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Chief David Crowchild of (he Sarcee welcomes Nlketu Iralu and Dr Paul Campbell to Calgary. Photo: Calgary Herald prayer in his native language by an Indian elder, the Mayor of Calgary, Rodney Sykes, welcomed the conference to his city. Under the headline,'Attitude change said Indian chiefs key to native-white harmony', the Calgary Herald reported the American Indian Move ment's(AIM) Canadian leader, Ed Burnstick, invite saying, 'Violence between Canada's native people and white society can only continue to grow unless there is a change in attitude by 'Song of Asia' both sides.' He referred to his recent visit to Britain and Northern Ireland and warned Canadians against becoming 'isolated' from to Canada the world problems. Referring to MRA he said, 'This is the only group of people I have ever come across Chiefs and senior representatives of the five Indian has never been asked what part he who are thinking of the world problems and tribes of Treaty Number 7 in Alberta, should play. In this conference we would like can really understand the world problems Canada, hosted a conference for 'Native to demonstrate how the Indian has a rightful and understand people and are determined Conscience Re-Strengthening', for Indians place in society. We want to take the best to work and try and solve some of these and non-Indians, in Calgary from 3—4 from the white people, the best from the problems.' January. Indians, put it together and make it work. THE CONFERENCE was organised by This conference is just the beginning. We Taxpayers' money have to spread it right across Canada and the Little Chief, Chairman of the Calgary ti 1 oan Treaty(Indian) Alliance and Western USA.' Roy Little Chief, chairing a conference The conference was attended by 200 Canada co-ordinator of the American session, said, 'We need the assistance of delegates from across Canada and the USA, Indian Movement, and Arnold Crowchild, MRA, a movement where we can sit down President of the Development Corporation and representing ten tribes. On the Saturday together and try and look at our own culture, evening the conference hall was packed for a of the Sarcee Reservation, both of whom where we can talk together. Then people like had recently visited Britain in order to confer traditional pow wow of dancing and singing. myself don't have to have an unpredictable with the force of Song of Asia. At the opening,following an invocational CANADIAN INVITATION contd p2 Treaty Number 7 was signed in 1877 and was the seventh treaty signed between Queen Victoria and the Indians. It was made with the chiefs of the five tribes in the area now known as Southern Alberta. Calling the conference an 'unusual gathering', the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's television news described the theme as 'a call to a return to the cultural, spiritual and social values of the past, values the Indians say their society and the greater Canadian society is lacking, and inspired largely by the Moral Re-Armament move ment and its call for absolute honesty, purity, unselfishness and love'. In a half-hour interview on Calgary's CFAC-TV, which caused an unprecedented Treaty Seven chiefs and leaders with a representative of'Song of Asia' after they had invited the Asians to North America. I to r number of congratulatory telephone calls to Fred Gladstone, representative of the Bloods; Nelson Small Legs Snr, Councillor of the Plegan; Gordon Crowchild, Chief of the Sarcee; Nlketu Iralu, N E India; Bill McLean, Chief of the Stoney, Bearspaw band; Leo Pretty Young Man, Chief of the the TV station, Arnold Crowchild said,'The Blackfoot. Photos: Weeks Spirit and live what He tells us. If we Indians CANADIAN INVITATION contd from p1 never listened. Well, I come up here and I feel a little foolish because I run into live this, we can change the white man, the attitude, because when I do, then I sure something like MRA that was in existence people,our government and North America.' waste a lot of Canadian taxpayers' money! and trying to do that same thing before I was Chief Leo Pretty Young Man,the Chief of 'What I like about the atmosphere since even thought of. I see that there are people the Blackfoot tribe, said that he appreciated yesterday is that there are new feelings now,' all over the world who are trying to do that.' the privilege of viewing and listening to all he continued, as he thanked the representa Serge Kujawa, Director of Crown Prose the speakers and that he was just over tives of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police cutions for the province of Saskatchewan, whelmed by what he had heard. and City Police for coming. said, 'What has impressed me about this Fred Gladstone, the former Canadian "Nelson Small Legs Jr, Southern Alberta conference, and I attend a great many, has calf-roping champion and representative of co-ordinator of AIM, said, 'I spoke been people getting together with goodwill, the Blood reserve, said,'We are the leaders differently this time than I have ever spoken thinking not of how to increase fees and of today, trying to blend two cultures that we before. I speak to many audiences and the income and productivity and become richer are exposed to. With the natural philosophy spirit of criticism in them is such that I am and greedier, but how to improve the quality of the Indian people and their religion, always speaking on the defensive. Here there of life of all of us. I do look to the Indian MRA is a programme that I have to take a is a kind