahiti. Young people, colonial process, but also it would have to say about the weapons testing. demanded an independent victims of a foreign education victims of one of your resources word independence. W e have nothing aga inst the Polynesia. For us independence system, feel rejected by society from northern Saskatchewan - "Independence is the unique French, nor do we owe them is not only a necessity and a and are ending more and more uranium. Uranium is the vital joy of a people." anything. We want to simply choice, but more importantly, it as dispossessed delinquents. component in nuclear weapons. How we thirst for this joy! confirm that we are not French. is a right recognized by the The monopoly that keeps a I do not know what you We are Maohi, we are proud to United Nations. French minority in position of think of the French companies Remuna Tufariva be Maohi, and we will be so Along with our moves influence and power creates a that control the projects pulling Polynesian Liberation Front always. towards independence, I was sense of inferiority and racism uranium and profits out of the Where are we now? For 151 also invited to Canada to share in the population. mines in northern (Remuna Tufariva was visiting years the French promised us the effects of nuclear weapons With respect to the French Saskatchewan. What I do know Canada as a guest of the Inter - that they would develop my testing on my people, at the nuclear weapons tests at is that we are completely Church Uranium Committee people and my country. I am uranium hearings in Saskatoon. Mururoa, the people have opposed to continued French Educational Co- operative and the not a sociologist, a politician, After the Algerian absolutely no say in the matter, nuclear weapons testing, and, South Pacific People's Foundation nor an economist. I am, independence in the 1960's, the nor are they allowed access to beta use we are affected by these of Canada) South African student Hunting ban to preserve moose seeks Canadian penpals Dear Editor. Our First Nations believe adopt a rational, balanced that all of these uses must be approach to resource Dear Editor, to many other areas in America Recently there has been managed by balancing them to management, the High Level to correspond with someone, much misleading coverage by a level that the forest ecosystem Tribal Council has requested I am very interested in the but no luck. Please, it would the media on the subject of a can sustain. We believe that an a temporary moratorium on culture of Native Americans and mean the world to me if some- proposed moratorium on integrated resource sports hunting of moose inl.D. I would love to correspond with one contacted me. Living in moose hunting. I wish to managementplandeveloped by 23. This moratorium would someone. After I complete my south Africa I know what racial clarify that our intent is not to all the various stakeholders is continue until the government studies, I would love to come to prejudice is like. end non -Native hunting but the only way to achieve of Alberta, in good faith, Canada and live on a reservation to preserve the species. sustainable development. This commenced consultation with and learn your culture. Renee Van Driel Our hunters, trappers and means that any use of a forest First Nations for the My name is Ranee Van Driel 152 Vygekraal Road, Elders have observed that the resource (including sports development of an integrated and I am a girl. I am 20 years old Primrose Park moose population has been hunting) should be permitted, resource plan. and I attend the University of the Athlone seriouslyreduced. Thehunters provided that it does not Management of non- Western Cape. I am a third -year 7764 are experiencing increasing interfere with other uses or with Indian use of the forest is the law student. Cape Town difficulty in finding moose to the survival of the holistic forest prerogative of the Crown, I have been writing letters Republic of South Africa feed our families. There is no eco- system. while management of Indian one single cause for this For two years we hav a as ked use of forest resources for decline. There is strong the government of Alberta to sustenance is the prerogative evidence that increased access develop an Integrated Resource of the First Nation Letters welcome to the land has allowed more Management Plan, and to governments. The essence of Windspeaker welcomes letters to the Editor. Submissions efficient hunting and actively involve our First co- management is this co- should be approximately 300 words or less in length. All letters predation. The rapid Nations in this process. operation between the must be signed with a first and last name or an initial and last development of natural Unfortunately, Alberta has Government of Alberta and name. A phone number and address must be included, not for resources with the associated continued to encourage the First Nations. publication but for verification. destruction of habitat is a more development at an alarming rate All letters are subject to editing. serious threat to the moose without full consideration of Grand Chief Tony Mercredi Please send letters to Lind a Cal dwell, Editor, Windspeaker, population than sports the impact. Grand Council of Treaty 8 First 15001 112 Ave, Edmonton, AB T5M 2V6. hunting. Because of this failure to Nations PAGE 6, SEPTEMBER 13 - SEPTEMBER 26, 1993, WINDSPEA`ER Oki. Well, the powwow season is over for me. I'm glad, you know, traveling to all those powwows takes its toll on people. Especially if they have to work 8 o'clock, Clan I Monday morning. went to the Siksika Nation Fair, I'm guilty for not visiting my own reserve these Country past couple of years. The powwow was great but I think the dancers Events started to dance forthesuntoshine. a two -minute ovation. And at this and around Peterborough. They Community It rained all three days. I went to moment,rmgivinghim anovation named the centre Nakoda Labor Day powwow in He has started his one -year Mnodoodaagewin Wiigwaam, Morley.I alwaysenjoyed myself at residency at Victoria's RoyalJubilee which means "place where good IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE YOUR EVENTS that powwow. To me, its a great Hospital. Congratulations, things happen" in Ojibway. Of Centre is IN THIS CALENDAR FOR THE SEPTEMBER 27TH closure to the summer. Saying "see Mr...00ps,Imean,DR Woodhead. course, the Friendship to friends. Also, still fresh and new, they haven't BEFORE NOON you next year" ISSUE, PLEASE CALL ETHEL gathering up stories for the winter Giving to Mother Earth acquired full service as many of the WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 AT 1- 800 -661- months ahead, and getting back to Dakota Plains, Manitoba - Most of friendship centres in Canada. But and making new outfits or the time, you hear always hear they never turn away anyone who FAX (403)455-7639 OR WRITE TO: 15001- fixing 546 9, songs. This summer, I visited some about everyone taking the good walks in their doors without 112 AVENUE, EDMONTON, A8., T5M 2V6 new places and met a whole bunch Mother Earth for granted. The rare offering them what they can. of different people. The Year of the time you hear something good is They are at the stages of World's Indigenous Peoples from me (jokes). The Sioux Plains fundraising and getting to know NATIVE ELDERS SOUP & BANNOCK celebrated all summer. I had to Nursery of the Dakota Plains the communities around their area. Every Wednesday at noon laugh with a friend of mine, Mabel reserve, has sent out their first Being community based, they are 11821- 78 Street, Edmonton, Alberta George. She told me a story at one shipment of 800, WO black and findingoutwhattheircommunities I her spruces. After they shipped want and need in their friendship NATIVE WOMEN'S LITERATURE powwow saw at which white summarized the summer for most out the trees, they renamed their centre. Congratulations to the dty 1993, Starting October 6, powwowers. "I woke up this nursery, Tiyo Wastewin, after the of Peterborough and the Friendship Edmonton, Alberta morning and I didn't know which band's matriarch. The band came Centre. FLUFF & FEATHERS: MUSEUM EXHIBITION day it was, which powwow I was up with the idea in 1985 for a f remembered nursery. Ill say it was a very good Baseball at its best July 1 - October 3, 1993, at,butwas Ieverglad my name!" idea, indeed! Callihoo, Alberta - The 1993 All- Winnipeg, Manitoba Native Co-Ed Mixed Modified ON THE Maybe,in no time flat the good 3RD INTER -AMERICAN CONGRESS A brave girl recognized Mother Earth will have many of took place a couple of weekends ENVIRONMENT & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Ottawa, Ontario -There is a seven- her people tending her needs. ago. This year it was hosted by last September 15 -19,1993, year -old girl named Jocelyn year's winners the Edmonton Vancouver, British Columbia McDonald from Minaki, Ontario, Building culture Eagles. Swan River won the Restigouche, Quebec -The Ustuguj tournament, they took home SCHEMITZUN "93 whorecentlywasawarded the Star of Courage. Her courage and Mi'gmaq First Nation and the jackets and prize money. Saddle September 16 -19,1993, bravery stopped a man from Canadian Museum of Civilization Lake came in second, which they Hartford, Connecticut USA abducting one of her friends.When have collaborated tobuild a canoe. get money and they are hosting TREATY FOUR CELEBRATIONS the man grabbed her friend, she Not just a plain canoe, but a canoe next year's event. September 16 -19,1993, threw a rock at him. Her attempt shaped after a pre -Columbian Another baseball will tournament...ElizabethSettlement Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan didn't work and the man took her period canoe. The craftsman into house. Jocelyn be Rene Martin. The Micmac hosted one this past weekend but it DAY PARADE friend the NATIVE AMERICAN bravely went into the house and people of the maritime provinces was held in Bonnyville. The September 17, 1993, waited for the precise moment to are very proud to have something Elizabeth Settlement took first and St. Paul, Minnesota USA run away. They both ran away wi th of their own culture to show the Edmonton Eagles took second. Our TAKE BACK THE NIGHT: WALK FOR WOMEN no injuries. world. receptionist, Shannon was on the You know, children have Edmonton team. September 24, 1993, many things to teach adults. First centre for city Vancouver, B.C. Peterborough, Ontario - On June A couple of months ago, an Elder CELEBRATION OF FIRST NATIONS First to graduate 30, 1993, the dty of Peterborough from Bonnyville area had a heart September 25 & 26, 1993, Prince Rupert, British Columbia - celebrated the grand opening of attack. I would like to inform the Thunder Bay, Ontario Robin W oodhea d of the Tsimshian their Friendship Centre. They are people who know him, Norbert CALIFORNIA AMERICAN INDIAN DAYS Kitsumkalum First Nation is B.C.'s very proud to finally have a Gibeoux is doing fine. He is on the firstNativegraduatein the medical Friendship Centre since there are recovery trail and is in the Gl enrose CELEBRATION field.Athisgraduation,hereceived dose to 5,000 Natives living near RehabilitationCentreinEdmonton. September 25 & 26,1993, Vi\ San Diego, California USA N IN CELEBRATION OF SURVIVAL- MEDIATORS ON ABORIGINAUEUROPEAN RELATIONS THE INDIAN CRAFTSMEN September 25 - October 2,1993, Fredericton, New Brunswick ARTISTS OF QUEBEC NATIVE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMMING IN CANADA CENTRE D'APPROVISIONNEMENT EN PRODUITS FINIS October 1 -2,1993, WHOLESALE CENTRE IN FINISHED PRODUCTS . 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By Dina O'Meara Windspeaker Staff Writer

