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RECORD May-June, 1970 In this issue : t-.1 ~ ~ • 1 Winnipeg . 3 ~ . 0 • •ene Hewitt INDIAN '\;} \sl ~ ~ a ~ tru g gle ......... .. .. 6 ~ ~ • r Calamai t;_ (!. C' c C'l o ·~ s.cr .. ........... 7 ~ ,..... ;-., O iller, OMI R ECORD Fret o;- ~ ~ ~ ice . 1 1 ~ ':? cr ~. -y John Published by the OBLATE FATHERS (OMIJ , tllo ....o 13 0 1 W e: l:ngton Crescent, Winnipeg 9, Man. lndia1 ~ ~• ~cr ((. .................. 13 Vol. 33, No. 5-6 35c May-J une 1970 ..., til __uu , OMI Study focussed o ~ n u ~rgent ne ~ eds of nativ·e peop·le REGINA- The Regina Arch­ Indian people before policies diocesan Institute on Poverty outlined in the department of and Christian involvement com­ Indian affairs white paper are pleted two days of discussions, implemented. February 4, by passing 16 reso­ The resolution said Indian peo­ lutions, most of which focussed ple were not consulted on the on the needs of Indian and Metis substance of the white paper communities. before it was drafted and are not The institute called on the aware of its full implications. Roman Catholic archdiocese to The institute also proposed ask the federal government to that the archdiocese establish a hold full consultation with the line of communication with the Saskatchewan Metis Society. The institute, held in St. An­ $30,000 grant thony's Parish Hall on Winnipeg St., offered two days of dis­ Bishop-elect 0 . Robi doux cussion of questions relating to to Alta. Indians world and local poverty, the OTTAWA-Honorable Robert current farm crisis, and the needs Andras, Minister Responsible for of Indian and Metis peoples. Heads H. B. See Housing, recently announced the Moderator was Edward Pinay, ROME - The world's most approval of a $30,000 federal social case worker at File Hills northerly diocese - Churchill­ grant to the Indian Association Indian Reserv.e, and panelists Hudson Bay, in Canada's Eastern of Alberta. were Father Guy Lavallee, OMI, Arctic - has a new bishop. He is Provided under the National of Winnipeg; Paul Bruyere of Fr. Orner ROBIDOUX, a 56-year­ Housing Act, the grant will be Kenora, full time lay missionary old Oblate of Mary Immaculate used for the purpose of under­ among Indians and Metis; Mrs. who has spent his 30 years of taking the first two phases of a Eugene Lavallee, Indian health priesthood working with the study of the problems faced by worker in Piapot Indian Reserve; Indians of the Canadian West. Indians migrating from the and Rene Poitras of Regina, reserves to urban centres in placement officer with the In­ Bishop-elect Robidoux's epis­ Alberta. dian-Metis department. copal appointment will take him Objectives of the study will be A historical review of the es­ into a land that, although greatly to assemble basic data about tablishment and development of modified by modern technology, native people who migrate to the the reserve-system was given by nevertheless remains the "Great cities; relate data to other stu­ Father Lavallee. Lone Land" of unbelievable dis­ dies of similar nature being car­ "Indians are entitled to more tances and r igors. It is the land ried out in Canada or United legal, spiritual, intellectual and of Eskimos, the hardy ingenuous States; delineate areas of possi­ economical freedom than they p e o p 1 e who call themselves ble re-alignment of programs, have at the present time," he INUK, the men. services or institutions including said. He also spoke on problems new approaches which could be of Indians in urban centres and The diocese of Churchill­ furthered, explored or imple­ on their chance in city life. Hudson Bay begins with the ter­ mented and to identify possible ritory around Hudson Bay and action for the future. City life difficult extends through Canada's arctic The federal grant is made He said Indians on the reserve regions right to the North Pole. under a section of the National are not prepared for a life in It covers over 900,000 square Housing Act which provides cities. There are no vocational miles, or roughly, the combined funds for studies to improve schools in the reserves and peo­ areas of Texas and Alaska, with housing and living conditions in ple in the reserves live a poor about half of California thrown Canada. (Concluded on Page 1 6 ) in. (Concluded on Poge 16 ) Page 2 INDIAN RECORD May-June, 1970 EDITORIAL White man's ways Loss of self -esteem not always good The worst problem of the poor is surely the gradual loss of self­ by CYNTHIA WINE esteem. This is demonstrated most clearly in the case of the Canadian (in the Winnipeg Free Press) Indian. "Poverty exists when one is not recognized as a human