of spirit of goodwill such as I have people to provide moral leadership to a real good look at.' never experienced. It changed my whole world that is lacking in everything but Chief Gordon Crowchild of the Sarcee, to attitude.' expertise and materialism. And I certainly the applause of the delegates, then rose on Violence slows change hope that this is not only the beginning of behalf of the Chiefs of Treaty 7 to invite this kind of get-together. There is just about Song of Asia to Canada and North America. Dr Paul Campbell, who flew especially from England to the conference, said,'I am a revolutionary. Revolution is my aim. I want to bring the most profound change, not only to Calgary, to Alberta, to Canada, but to the THREE OTHER COINER] entire world. I am against violence. I think it is morally wrong. It slows down the process of change. Violence hardens the hearts of the people against whom it is committed. Violence does not speed change, it slows it AUSTRALIA— up. He continued,'I see a tremendous destiny for the native people of Canada who could From crisis share a way of bringing change swiftly, a change in which everybody benefits and no to cure one loses.' Arnold Crowchild being Interviewed by CBC TV during Rick McArthur, a Sioux from the the conference. Rosebud Reserve in South Dakota, who is nothing in our modern education system THE FIJIAN High Commissioner, Raman now responsible for economic development that teaches us about living with each other, N Nair, addressed the opening session of a for Indians in Minnesota, said,'I used to be or about living with ourselves. I think I got New Year Moral Re-Armament conference the head in Minneapolis of the American more education here on that aspect in three in Canberra. Mr Nair, who is Dean of Indian Movement. I was in Wounded Knee days than I got in three years in university.' Diplomats,said, 'I wish that the Australian and at the Bureau of Indian Affairs' take Mrs Grace Young from Ottawa said,'The people would involve themselves in the over and in more jails than I would like to thing that hit me about this invitation and whole process of development in the Pacific. count. And then I was asked: "How much that challenged me to come, was saying that It is people with clear, pure hearts, with fighting for your people can you do in jail?" I this is a conference for Indians and non- friendship, love and affection that can weave came up with the idea of not fighting with the Indians. I had never thought of myself as a a new fabric for a dynamic, stable people you don't agret with, but to work non-Indian. Perhaps for the first time in our creative society.' He hoped that MRA could with them. I thought it was a new idea, but lives as white people we have taken the establish itself in Fiji. He was addressing that was because I was so busy talking that 1 chance to sit down and really listen and over 300 people from 24 countries at the understand what is going on in the hearts of conference which was held under the theme the native Canadians.' 'From Crisis to Cure'. Participating were The final session of the conference was delegates from Papua New Guinea, Samoa, chaired by the District Superintendent of the Fiji, Philippines, Japan, the United States Department of Indian Affairs, Michael and Canada, as well as diplomats from Kartushyn, and the Chiefs and senior Egypt, Fiji, Malta, Spain, India, Brazil, representatives of the five tribes of Treaty 7 Indonesia and South Korea, and several spoke. First they called upon Niketu Iralu parliamentarians, including the Speaker of from Nagaland in North East India, Direc the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. tor of the force of Song of Asia, to give a full description of the stage production and Launching pad its impact in other parts of the world. Then each chief spoke. Prime Minister Somare of Papua New Chief Bill McLean of the Stoneys and son Guinea sent a message expressing his wish of the late Chief Walking Buffalo, said,'Our that the conference become a launching pad people are getting so militant in some places for new initiatives in the South Pacific and of our country and the government turns South East Asia. Amos Rorima, a teacher around and tells us Indians that we are from Bougainville, the copper-rich island causing trouble for everyone. I think we have where there is a secessionist campaign, said come to a turning point. This is where we he was speaking as a Papua New Guinean need to attack. I believe God has put us here and not only as a representative from his on this continent with a purpose. We need to province. He was fighting for unity in his Roy Llttlo Chle!, Chairman o1 the Calgary Urban Treaty Alliance and Western Canada co-ordlnator of AIM. stop once in a while to listen to the Great country and had decided to give one year's