WINNIPEG

A Manitoba band will get funding for a new school follow- ing their peaceful occupation of a federal government office. The Peguis Band will receive between $400,000 and $500,000 to repair a 35-year-old school build - ingdamaged during spring flood- ing. As well, the band has assur- ances the federal government will cooperate in the building of a new facility, to be built by 1998. 'We didn't agree on any actual figures," cautioned band advisor Lloyde Stevenson. The band will be sharing part of the cost. 'We find thatfairlyreasonable," hesaid. Members of the Peguis Band went to the W innipeg offices of the Department of Indian Affairs and Leah Pagen NorthernDevelopment(DIAND) Let's Dance! Aug. 30demandinganagreement A mother and daughter enjoy moving to the rhythm of a drum group during the Edmonton Aboriginal festival Dreamspeakers. be settled regarding funding to The three -day cultural, artistic and film festival featured Native artists from across Canada, and some international guests repair their existing school and as well. build a new one. The group of approximately 30 people, includ- ing the Chief and Council, school board members, teachers and resi- B.C. rail blockade goes down dents refused to leave until they were satisfied the funding process CHILLIWACK, B.C. But the barrier came down The Sto:lo had originally and federal officials. was in order. They were escorted Sept. 2 when deputy Minister of asked for quotas as high as 1.2 The standoff between Na- outoftheofficebydtypoliceinthe The blockade of a railroad Fisheries Bruce Rawson agreed million fish back in May, Doug- tives and the RCMP on the tracks early evening. track in British Columbia by to meet with the Cheam and 13 las said. But the Department of never became violent but police DIAND officials met with Natives seeking a new fishing other bands along the Fraser Fisheries and Oceans refused to had threatening to move in and Chief Stevenson the next day after agreement on the Fraser River Sept. 3 to hammer out a new grant licences for any more than dismantle the blockade if the almost 200 band members occu- ended peacefully last weekend. fishing deal. 620,000. Sto:lo did not comply with a pied the office. Members of the Cheam Band Higher fishing quotas The Sto:lo later asked for court order to do so themselves. The issue facing the band was from the Sto:lo First Nation near topped the Sto:lo s list of de- catch limits to be set at 750,000 At one point during the stand- not only finding money to repair Chilliwack had erected a block- mands, said Cheam councillor when the season first opened at off, RCMP outnumbered the flood damage in the school, said ade on CN rail lines which Sidney Douglas. the end of June, Douglas said. protesters. the band advisor. The reserve has passed through their reserve two "Our people feel that there But the fisheries department did The blockade stopped traf- beenwaiting sine 1977 for DIAND weeks ago to protest the cancel- are different numbers of not change its stand. fic on the line for a day before to come through with promises lation of of a Native salmon - salmon," he said. 'We were allo- There was no word at the company officials diverted toward funding a new school, said fishing opening on the Fraser cated 620,000, but our leaders time of publication about a new trains along another CP Rail Stevenson River. felt there were more coming in." agreement between the band line. Thepresentstnrcturewasbuilt in the mid 1950's for Grades 6 t 9. Briefs At that time, many students went ( Central toresidenáalachoolforhighschool education, while Grades 1 to 5 Quebec not able to control cigarette sales nities must continue to apply the Criminal Code and allow the were taught in one .tacsroom at a Four Quebec may not be able to uniformly apply the law when it provincial police to intervene in major crimes. other deals separate site. comes to the sale of cigarettes on Native reserves, the province's are also in the works as tensions ease between the province and When the band regained local Minister of Public Security said. Quebec's special tobacco police, Native bands like the Mohawks of Kahnawake. control over their school system in accompanied by provincial police, moved in on a Huron village 1977, the federal government sug- Aug.30 and seized $200,000 worth of contraband cigarettes, said Ontario changes drinking penalty gested Peguis build temporary minister Claude Ryan. But the police cannot always move onto A move to change penalties regarding being drunk in public has classrooms for their students until a reserve unless they can prove that there is reasonable cause to been labelled racist. The Ontario government is changing the a new structure was built do so, he said. Police raided the Huron village because they had penalties relating to public drunkenness, a move it says is aimed Today the situation is com- sufficient proof of illegal sales, Ryan added. at helping Native offenders. Rodney Bobiwash of the Native pounded for the reserves' 700 stu- Canadian Centre says the announcement has racial undertones dentsbecausethetemporaiyclacs- Native police deal suited as drunkenness is a problem for all communities. The billwill rooms are now 16 years old and Ottawa and Quebec have signed a three -year agreement that will remove public drunkenness and drinking in public as jailable falling apart assist two Native groups in training their own police force. offences. Once passed, offenders will be fined. The change There are approximately 14 Under the $2.5 million deal signed by federal, provincial and comes from a document claiming unspecified studies show temporary units adjacent to the Native leaders, the Algonquin and Montagnais Native commu- drink offences have a disproportionate effect on Natives. original school building. PAGE R2, SEPTEMBER 13 - SEPTEMBER 26, 1993, REGIONAL WINDSPEAKEA British Columbia Justice inquiry tackled prejudice, unfair treatment against Natives