If the white man understood person," said the Rev. Guy Lavallee, director of Don Bosco Indian­ his own environment and some Metis centre in Winnipeg. of its serious problems he Supported by specific data from other members of the all-Indian wouldn't always try to impose and Metis panel as well as Indian participants at the Institute, his standards on the Indian, ad­ Father Lavallee said, "The reserve has effectively eradicated self­ vises a North American Indian confidence." who is a training and employ­ For many years the Indian has had to deal with two paternalistic ment aide with the provincial forces which have combined to destroy his self-image: the govern­ health and social services depart­ ment and the Church. Paternalism must give way to partnership. ment. In an interview at the Indian Government must finally cease dictating to the Indian even if and Metis Friendship Centre, the "solutions" sent down from white Olympus are reasonable. Princess Street, Mary Louise The whites have no business talking about an "Indian problem". Defender said well-intentioned Is not the white man the problem? white people look at the Indian A hopeful sign, however, is to be found in such movements as and define what they consider "Red Power", for the Indian is beginning to organize. He is finding the "problem" to be and try to himself once again proud to be an Indian and determined to be impose their standards on the master of his destiny. He is not at all ready to be assimilated or even Indian. to adopt the white man's system of values. But, "many of these institu­ Let us not be so naive, warned Father Lavallee, as to preclude tions are set up to protect their all possibility of violence. If the Indian's demands continue to be material wealth and have no­ ignored, he, too, like the peasant in South America, will resort to thing to do with human values," violence as the last hope in a situation of ·despair. she continued. The white man has a narrow (Prairie Messenger) view of his own environment with regard to practically every­ thing, she said. For example, "so many of the Movies shown on school bus drugs and chemicals the white TORONTO - When the new Because of the natural and man has developed he now sees County and District School innate exuberance of the chil­ as harmful. But even so, there's Boards came in to being, the dren, ranging in age from 5 to been a tendency on the part of Sault Ste. Marie District R.C. 16 years, the driver of the school the white man to feel that a Separate School Board became bus had his work cut out for society that didn't develop a responsible for the education of him. need for such things is un­ fifty- five Indian students of Not only did he have to drive civilized," she said. Batchawana Village, a small safely over a hilly and twisting The Indian is beginning to settlement on the shores of Lake highway, but keep an eye on think about himself and realize Superior, 45 miles north of Sault 55 bored and restless children. all the things the white man Ste. Marie. Then R. Soltis, administrator says are wrong with him aren't Previously the Fisher R.C. of the school district, installed a so- that the Indian culture has Separate School Board had been movie projector and a $1 ,480 very positive qualities, Miss De­ purchasing education from the tape recorder on the bus. fender said. Sault Board and transporting the Sister Mary Bryan, principal There's an assumption among students into the city, a journey of Christ the King School and white people that if the Indian of at least one hour's duration. the Board's film Co-ordinator, will only conform to the white has gladly assumed the res­ man's institutions that the In­ ponsibility of keeping the bus dian's life will improve. supplied with new films and "But let's face it. They (In­ INDIAN RECORD tapes every day. dians) won't and there's a great Editor and Manager The project was an immediate many white people that won't REV. G. LAVI OLETTE, OMI success. The atmosphere on the either," she said. 130 I Well ington Crescent bus has completely changed. The The white man can help the Winnipeg 9 , Man. films range from educational and Indian by listening to him and Ph. (2 04 ) 4 89-9593 documentary to Disney come­ realizing that Indian programs dies. The tapes for the Cassette for self-betterment don't have to Subscription rate: are mainly folk western. fit (the white man's) institutions, $2.00 a year ( 6 issues ) It is believed that a significant Miss Defender said. Printed by gain in the students' academic Miss Defender, 39, was raised Canadian Publ ishers ( 1970) Ltd.
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