2 New World News 17 January 1976 He felt peace in Asia and the Pacific expert on medical ethics, led a seminar on region could only exist if there was close how to attain clear ethical standards in co-operation between nations.' questions like abortion, euthanasia and the For this reason he had decided to pay treatment of malformed children. his own way to the MRA International The conference was supported by people Conference. from Denmark, Finland, Norway, Germany, The story continues, quoting the general, Switzerland and Australia. They saw a 'We need MRA. Without it, it is nonsense performance of the play, Peter Wieselgren to have military forces even for defence. — We Need You, which is the story of the It is not enough to have defence materials. Swedish pioneer who during the last century The men should have moral strength and became one of the founders of present day determination.' Sweden through his national fight to answer The Australian Broadcasting Corpora drunkenness and social mjsery. The perfor tion (ABC) television news and feature mance was also mentioned by the local press, programmes carried news of the conference, which carried articles on the gathering and as did ABC and commercial radio, and The interviewed several delegates. Canberra Times and the national daily. Preparations were made for the visit of the The Australian. Asian musical. Song of Asia, to Sweden in February. Whole families, young and old, Chief Gordon Crowchlld studies the 'Song of Asia' pIctorlaK took part in planning the practical details. The youngest started collecting funds for the visit by selling handicrafts they had made USA — themselves. The invitation to Song of Asia has so far :nc# been signed by more than 200 Swedes, Catalysts of ctiange among whom are nine members of parlia ment, Samic people in the north, business MICHAEL OKER,Curator of the Minnea people, students, workers, farmers, doctors, leave without pay to work with MRA. polis Regional Native American Indian teachers and clergy around the country. Mrs Margaret Tucker, MBE,the Aborigi Center, presented a raw uncut piece of nal Princess on whose tribal land Canberra pipestone, weighing several pounds, to is located, said that through MRA she had Arnold Crowchild, President of the Sarcee AN INTERNATIONAL GROUP including learnt that her people have something to Development Corporation of Calgary, members of Song of Asia visited Dublin last contribute to the world. 'And that means a Canada, during a Moral Re-Armament month. Radio Telefis Eireann's programme, great deal to us because it has taught us we Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 'Here and Now', played four songs from the are people.' Minnesota is the only place in the United Song of Asia record and interviewed Neerja States where this precious stone is found. Chowdhury on the theme of the show. Disaster and cure The quarry at Pipestone in southwestern Minnesota is considered a holy place. It is a A senior public servant in the Prime historical monument and only native Minister's Department said that the gap American Indians can quarry the stone used for ceremonial pipes. between disaster and cure was very small. CHALLENGE TO WAR MRA was working on that fringe of change The theme of the conference, held in mid- that determines the outcome. December, was 'The Revolutionary Way; There are no sides in God's World, Anthony Lew, a journalist from Taiwan, how the ordinary person can be a catalyst for He speaks to everyone, change in today's society'. said,'We Chinese in Taiwan feel privileged Skin black or white. be given a second chance to build a new A cross-section of the community was society. Though I am an American citizen, I represented at the meeting, from college Hair straight or curled. have decided to stay in Taiwan to help do professors, high school and college students He guides, forgetting none; this. We have renewed our efforts to spread to people from business and labour. And asks 'What are you living for. the work of MRA.' Is it the biggest thing?' In the light of recent political upheavals, If you'd bleed less in time of war, W H Coffey said, 'We need now leaders who will give a central place to moral Then sweat while peace bells ring. ideology on which alone a secure responsible SWEDEN — And open up your cold closed hearts. nation can be built. We cannot afford more Defeated faithless men. elections where all national leaders cam A new way of life The biggest revolution starts, paign as if the rest of the world didn't exist. (Let's not discuss the when) MRA offers four absolute moral standards It's here and now, a world rebuilt. as a wellspring of an inspired democracy.' THE FIRST DEPUTY SPEAKER of the Swedish Parliament, Torsten Bengtson, When each decides and gives addressed an audience of 170 at an MRA Whate'er he has, his gifts, his guilt. gathering at Joenkoeping, South Sweden, His rights, the way he lives. over the New Year. Mr Bengtson, who for Obeys that thought for freedom's sake. General Ichiji Sugita several years has been a delegate to the United Nations, spoke on human rights His shackles fall, he's free. the Australian War I ^ around the world. Among issues discussed in Oh men who dare, awake, awake. Memorial. The paper I / connection with his address were the Your sightless eyes will see said, 'He saw the <11^ conditions of the Samic (Lapp) people, the A God-led world, by God-led men, wreath-laying as a A AHH minority of 10,000 in the north of Sweden. On earth, as 'tis in Heaven. demonstration of res- Sugiu The theme of the gathering was 'A New pect and belief in the links made between Way of Life — A New Society — But How?' John Purton, Victoria, Australia his country and Australia since the war. A medical professor from Stockholm, an