By Max Paris for one legal council to be hired. And they realized the inquiry line troops of the justice system Cathartic is how many observ- Windspeaker Contributor At the insistence of their law- would need more time. they, for the most part, carry out ershaveinterpreted the testimony yer, the justice council set up a At one point, a former RCMP the dirty work and are the most to data meeting last year with Colin officer, Jim Greyeyes, sought to easily targeted . "I suppose another reason for This is part two of a two -part series, Gablernann, the attorney general have the inquiry halted by the Consider as well the fact most the commission going ahead is continuing from Aug. 2. of British Columbia. The justice Supreme Court of B.C. He feared RCMP officers have no concept of one of venting. Natives getting council is made up of Gentles, revelations of his past behavior the circumstances of Native life in these things off their chests and To recap: A judicial inquiry in Francis Laceese and Marvin Al- would be damaging to his reputa- the Cariboo-Chilcotin and you out into the open where they can British Columbia uncoverst he poor exander. They are charges with tion. have the potential for a complete be examined and dealt with," says state of relations between Natives coordinatingthe operations of the While waiting for a decision, breakdown in communications Wilcox. of the Canboo- Chiicotin region, and law centre. Judge Sarich wrote a private in- between the two communities. Buller, too, thinks the inquiry all levels of the justice system there. Afterthemeeting,Gabehrtivm terim report and made a request 'We can't let uneducated... is a helpful exercise. One on -going issue is the problems appointed retired Provincial court to have the inquiry deadline ex- RCMP officers from all over "It has been helpful fora lot of created through the legacy of resi- Judge Anthony Sarich to look into tended. He was granted the ex- Canada comeand be popped into people to come forward and tell dential schools. the situation in the Cariboo - tensionandGreyeyes requestwas an Indian communi ty... with only stories that have been pent up in- Chilcotin. Sarich, after an exten- denied by the Supreme Court. two weeks of what a Native is in side them for a lot of years. There With that for an emotional sive investigation, recommended A good numberofcases heard their training and be expected to has been abit of a healing process." foundation to face later life, a little a public inquiry looking into all by the inquiry are complaints adapt," says Williams. Joan Gentles, the native contextual light is thrown on the levels of the justice system in the against the RCMP. They range Marion Buller, the commis- spokesperson, would like to see relations between Cariboo - Cariboo-- Chilcotin. from excessive use of force to cruel sion counsel, believes that the that healing process continue. She Chilcotin Natives and the justice Gabelmann agreed and ap- andunusual treatment. charges of racism and excessive realizes that with everybody's system. pointed Sarich to head up the in- In one case, Williams spoke use of force being leveled against dirty laundry fouling the air at "Everybody feels the impact quiry. about one case where a young the RCMP are the symptoms of a the inquiry something will have of them (residential schools), even 'The purpose of the inquiry, man was handcuffed to a narrow communications breakdown. to be done to dear the situation. if the didn't attend," says Joan as stated in its terms of reference, bridge for hours. The bridge was 'There is certainly work to The Cariboo -Chilcotin Gentles, Chilcotin spokesperson 'is not to initiate disciplinary ac- used by huge logging trucks and be done by both sides in under- group has three main requests. for the Native testimony steering tion against any individual or by the time he was released from standing what the other side is First, they would like to see committee. group ". Rather, it is to investi- the bridge the man was scared about," says Buller and she adds, Natives trained forpolice duty so As conflicts with the law be- gate allegations of unfair treat- witless. "there is work to be done by the they can patrol their own people. came more frequent it soon be- ment, prejudice and the use of Supt Stan Wilcox, head of the Native people to understand the Supt Wilcox, of the RCMP, has came obvious something concrete unnecessary force; determine the Prince George detachment of the justice system. There is a lot of indicated they will cooperate fully would have to be done to deal circumstances under which these RCMP,iscoondinatingtheRCMPs work to be done by the justice in this respect by offering their with the situation. allegations were made and make response to the inquiry. system to understand native facilities and knowledge in train- The idea of an inquiry to look recommendations to rectify the 'T represent the dient, being people and their values." ing Native officers. into the situation first arose in situation. the Mounted Police. I provide in- Wilcox admits that "by the Secondly, they would like to 1989 but instead of an inquiry the The inquiry began December structions to those lawyers. I also nature of the complaints coming discipline their own people when bands west of the Fraser river got 8, 1992. Originally, the inquiry assist the lawyers in terms of de- forward there are obvious prob- they commit a crime. the Nenqay Deni Yajelhtg Law was to travel to four reserves in veloping and preparing informa- lems." "What we need to do is de- Cantre. Thenamemeans "the peo- the Cariboo-Chilcotin to hear tion that is going to be presented He also agrees with Buller. velopsome more meaningful pen- ple of the world speak" in the testimony from Natives, with to the inquiry," says Wilcox. "I don t think that we are look- alties and I thinkwecan turn over Chilcotin language. Judge Sarich presenting his final Wilcox's position is not an en- ing for any panacea, I don't think the penalty giving to the elders of It was established to provide report in spring of 1993. viable one. He, as the representa- one exists, there is a lot of hard thetribalcouncil,"assertsWillium. legal counsel to the six Chilcotin As itbecamedearthe Natives tive of the RCMP, is the target of work that needs to be done." Thirdly, people who will be and one Carrier villages west of would be making detailed com- a considerable amount of vitriol. So where does that leave the dealing with Natives in the justice the Fraser. Gentles, who helped plaints aboutthe RCMP, the legal "You must remember," says commission? system have to be better trained. start the centre, was initially posi- aid society and other aspects of Wilcox, "the mandate of this isn't Well, according to Williams, They must be prepared to deal tive about the program. the justice system, the "road just the RCMP, its the justice sys- with one more weeks of testi- with another culture that has been The problenwith thelawcen- show ", as Marion Buller,the Com- tem mony to be heard. So the cathar- treated poorly by the white justice trewas that funding onlyallowed mission Counsel called it, grew. True enough,but as the front- sis continues. system in the past, he said.

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YELLOWKNIFE By Andrea Buckley Resources, are proposing a ban Champagne Aishihik and Taku Windspeaker Contributor on hunting the caribou so the River Tlingit First Nations must The oral traditions of peoples in the Northwest Territories are Carcross herd can recover. pass the resolution. Bands are in being recorded to help perpetuate their rich heritage. In 1990, a group of people the process of reviewing the plans. WHITEHORSE Nine groups and individuals were granted more than $70,000 from Tagish, a small settlement Until the plan becomes law, through the Oral Traditions Program of the Education, Culture and southeast of Whitehorse, con- the hunting ban is strictly volun- Employment ministry. Caribou populations in the tacted Quock about their concerns tary. But most stick to the ban, Carcross area have dra- "Celebrating our cultures and heritage is important in maintain- dropped over the decline of the herd. The said Quock. matically, prompting to ban ing a healthy society," said Minister Richard Nerysoo.'The cultural call Carcross Tagish Wildlife Work- "There are few people who hunting for both Native and non- projects made possible through this funding play a valuable role in ing Group was formed to deal don't adhere to that sowé relook- hunters. preserving and communicating the diverse traditions of the North" Native with the problem. ing at passing legislation to de- Ray Quock, for Yu- The grant recipients atbanded a department -sponsored work- Council 'We want to stop all hunting clare the herd endangered," he Indians shop earlier this year to receive basic training in collecting, catalogu- kon wildlife consultant, of the herd, including first Na- said. "Then, anybody who is working with First Nations ing and storing the recordings for future use by the general public. tions hunting. Everybody's been doesn't obey the ban can be fined groups in The following groups and individuals received funding. theCarcrossarea south really receptive," said Quock. $20,000 and get up to two years of Whitehorse to save the area's Igloolik Isuma Video was awarded $11,285 to document on "Everybody realizes they're de- in jail." caribou videotape histories, stories and place names along the route between herd. The herd's num- dining but they have a hard time This punishment would be Igloolik and Pond Inlet. bers have dwindled from thou- because they live off the land. handed down to First Nations Mallikjuaq Steering Committee, Cape Dorset was awarded sands to approximately 350 ani- They're going to definitely start hunters as well,despitetheirprivi- mals separated into six -herds $9,370 to document stories and place names of the area around Cape sub hunting more moose. We're also leges as native people to take any Dorset. in Lome Mountain, Jubilee Moun- looking at ways of making agree- animals for subsistence use. tain, Montana Mountain, Teslin, Sandra Dolan, Fort Smith was awarded $5,800 to collect oral ments with other First Nations The goal is to increase the herd Burwash and histories on the Salt River Settlement Squanga Lake. groups for caribou such as the numbers to 2, 000 animals, said "In the past, there were thou- Dene Cultural Institute, Hay River was awarded $11,700 to Fmlayson held." Quock. But first, the native bands and assist with a project documenting the traditional governing systems sands thousands. Nobody Natives in communities in must agree to the ban. knows how many ", said Quock. of the Dogrib people of Rae Lakes prior to 1921. eastemYukonhuntcaribou from "It's hard for them to make a 'They started to decline the Native Communications Society, Yellowknife was awarded with the Finlayson herd, which has law like this. They think they're gold rush and people moving into $10,000 to collect stories onaudiotape for broadcast onCKNM radio more than tripled in numbers af- going to seta precedent and that and for preservation. the area. They used to range all ter a wolf kill was conducted in the government is taking their the way from the Haines Road to Douglas Stern, Bay Ch coo (Omingmaktok) was awarded the 1980s. In 1983 the herd num- rights," said Quock. "But this Tagish Lake. $9,300 to document the oral traditions of Bathurst Inlet elders. bered approximately 2,000 ani- comes from the First Nations, not "Now, they're just directly Miriam Aglukkaq, Gjoa Haven was awarded $3A50 to docu- mals. By this year, there more the government It's such an emer- west of The ment the oral histories of Gjoa Haven elders. Whitehorse. decline than 7,000 caribou. gency state that we have to do was probably initially Holman Community Corporation, Holman was awarded caused by Quock is hoping native something now." the market $4700 to document traditional Inuit drum dancing. hunting during the groups in tha t area will share their Once the six First Nations gold rush but now, it's a lot of Inuit Broadcasting Corporation,Taloyoakwasawarded $4,500 caribou with Carcross and Tagish band council approve the plan, it habitat loss to to document the oral histories of Taloyoak elders. due human en- natives. The working group has will go to Renewable Resources croachment" For more information on the Oral Traditions Program, please drawn up a rough draft of the minister Bill Brewster. But the Quock and several First Na- contact the Cultural Liaison Coordinator, Department of Education, recovery plan. Now, the band process could take from two tions groups, together the Culture and Employment, at (403) 920-3102. with councils of the Kwanlin Dun, weeks to two years to legislate, Yukon Department of Renewable Tá an Kwachas, Carcross Tagish, said Quock.

IDIA% DETERMIAIION deco Io ii iít tio ii proceprocess ptember 17,18,1993 Forum Inn, Edmonton, Albe HISTORICAL REVIEW 9 Termination Policies REGISTRATION ofthe Canadian Government September 16, 1993 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Indian Act Alternatives SOCIAL GATHERING First Nations Chartered Land Act September 17, 1993 American Indian Termination Experience 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Indian Right Protection Strategies 13 26, I993,IREGIONAL PAGE R4, SEPTEMBER - SEPTEMBER WINDSPEAKERSports Green and gold Indian Rodeo Cowboys

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Bill T. Head 495.0 7. Ken Whyte 56.25 Senior Barrel Racing looked out at the green and storied and filled with suc- 3. Spike Guardipee 405.0 8/9. Robert BruiseHead 46.25 1. Traci Vaile 255.0 gold uniformed BC Arrows, cess. 4. Matt Bruised Head 365.0 8/9. Clint BruiseHead 46.25 2. Lisa Creighton 197.5 engaged in game one of a two "It's been fun as a specta- 5. Robert Bruised Head 253.75 10. Shane McDougall 42.5 3. Jackie Little Bear 177.5 game National Indian Athletic tor watching them over the 6. Allison Red Crow 190.5 4. Tracy Creighton 162.5 Association men's finals years," remarked Prince 7. Clint Bruised Head 168.75 Boys Steer Riding 5. Nicole Fenner 147.5 against the Prince George George coach Grant Williams. 8. Sam Bird 163.75 1. Nolan Little Bear 248.75 6. Sharon Small 75.0 Lumber Kings. He adding their presence at "I heard they had quite a tournaments will be more than dynasty," he said, adding he's heavily missed for the level of just moved to British Colum- competition they brought. bia's Columbia Valley from the "It's been 16 years of hard Queen Charlotte Islands. struggles," smiled Paul Sam 'They own seven straight shortly following the tourney NIAA championships from final game. 1983 to 1989 and won it again And whatcomesnow,with last year, as well as six Cana- ball players forcing a piece of dian championships(1979,80, their souls to retirement. 82, 83, 85, and 86)," he's told. 'We'll play ball but not un- "I heard they're splitting der the Arrows," predicted up after this, eh?" The man Sam, adding, 'That's what's asked. so hard on every body." "Yeah, after 16 years to- "For me, it's done - defi- gether." nitely - for good, but I know for LAURA CLIFF JOANNE CHEEKO In the background snow- a fact that some of the guys MOULD STEBBINGS THIBAULT DESJARLAIS capped Mt. Nelson glowered won't be able to put it down," above the deep blues of the for for for for said general manager /player Northwest Territories Southern Alberta Ontario Purcell Mountains and alpine Dean Martin. He was keeping Northern Alberta Yukon Saskatchewan USA Maritimes glow glimmered off the a reign on his emotions, obvi- Manitoba & Quebec British Columbia Rockies to the east. ously jangled from the previ- The sun was setting on the ous few days. Columbian Valley and fit- Golf and fishing are the YOUR ADVERTISING SALES TEAM tingly, one of the most suc- order for recreation, but com- cessful fastpitch baseball petition won't be far behind. 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PEOPLES CONFERENCE 1993 year, after they secured the "She kind of pushed me, rights to host the 20th annual when are you going to fit so I NIAA championships, to hang can quit making these darned OCTOBER 13, 14 AND 15, 1993 up the cleats and they did so uniforms," he laughed. KIKINAHK FRIENDSHIP CENTRE, LA RONGE, SASKATCHEWAN with style, making it to the For now, the memories of finals and narrowly missing the tournament are fresh and PURPOSE; To provide practical sessions for Band library clerks/teacher librarians and others on out on the gold, winning the soon it'll be back to the every- high interest topics such as library computer technology, reading circles, book repair, managing first game 3-2 but losing the day grind and autumn and small libraries, etc.;To identify issues, problems, and solutions relating to library service for second 2 -0. winter will be pass. Aboriginal people in Saskatchewan; To continue to provide a forum for establishing linkages in the After shaking hands with But there will be no spring library community with the goal of increased access to resources and provision of better service Prince George, members of the camp for the Arrows. to Aboriginal people and the general public; To identify options for library service, such as libraries/ Arrows filed off the field. Some Following the Tourna- collections which have Aboriginal content materials and library programming ideas for serving smiled and hugged friends ment, the Arrows descended Aboriginal populations. and family. Others walked upon the Martin residence for away from the dugout. a celebration. WORKSHOPS/SESSIONS One player stared out at One that carried on into Keynote Speaker - Dr. Lotsee Patterson and Reception the field, tired and mad about the dawn. Dr. Patterson is an Associate Professor at the School of Library and Information Studies, University losing. A lot of the players One that, when ever she of Oklahoma, Vice President of the American Indian Library Association and the author of the Tribal came together when they were listened in, was bathed with Library Procedures Manual, developed for the Training and Assistance for Indian Library Services in their early teens in Brewster, the sound of players recalling (TRAILS) project. Wash., playing little league. past glories on the ball field, Public Library Systems Breakfast Book Repair and Vertical Files Workshop As they were in Brewster, said Pam Martin. Approaching a Novel Starting and Managing a Band the future Arrows Library were "All night, they were talk - Reading Circles Creating your own Big Books for Library coached by Chief Paul Sam, ingaboutall thewinsandwho Collecting and Using Local Stories, Materials and Objects in Library Programs then coach Johnny Martin. scored..." 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By Karen Levin British Columbia's First Nations presence of a non -Native entre- Windspeaker Contributor cultures. The pavillion was situ- preneur who was selling Na- ated in a poor location, away tive -made jewelley. The crafts from the bulk of the PNE popu- dealers had been led to believe VANCOUVER lation, which rendered it diffi- that only Native dealers would cult for crafts dealers and the be allowed to rent booths since The Aboriginal Pavillion at food kiosk to make a profit. it was an Aboriginal Pavillion. Vancouver's Pacific National Stage perfomances were of- The continued presence of Exhibition (PNE) is reputed to fered several time each day, an Aboriginal pavillion is con- be an improvement from last which included drum groups; sidered by many to essential to year. However it still apears to the Maori dancers, a theatre maintain. It has the potential to have been built more on hype group; and a Kwakiutl fashion a vital vehicle in promoting than on actual substance. show among other events. The greater cultural awareness, The focus of the pavillion Maori dancers were a big suc- while breaking down the fear, this year was somewhat frag- cess, as was the Kwakuitl fash- ignorance, and misunderstand- mented. The stage performers ion show. ing racial barriers are built. By were almost all from British A Native arts and crafts the same token, the improper Columbia, while the exterior of show encompassed the small promotion of cultural awareness the pavillion boasted tipis, pavillion building. Several crafts can deepen the roots of stere- which are not representative of dealers were angered by the otyping and ignorance.