New World News 17 January 1976 3 roughly half the world. India can admire certain Chinese achieve ments and traits — above all the industrious- A New Conference Cassette ness of the Chinese people. There is much to is now available be learnt from the example of our neighbour 'AN EVENING WITH VICTOR SPARRE' The pain on the other side of the Himalayas. Norwegian Painter Yet the absence of liberty is a fact in and Artist in Stained Glass China. The Chinese heart and the Chinese This is a recording of a talk mind are as active and creative as the at the MRA centre in London. of nations Chinese muscle; but Chinese conditions freeze and suppress the activity and the It can be ordered from Grosvenor Books, 54 Lyford Road, creativity. And the absence of any news of London, SW18 3JJ. by Rajmohan Gandhi revolt is no proof ofjoy; human beings have Price £1.85 + 15p VAT p+p 20p. an astonishing capacity for stifling pain and bearing it. AT THIS SEASON it is fitting that we I have not had the privilege of visiting expand our concerns. Russia or China. But I did visit South To think for our countries is necessary; Vietnam and Laos before their Communisa- but we are all world citizens too, and we tion. Corruption and greed were evident, but John Wesley should be ready to be bothered by the needs so was liberty. People I met or saw cherished Superstar 76 of other lands. liberty and were proud of their religion, which was Buddhism or Christianity. Almost half the world lives without This was the headline over a story in this freedom. The Soviet Union, China, East week's 'Sunday Telegraph' on the Wesley Untruths and insults Europe, North Korea and Indochina are musical 'Ride! Ride!'. The article, by among the regions where man is not free to I picture them now in their homes or rice Capon, the ecclesiastical corresponeu.^, express or propagate his views. These areas fields or along the Mekong or trudging past reads: have undoubtedly seen progress in strength -their pagodas and churches. Perhaps they and economy. But their inhabitants are JOHN WESLEY,founder of Methodism, is are working harder than before. Possibly unable to taste the joys of freedom. the latest religious figure to get 'Superstar' they are more 'disciplined'. But I know that treatment. A musical based on his life is due they are uttering what they disbelieve, Russian heartbeat to start an 11-week provincial tour in March ordering their consciences to silence, and before opening in London in May. stomaching, with extreme but unexpressed Indians have many ties with Russia. Some The show, entitled Ride! Ride!, follows pain, untruths, humiliations and insults. of these are longstanding. such religious musicals as Jesus Christ I will be told that the Americans messed Tolstoy watched the Indian struggle for Superstar, Godspell, Joseph and his Techni up things in Indochina, that some of them freedom with sympathy and understanding. color Dreamcoat, Rock (about St Peter)and His books enabled the world, including were cruel there. I was and am aware of Rock Pilgrim (John Bunyan). India, to listen to the heartbeat of the this, just as I was and am aware of the The story concerns a young servant girl, sheer selfishness of many of those who individual Russian. Martha Thompson, who was thrown into Before him Dostoevsky had done the opposed Communism in Indochina. But my a lunatic asylum for two years by her same. And after Tolstoy the bravery and spirit is injured by the silent misery now of employers following her conversion at a suffering of Russia have been portrayed by those I met or saw, and enormous numbers Wesley revival meeting. Wesley rescues her Solzhenitsyn with compelling devotion and besides them, in Indochina. and she rides pillion with him back to her It is not in us to know when dawn will skill. home in Preston. Hence the title of the show. Very few among those who read these will break in these parts. But totalitarianism — A sub-plot concerns Dr Hobart, a corrupt have visited the Soviet Union. Many will whether of rightist, centrist or leftist variety Anglican clergyman who is one of Wesley's have read Solzhenitsyn. He rings true. He — in the rest of the world will not hasten it. chief opponents. Convicted of bribery breathes authenticity. Some country or countries have to reject the forgery and imprisoned in Newgate gao. 7 temptations of totalitarianism and demon Between two and three hundred million finally asks to see Wesley before he is hanged strate the simultaneous flowering of liberty people live in the Soviet Union. They are at Tyburn. and discipline. splendidly gifted, sensitive, strong, cour The character of Hobart is based on Dr ageous — and unfree. reprinted from the Asian newsweekty William Dodd, a friend of Dr Johnson. Their night has been long. Why does an 'Himmat' The play was written at the request of Dr all-loving Providence not terminate it? Maldwyn Edwards, a former president of Providence is inscrutable, and knows best. the Methodist Conference, who died a year Pain seems part of its plan. Possibly it is ago. meant as a lesson for those not — or not yet The right direction The author, Alan Thornhill, is an — similarly afflicted. Anglican clergyman and Moral Re-Arma Providence may allow the pain to by Paul Petrocokino ment supporter. His plays, including Mr continue. But we must strive and yearn and Wilberforce MP, have already been per 'The crisis of our times demands an increase pray for it to end. We cannot play God and formed in the West End. assert that deprivation of liberty is good or in the number of men and women who have The music is by Penelope Thwaites, a salutary for the Russian people. decided to make the guidance of God the young Australian. The director is Peter Coe, basis of their lives. Anyone, guided by God, whose previous successes include Oliver! Half the world can become an active and constructive factor and Lock Up Your Daughters. in the nation's life, instead of being a passive The musical was presented by an amateur With China, India has greater links. 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