Karen Levin British Columbia group Kwakiutl Dancers performed at 12TH ANNUAL NATIVE Vancouver's PNE. ESTIVAL Lee"" Kwakiutl dancers Cu.TURAL revive traditions By Karen Levin emonial robes and put an ad in Windspeaker Contributor the local paper advertising FESTIVAL weekly traditional dance lessons. 'We can't wait for tomorrow, October 2 & 3, 1993 VANCOUVER and we can't wait for funding. Sports Complex, Vanier College, Montreal, Quebec We have to do all we can do Once again, the highlight of today, to keep our culture alive,' THE GROWING CIRCLE the Aboriginal Pavilion exhibit said Roze at the PNE show. This is the theme of the 12 th Annual Native Cultural Festival, which will be held on October at Vancouver's PNE in August Twenty-two youths began 2 & 3, 1993 at Vanier College, 821 Ste -Croix (Cote Vertu Metro). was the ceremonial robes show practicing in Gloria's then unfin- As part of the festMtles organized for the International Year of the World's Indigenous by the Kwakiutl Dances of Fort ished home. Since that time, the Peoples, the Native Friendship Centre of Montreal commemorate the importance of our Rupert. group has performed in schools youth in today's world. Today, there are 45,000 natives living in Montreal, originating from The traditions of different regions and notions. The NFCM honours the cultural vitality of the First Nations the and various events in B.C. through the Festival. Kwakiutl Nation are shared with The Dancers Kwakiutl fash- The Festival opens its doors to friendship and harmony spirit by authentically outfitted between all nations. on Saturday, ion show tells of the influence of October 2nd, with performances by singers and musicians. On Sunday, October 3rd, there dancers portraying their people's the Hudson's Bay Co. upon the will be a POWWOW, a traditional drum and dance gathering, in full traditional dress. history. people of Fort Rupert. Prior to The show was the inspira- ACTIVITIES Benefit Concert: contact, clothing was made from Arts & Crafts Sale & Exhibition tion of the group's program co- the woven of Bldg A- Vanier inner bark cedar or Native Organizations Kiosks ordinator, Gloria Roze. On re- October 1, 1993 - 8:00 pm from furs, and no foot gear was Children's Activities turning to her home village of worn. The Syren, Don Martin, Uashastone ceremonial robes Native Camp Set -up Fort Rupert in 1989, Roze was which are today Admission: $20 wom originated Native Film & Video disturbed by the prevailing rac- with the the arrival of Hudson's Native Art Exhibits Complexe Sportif du Collège Vanier, ism and stereotyping of Native Bay Co. to Fort Rupert in 1849. Traditional Native Foods 821 boul. Ste -Croix, people there. Individual robes depict one's DOORS OPEN AT NOON Ville St- Laurent métro Côte -Verte She was further concerned tribe, family crest and other in- about **youth in her village. A formation. DAY ADMISSION: Adult: $8 Student /Senior: $5 Children under 12: Free cultural program for the youth Roze explains the history and lost funding and dissipated. So interpretation of each blanket FOR iNFORMATiON, CONTACT Lloyd CIIEECI-IOO OR GLENN POISON, Roze decided to provide her own worn prior to the performances. program. Traditionally, those dances FESTIVAL COORdiNATORS AT ( 5 1 4) 9 3 7.5 3 3 8 Roze bought traditional would onlybe seen in potlatches, masks from her brother, the however Roze received permis- owner of Fort Rupert's Copper sion from her father, the late he- Maker Gallery, with her own reditary chief Thomas Hunt, to funds. She began making cer- show them publicly. Ben Calf Robe School is now welcomilff KAPOWN CENTRE revistration for Grades 4 -5 -6 7 -8 and 9. Rehabilitation & Treatment Centre Chemical dependency treatment services directed toward people 16 years of age and older For more information contact the school Minimum 6 week residential program 'Total Person' Concept utilized 24 hour in- patient care Continuous intake or come in and visit lls. General Delivery Grouard, Alberta TOG 1C0 (403) 751 -3921

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Greene plays chosen remains a mystery. president for the Metis Federation following EDMONTON was acting the an international photo journal- Fortunately, the evening March death of president Larry Desmeules. ist who returns to his reserve was capped off with Spirit If the endless line -ups and upon learning of his mother's Rider, a film about the repa- set for fraud any indi- Trial date charges sold -out shows were death. Once in town, Greene triation of a sullen young na- A trial date has been set for the chief of Saskatchewan's Red cation, the 2nd annual looks for his brother, who has tive mane who spent his life in Pheasant band to appear on charges of fraud and theft. Chief Festival a Dreamspeaker's was vanished. a number of foster home. Star- Mike Baptiste will stand trial Dec. 13 at North Battleford provin- hit. A quirky Tome Jackson ring Herbie Barnes, Gordon cial court to face charges laid last May of three counts of theft over long "It was nice to see those quickly takes Greene under his Tootoosis, Michele St. John, $1,000, and three of fraud over $1,000. Glen Keskotagan, a fonner line Loro -ups," says Carmen, wing, and through friendly ma- Tantoo Cardinal, Tom Jackson band councillor, will stand trial the same day for one count of the festival's executive direc- nipulation, throws Greene into and Graham Greene, the film fraud and one of theft over $1,000. North Battleford RCMP report tor. "We sold out crowds in the the centre of a number of un- explores the sense of commu- the charges are based on circumstances involving funds received theatre, and ran out of product welcome yet hilarious situa- nity and belonging Jessie for rental of pasture land. many, many times. We were tions. Humor about stereotypes Threebears (Barnes) unwit- very pleased." of natives as well as whites runs tingly experiences while go- Child care centre opened Carmen says preliminary rampant throughout the good - ing through a painful repa- Hilda Young more The Opaskwayak Cree Nation opened the Child figures suggest than natured film, and it nails the triation to a lifestyle, people Care Centre and Nursery School at The Pas reserve Sept 1. The 27,000 people took in the enter- small town gossip scene on the and grandfather he knows centre combines childcare fora total of 60 children with a training at Square tainment Churchill head. Definitely one for the nothing about. course in which 13 students work toward a child care IIdiploma. and select theatres during the VCR. Despite the festival's numer- The combined structure is the fast on a Manitoba reserve and three-day event, besting last More than 20 performers ous organizational gaffs, the integrates Cree culture into the child care curriculum and train- year's daily average by nearly carved up the day time activi- audiences were appreciative ing program. 2,000 people per day. ties, including the Edmonton and impressed with the quality 'We had a lot more people Aboriginal Cultural Society of entertainment. Sherman Site reclaimed for friendship centre show up than we thought we which performed drum songs Lewis and Lawrence Merasty The site of a former sawmill in northern Alberta is being cleared would,' she says. as traditional and grass danc- of Edmonton too in two full to make room for a new NativeFriendship Centre in High Prairie. That was evident during ers weaved back and forth on days of events, and were de- The land, bought by the friendship centre is being reclaimed the evening of August26 when the ground below the stage. lighted with what they saw and under the Alberta Heritage Fund Redamation Program admin- 450 people showed up for the Ladies jingle dress dancers per- heard. istered by Alberta Environmental Protection. Work on the aban- premiere screening of Medi- formed traditional dances to "The entertainment on the doned industrial site includes clearing rubble, levelling the site cine River at the Edmonton the drum, and a special song whole has been pretty good," with a bulldozer, and seeding the land with natural grasses. Public Library's 257 seat thea- was sung while Jerome Lewis says. "I think they should tre. After waiting over an hour Youngchief of Long Lake and be funded." Metis Association want in in line, impatient movie goers his daughter put on a stunning Marilyn Luck wasn't both- further The president of the Metis Association of Saskatchewan wants were held up even at display of traditional hoop ered by the constant political Metis to be included if the federal government compensates ill- prepared fi- the door by ticket dancing. reminders of the festival's Indians displaced by the Primrose air base. Gerald Morin said However, the first class takers. The festival's final offering nancial plight. "I think its a Metis are being excluded from the negotiations because they entertainment delivered that of films at the EPL was bit of a reasonable thing to do," she dort thavethesarneformalcomplaintprocessaslndians.He says made for night more than up wash out, saved only the pre- says. "Considering what I've the Metis suffered the same hardships as Indians when the air the minor inconveniences. miere screening of Spirit Ride. seen, I think they should be weapons range was established 30 years ago, since they too lost Films Silent Love, about a An uncomfortable MC Ralph funded." hunting and trapping grounds. lower Kootenai man dying of Makokis improvised master- Statements like that are mu- AIDS, and a slick CBC Prime fully when scheduled story- sic to Carmen s ears. Last years, More homes to be built Time news documentary on teller Richard Yellowbird failed the festival ended up $65,000 The Chinild Band in southern Alberta will receive funding for Medicine River author Thomas to show. in debt and struggled to get four new houses from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing King preceded the screening of The short film Haircuts Dreamspeaker's '93 off the Corporation. The On- Reserve Housing Program will provide film, to his much -awaited which Hurt, about racism, not only ground. While it's too early $309,076 toward the four units, with the Department of Indian go underway with stars Jimmy featured bad cinematography, tell exactly how the festival did Affairs and Northern Development contributing $56,000. One Herman and Dakota House in as well. Carmen says "from but lousy script wri ting financially, five- bedroom, and three three -bedroom homes will be built on the audience. Its heavy reliance on symbol- what I've seen, I think we're different locations on the reserve. The film, to be televised Oc- ism failed miserably, its set was operating in the black."

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Another piece of legislation ple, we were outside the confer- outside their communities and "As an American woman of would require divestiture of Hy- ence room, getting ready to leave. speak to us is denigrated by Que- The Canadian fight to pre- Cree ancestry, I am angered by dro-Quebec bonds held by the The doors to the conference room bec officials, but we live in a soci- vent the construction of dams and the way the Quebec government, state employees' pension fund. opened and several individuals ety that's accustomed to hearing reservoirs in James Bay, Quebec owner of Hydro -Quebec, has These bills were introduced came up to the Cree representa- all sides. has gone on for decades. But only treated the Cree Indians and the by people who care deeply about tive to tell him they were on his Jane Taylor compares James recently have Americans wholive Inuit," explains Jane Taylor of James Bay. And it's the Cree pres- side. Bay to the 1838 Trail of Tears when in New England and New York Dorchester, Massachusetts. She ence which has made a differ- Connecticut residents have the U.S. military forced the learned about their electrical con- and several others formed a grass - ence. started a letter- writing campaign Cherokees from their farms in nections to northern Quebec. roots group called Massachusetts After all, its hard to destroy when they teamed tha t their state's Georgia to walk to Oklahoma, Since 1990, members of the Save James Bay. They ask citizens somebody's culture when you've Retirementand TrustFunds holds and many died along the way. First Nations in James Bay have to write letters to their elected met them in person. In 1990, I HQ bonds. Connecticut Save Our electricity pays for the talked to hundreds of Hydro- officials. began a volunteer service to bring James Bay members volunteer to destructionofa land and its peo- Quebec's American customers. In Massachusetts, legislation Crees to southern New England set up information tables at the ples, in Quebec and elsewhere. They've traveled one thousand under consideration would re- to meet utility executives, legisla- state's many powwows. New It is up to Canadians and Ameri- miles south to answer the ques- quire a hydropower facility lo- tors,schoolchildren,environme n- Hampshire and Rhode Island resi- cans, not just the Crees and Inuit, tion, "Who is James Bay and why cated outside the state to file an tal groups and anyone else l could dents oppose the building of to say no to more "dams of tears." do you want to stop him ?' environmental impact report be- think of. I am now employed by James Bay Phase H. They are edu- (Editor's note: Hydro -Quebec re- Despite the cancellation of a fore the power can be made avail- the Grand Council of the Crees cating their legislators about the cently said they might continue with big Hydro -Quebec /New York able for purchase. 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E ,' To Advertise in the Career Section, call 1 -80(1- 661 -5469, PAGE 8, SEPTEMBER 13 - SEPTEMBER 26, 1993, WINDSPEAKER Bands challenge Bill C31 Controversy stems By Linda Caldwell, Dina from Indian Act O'Meara and D.B. Smith "There's no such thing as equality in the Indian world, but By Dina O'Meara Windspeaker Staff Writers rather a blend. Equality is a pain in the ass." and on the other hard support a Windspeaker Staff Writer foreign government's legislation classifying our people," said EDMONTON Wayne Roan, Erminskin Band spokesperson. Dory. EDMONTON But other political groups Returning status through are concerned that without Bill C -31 to those who had lost it clergyman, along with their majority of us, think the men The time for supporting the federal recognition, their rights under the Indian Act has caused wives and children; have total say," he said. Indian Act has long passed, says will be ignored. a major rift between bands and Indian children who lost status Those claims of tradition are the Chi of of the Native Council of 'The AFN or Manitoba reinstated Indians. because of illegitimacy or whose merely the chiefs embracing a Nova Scotia. Council of Indians, they're not The issue is so controversial mother's and father's mothers foreign patriarchy, said Gail "Use it to move people speakingthesamelanguage,they some people would only discuss were notenti tled to be registered Stacey -Moore,spokesperson for through the transition period to don'trepresentourinterests, "said itwith W indspeaker on condition other than through their the Native Women's Association self- government," said Dwight Ernest l.efandre, president of the their names not be used. marriages; of Canada. Dory. NativeMediationRepresentative "Bill C -31 simply affected Indians who were omitted "That is not tradition. For The enforcement of the Inc. "They are pushing self- some people who had their from Band Lists or the Indian the past 100 years the Indian Act Indian Act created an artificial government and we're worried status affirmed so they could Register who otherwise should has imposed those kinds of rules method of establishing about it," he said. go back to their communities. have been registered or Indians and regulations. Wewereforced dtizenship, which is up to Natives The group vehemently But mostly it gets us to fight whose communities were not to follow it. There's nothing to correct, said Dory, himself a opposesself- govenmeit,saying amongst ourselves," said Ron recognized as bands. traditional about it," she said. Bill C -31 Indian. the Indian Act is necessary to George head of the Native Doris Ronnenberg, head of Everyone played avital role You can't have it both ways protect Aboriginals against their Council of Canada. the Native Council of Canada in maintaining the community, zu can't say we have an own Chiefs and councils. On June 28, 1985, sections (Alberta), which has intervenor and women were always entrighttoself-government Continued on page 9 of the Indian Act were declared status in the Twinn federal court recognized as the backbone of in violation of the Charter of challenge, said "voluntary' Native society, Stacey -Morre Rights and Freedoms. Bill C -31 enfranchisement was often added. became law. Since then, 95,153 anything but. Bill C -31 did much to bring of 153,903 Natives who applied "A lotof people didn't realize people back, but not enough, for status have been reinstated. the implications of signing away she said. One clause, the so- In Alberta, of 21,137 applicants, status;" she explained. called second generation clause, ADULT LEARNING 10,026 have regained status. They were asked to either excludes grandchildren of While many bands have sign or lose their children to reinstated Indians status unless ACCESS THROUGH welcomed returning members, residential school, where they they marry status Indians. others, especially in Alberta, see stayed for 10 months at a time. Ronnenberg said that for the amendment to the Indian Or, if they worked off -reserve, the first year of the Indian Act, Act as the federal government Indians could eliminate the women could marry anyone Inng,yaI o n dictating band membership. daily chore of getting a work they wanted and maintain their "Our leadership has total permit by signing away their status, along with their Adult Learning: Access Through authority to decide who is a status. children. A year later, that was Innovation is a public process member of our tribe and who Perhaps the most vocal changed. through which Albertans can help gets benefits. Ottawa has no opponents to Twines challenge Both Roan and the Tsuu Tina define the future of adult learning say and no authority," said a are the women who regained councilor said when women in this province. We want your Tsuu Tina band councillor status through Bill C -31. married non -Indians and left the ideas, options and solutions. who didn't want to be named. Susie Huskey, a Dene from reserve, they were turning their The Tsuu Tina Nation, the Aklavik in the Northwest backs on the Indian way of life. Learning is the future. lt affects all of us. Ermineskin band and Tory Territories, has been a longtime But according to Senator Walter Twinn, chief of advocate of women's rights. In Ronnenberg's 106 -year -old In order to receive an information the Sawridge band, are May of 1984, when she was chief grandmother, Caroline package and to participate telephone: challenging the law this month of the Inuvik Band, she went to Beaudry, membership before the in the Federal Court of Canada. the Assembly of First Nations white man was ruled by 1- - The trial will begin in annual assembly, where she individual choice. 800 463 -4597 Edmonton before moving to pushed to get Bill C -31 on the Marrying outside one's In Edmonton call 420 -1162 Ottawa and is expected to last agenda. The 635 vote was for, band was common and when Deaf or Hard of Hearing, up to 11 weeks. 215 against. couples married, they chose (TTY -TD D ) 1 -800- 855 -1155, The case could be p recident- "Alberta really was against whether to live with the in Edmonton call: 429 -4900, setting in defining Aboriginal Bill C -31," Huskey said. husband's or wife's band. People rights and self -government. After she spoke in support were not refused entry to a band Write: Wayne Roan, Red Cloud, is of the bill, one Alberta chief stood nor were they forced to leave, Adult Learning: Access Through Innovation a spokesperson for the up and said, "See, you let a unless they committed a terrible c/o Alberta Advanced Education Ermineskin band. Like his father woman talk and look what crime. and Career Development Lazarus Roan, he carries the happens." He and his band Ovide Mercredi, Grand Suite 35, 9912 106 Street spiritual traditions of the Cree members stormed out of the Chief of the Assembly of First Edmonton, Alberta T5K 1 C5 at Hobbema and particularly meeting. Nations, is himself a Bill C -31 Ermineskin Reserve. The controvery hasn't Indian. Meeting Dates and Locations "The simple fact is, control stopped Both Wayne Roan and This internal of population .has occurred the Tsuu Tina councillor say discrimination is not traditional Two sessions will be held each day. The since the time human beings the fight is not against within the the tribes of Canada, he first session will be from 1:30 p.m. to began. When you have no women who regained lost said. "The membership of the 5:00 p.m. The second session will be control of membership, there status by marrying white men. tribe was fluid. It brought in can be very serious problems. But women are often the ones new members by marriage and from 7:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Look at Canada, at the most affected. adoption and true relations Dates City/Town Location immigration laws. Now they were established," Mercredi are losing control of the cities Patriarchy vs. matriarchy added. Sept. 27 Medicine Hat Medicine Hat Lodge because Canadian laws allow Native men who marry "The ideal thing for Walter for the bringing in of white women can bring them Twinn to do is some research, Sept. 28 Slave Lake Sawridge Hotel unfavorable sides of cultures, to the reserve to live and the some understanding of his past, Sept. 28,29 Red Deer Red Deer Lodge traditions, customs.... white women become eligible some knowledge of the history 'The reserve is the only place for status, along with their of his people. Because if he Sept. 29 Hinton Community Hall where I have traditional rights. children, the opposite of what really understands it, he will Oct. 4, 5 Edmonton Convention Centre Therefore, I have to protect it. It happened to Native women not stand in the way of people Oct. 4, 5 Lethbridge Lethbridge Lodge is our last stand,' said Roan. marrying white men before Bill coming into his community." C -31. Some Bill C -31 opponents, Oct. 5 Peace River Traveller's Motor Hotel The Indian Act 'There's no such thing as including Sawridge Chief Oct. 7 Blairmore Elks Hall Under the Indian Act, status equality in the Indian world, but Walter Twinn, say an influx of Indians could lose their status a rather a blend. Equality is a pain new members could break down Oct. 12 Fort McMurray McDonald Island number of ways: in the ass," said Roan. a reserve's economical and Oct. 12 Grande Prairie Clarkson Hall Women marryingnon- Indians; Indian men are traditionally political structures. Oct. 12, 13 Calgary Glenbow Auditorium Indians who took "Half -breed looked at as the head of the The Sawridge band is the Scrip" or were descended from household, said the Tsuu Tina richest per capita in Canada, Oct. 14 Lac La Biche Jubilee Hall someone who took scrip; councillor, who wanted less to with than 100 members and Oct. 14 Vermilion Elks Hall Indians who were remain anonymous. oil -based assets worth more "enfranchised" (stripped of 'There's no equal rights on than $30 million. Twinn's status under the Indian Act) for reserves for men and women. opponents say he just doesn't any reason, including wanting Men are the authority, the want to share the wealth with /keno to vote, to drink, to own leadership, in politics the 300 Bill ADVANCED EDUCATION AND and C-31 Indians seeking CAREER DEVELOPMENT property, to live in another everything, in the household. entry to the Sawridge band. country, to become a lawyer or We people on the reserve, the Continued on page 9 WINDSPEAKER, SEPTEMBER 13 - SEPTEMBER 26, 1993, PAGE 9 Bill C - 3 I is a band issue, not federal - chiefs Continued from page S and new members on many make provisions for housing Bill "Bill C-31 is law. There isn't a father. There were no jobs, no However, the economic reserves because of housing C -31 members, however it move in this part of the country housing, no quality of life - and social hardship is valid for shortages. further created problems by to fight it," said Phil Fontaine of nothing to persuade people to many less- affluent bands Some members had been on leaving perceptions within the Assembly of Manitoba stay, he said. which did welcome returnees. waiting lists for years, only to see communities that people on the Chiefs. They elected a new chief a new member get a house bill jumped the lines," said a Other bands wekomed Bill and will Bill C -31 funding from Hardships immediately. Another common source at the Union of Ontario C -31 returnees. One such band is returnees the situation began When the bill became law in scenario was for houses to be Chiefs. the Lheit- Lit'en in central B.C. to improve. Membership grew 1985, the federal government built for older members, with "It undermined First 'It's added to our community from 112 in 1986 to 211 in 1993. allocated funds specifically Bill C -31 members being shuttled Nation's authority to determine tremendously," said Chief Peter They expect to have 250 by 1995 toward housing new Bill C -31 to old homes, which may have our own housing policies." Quaw. and are not considering limiting band members. The five -year been condemned, or left Many, if not most, bands When he returned to his their membership or turning program created intense homeless. have simply taken members back reserve in the mid- 1970s, the only new members away, Quaw animosity between established ' The federal govemment did and endured the hardship. person still living there was his said. 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Canad'ä >>>>0 KIKAWINAW (warden) CAREEI3I1VDSPEAKE]l'S SECTION $60,605 - $70,540 »4" Correctional Service Canada Maple Creek, Saskatchewan The Healing Lodge, an Aboriginal facility housing federally sentenced University of Alberta Aboriginal women, is committed to healing through Aboriginal teachings, spirituality and culture. This is a joint initiative of Correctional Service Edmonton Canada and Aboriginal peoples. n`11ei>0 We are currently seeking an individual who has a thorough understanding of the traditional methods of teaching, learning and healing to assume responsibility for the direction of cultural programs, healing, Aboriginal Assistant Professor services /activities, and the management of operational and contracted services for the facility. School of Native Studies As the ideal candidate, you have extensive experience in working with The School of Native Studies has an opening for an research in areas of expertise. Aboriginal groups and communities, and working in a crisis resolution academic position. This position is a tenure track in a correctional facility or in the Salary: capacity. Previous managerial experience appointment for an Assistant Professor. This posi- is necessary. The University of Alberta salary (1992 -93) for functional direction of correctional programs and services the following areas: tion will fill one of an Assistant Professor has a $40,035 per annum Knowledge of management philosophies and techniques, legislation studies minimum. Depending upon the qualifications and covering the operations of Correctional Service Canada, its mandate, 1) Aboriginal government and political and special experience of the successful candidate, an appoint- philosophy and objectives, and of the cultural differences 2) Economic Development studies ment may be made at a higher salary than the mini- needs of Aboriginal women will ensure your success. The ability to 3) Dene or Inuit Language studies mum. communicate in a representative Aboriginal language is a definite asset. Proficiency in the English language is essential. 4) Cultural studies - Humanities, Literature, Art, In accordance with Canadian immigration require- an overall focus on the traditions; ments, this advertisement is directed to Canadian To apply, please forward your resume, quoting reference number S- 93-52- Music with and revitalization in Native culture citizens and permanent residents of Canada. 00930105{ D03), by October 8, 1993, to: Public Service Commission of changes Canada, 1975 Scarth Street, Room 400, Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 2H1. Qualifications: Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a multidisciplinary background transcripts, teaching evaluations, samples of pub- We are committed to employment equity. Candidates with and an understanding of Native Studies perspec- lished work, and the names of three referees. Send français. Vous pouvez obtenir ces renseignements en tives will be given preference. A strong teaching to: research background in Native Studies, plus an and James Dempsey, Director courses and update existing cours- ability to create School of Native Studies es is required. Fluency in a Native language is an MAPLE-CREEK, 11023 - 90th Avenue PhD (or the equivalent in expe- asset. MA required, University of Alberta Candidates having expertise in rience) preferred. Edmonton, Alberta T6G lA6 ,yTT ' Public Service Commission Commission de Is fonction publique more than one of the four areas listed will be given du Canada of Canada extra consideration. The School aspires to hire indi- Closing date: November 1, 1993 potential for excel- viduals who have demonstrated FAX: (403) 492 -0527 lence in teaching, research and scholarship. The successful candidate is expected to be dedicated to The University of Alberta is committed to the principle of and demonstrate excellence in undergraduate equity in employment. The University encourages applica- teaching in the liberal arts tradition, at all levels of tions from aboriginal persons, disabled persons, members the undergraduate experience and to conduct of visible minorities and women. THE COMMUN EMS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY A unique opportunity exists for a physician to work in a dynamic and innovative urban Aboriginal health centre.The physician will be part of

a health care team that indudes Traditional Healers, Elders, nurses, street workers and counsellors.The position is available November I, 1 993.

Anishnawbe Health is a culture -based Native health centre located in downtown Toronto.We are an innovative community health centre with a holistic approach to health, addressing the mental, emotional, physical and spiritual needs of each individual. Traditional healing approaches play a primary role in our health centre.Traditional healers, elders and teachers are available to the community and for consultation with staff. They conduct healing ceremonies, sweat lodges, healing circles and provide counselling to individuals, families and couples. Other programs and services include AIDS prevention, anonymous HIV testing, Street Patrol, medical care, counselling, family support, community outreach.

Anishnawbe Health has a staff of 30 and is governed by a nine -member Board of Directors elected from the Native community.Ongoing training and development of staff and board members is both encouraged and facilitated. Because we are a culture -based organization, we are committed to providing regular in- service staff development with a strong focus on traditional teachings as a foundation for our work with the community. PHYSICIAN RESPONSIBILITIES: QUALIFICATIONS: The physician will be expected to use a holistic assessment and healing Maintains licensing requirements as defined by the College of Physicians approach in providing primary health care to Anishnawbe people. He /she and Surgeons of Ontario; will be expected to work closely with our traditional healers and elders and Three to five years experience in a community health setting; to make full use of their unique skills and expertise, i.e., consultation about Demonstrated ability to work in a multidisciplinary setting; patients, referrals for treatment, and follow -up. Previous experience working with Native people in an urban setting; Demonstrated knowledge of the political, historical, economic and social The physician will work closely with all other staff at Anishnawbe Health and realities of Native people; participate in case conferences, treatment planning, program planning and Commitment to traditional values, and knowledge of Anishnawbe healing evaluation. The physician will be expected to develop recommendations for approaches; healing programs that are culture -based and based on the unique needs of Demonstrated knowledge of, and commitment to providing our clientele. culture -based health care to Native people; Commitment to own personal healing The physician will actively promote and advocate greater understanding and Ability to speak a Native language (Cree, Mohawk, Ojibway) is an asset. acceptance of traditional Anishnawbe healing approaches amongst Western medical practitioners who are treating Native people, e.g., hospitals. SALARY AND BENEFITS: Salary depending on experience, from $80,295 to $117,750. Record -keeping, report writing, as well as advocacy on behalf of clients also Excellent benefits package; coverage of malpractice insurance. form part of the physician's responsibilities. Personal and professional development opportunities are available.

Please submit your curriculum vitae, including three references, by October 15. 1993 to:

SHIRLEY MORRISON, PROGRAM MANAGER ANISHNAWBE HEALTH TORONTO 225 QUEEN STREET EAST TORONTO, ONTARIO M5A I S4 PHONE: (416) 360 -0486 FAX: (416) 365 -1083 PAGE 12, SEPTEMBER 13 - SEPTEMBER 26, 1993, WINDSPEAKER BANK OF MONTREAL TO BE GUIDED BY "CIRCLE OF ABORIGINAL BUSINESS LEADERS" Bank of Montreal has announced the establishment of a "Circle of Aboriginal Business would provide the Bank with sound guidance. Circle members will not be involved in the day Leaders" whose members will counsel the Bank as it develops programs to provide Aboriginal to day business of the Bank, but will guide the Bank's development of business strategies and peoples with increased access to financial services. The nine member Circle comprises respected will help the Bank develop deepened insight and understanding of Aboriginal culture, history, individuals from Indian, Inuit and Métis communities across Canada. Circle members have traditions and values. The Bank is determined to weave commitment to the Aboriginal peo- extensive business experience and are knowledgeable about the key concerns of their commu- ples into the very fabric of Bank of Montreal culture and our Community Banking approach. nities, including banking and financial services needs. Members were selected based on an The contribution of Circle members to the Bank's under tanding, and to our initiatives for extensive "grass roots" national canvas of Aboriginal entrepreneurs and business leaders who improved access to financial services will be very valuable. The Bank respects their wisdom, were asked to recommend associates whose experience, knowledge, wisdom and perspective, and is honoured that members have agreed to join the Circle.

FRANK HANSEN CHIEF ROGER AUGUSTINE CHIEF STRATER CROWFOOT ERNIE DANIELS RICHARD HARDY INU V IK. NORTHWEST TERRITORIES EEL GROUND FIRST NATION SIKSIKA NATION YELLOWKNIFE EDMONTON. ALBERTA CIRCLE CHAIRPERSON NEW BRUNSWICK ALBERTA NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

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For more information on any Bank of Montreal Aboriginal Banking inititatives, please write Ron Jamieson, Vice -President, Aboriginal Banking at 1st Canadian Mace, Toronto, Ontario M5X 141. tt Bank of Montreal TO ADVERTISE IN WINDSPEAKER, CONTACT: 1-800-661-5469

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