Manuel Re-Elected NIB Pres
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KAINAI NEWS Canada s Leading Indian Newspaper I VOL. VII. No. 9 KAINAI NEWS, BOX 58, STANDOFF, ALBERTA, CANADA August 19, 1974 Manuel Re-elected NIB Pres. Band Welfare —Urges World Organization of Indiginous Peoples Monies Wavered Band Welfare departments in the Treaty #7 area in southern Alberta will soon be By JOE CROP EARED WOLF Canada and reveal to the rest of the world functional again pending a decision by In- George Manual, a Shushwap Indian from that we are not treated as Canada dian Affairs to accept a short term agree- Chase, 8.C., was re-elected by acclama- claims," he said. ment with the Blood, Peigan, Blackfoot, tion at the sth assembly of the National In- It was disclosed by Mr. Manual that the Stoney and Sarcee tribes. dian Brotherhood held in Vancouver, B.C. NIB appliedfor membership in the United The chief's, band managers, and welfare on Aug. 6, 7 and Bth. He will be serving as Nations in April, NIB was granted non- representatives met Monday, July 29 at President for a third term. governmental status by the UN General the Bull Head Hall on the SarceeReserve In an interview with Mr. Manual he said Assembly. to accept or reject an agreement between that Indian people in Canada if they are to According to Manuel the Power Nations Indian Affairs and the Treaty #7 bands, get recognition must develop political namely France, Britain and the United which would lift the freeze on welfare power and must do it soon. Hereferred to States rejected the application and that funds imposed by the department over one an earlier speech by Sam Deloria, a the developing nations supported the month ago. lawyer and brother of Indian author Vine application for UN membership, with In- The directive issued by the Department Deloria; that power is obtained either dia giving the strongest support. calling for all five bands to submit budget through people or through economics giv- The power nations felt that NIB was not and decision sheets before their budgets ing you military power and economic an international organization to receive would be approved, was strongly opposed power. membership. Mr. Manuel pointed out to by band officials declaring, "it was an in- The struggle for Indian Power can be them that NIB and the National Congress vasion of privacy on the part of welfare supported by the Provincial organizations of American Indians have joinedforces to recipients." of the different Provinces by organizing form an International Organization of In an interview with Leo Pretty Young the Band councils in their areas and mak- Native leaders to take care of issues deal- Man, Chief of the Blackfoot Reserve near ing them aware that by submitting ing with the welfare of the Indian people of Gleichen, he said, "Indian Affairs tell us resolutions in line with N.1.8. policies they Canada and the U.S. the directivecame as a result of what they will strengthenunity among Indian people. The Head of State of New Guinea, South say is a 'tight money policy.' " The depart- "Then that way I have power. A few times "The other approach would be to use America; also urged continued contact by ment is questioning the amount of money like that and the minister will say, yes you International Politicies. Making the World the Indian leaders at the conference and spent by the five band welfare do represent the Indian people of Canada aware of our problems Canada releases promised to support issues undertaken by departments. and the Government will haveto sit up and issues stating how well it treats its Indian NIB, and the formation of a world The agreement, voted in favor of, by 39 take notice." people. I think we should embarrass organization of ingenious people. delegates at the meeting, in part states, "The bands will continue to administer the welfare program of the Department as they have previous to this agreement, but with the following stipulation: Clause Might Close CUTIA Doors Buchanan Two, Item A "the copy of the Budget and Decision Sheet— sent to the Department Just over a year in operation, the and more efficient facilities then those in shall contain no information from which Calgary Urban Treaty Indian Alliance the old Y.W.C.A. building on 12th Aye. Warns Indians the identity of the applicant may be deter- (CUTIA) may close its doors at the end of Much of the conflict involves treaty Buchanan, London mined." August Mr. Judd MP for because the federal government rights. According to treaties signed West was named as Indian affairs and The delegates felt in order to comply by refuses to give financial support to the between the government and some Indian northern development minister in Prime the government's request for the B and D project. bands about 100 years ago, the Indians are MinisterPierre Trudeau's new 29-member sheets, the name, treaty number, address, CUTIA is Canada's only Indian social guaranteed education, medical care and cabinet. social insurance number and health care service agency. It's staff of 12 treaty In- some financial need. number would be eliminated from the dians work in the community, mainly in Former Indian Affairs Minister Jean Mr. Buchanan came to his first cabinet form. Only the issuing officer's number, Calgary's east end, helping other Indians Chretien says these rights only apply to In- meeting warning that he would not and the issuing band would be filled in. find housing, jobs,financial assistance and dians on reserves. But treaty Indians say tolerate armed violence among Indians. In order that B and D sheets be made orienting them to ways of the city. Among the government is obliged to guarantee accessible to the Department, the agree- its services, it includes home making, job these rights wherever they live. The former Lopdon insurance un- ment stipulates also that district per- orientation courses, hospital visiting and "Unless they change their policies we derwriter and school trustee said he was sonnel from the I.A.B. offices shall attend most important, 24-hour service to anyone are really caught in a bind," says Mr. Call- "considerably concerned" about regularly at the Tribal Administration of- needing immediate assistance. ing Last," "People are moving off the protesting Indians in Kenora, arming fices of each of the bands to pick up The apparent reason for the Federal reserves because the governmentrefuses themselves to defend a city park they are department copies of the sheets. governmentrefusal for funds is that some to make them economically viable. And now occupying. These sheets must be forwarded to the workers in the federal government's In- then they cut us off when we try to make it Finance and Social Services Department, dian Affairs office in Calgary find the ser- in the city." Armed confrontation is "foreign to Regional office in Edmonton for use only vices offered by CUTIA invaluableand ac- "It's this kind of confusion that results Canada and I deplore it." Cont'd Page 3—Monies Wavered tually work with them. However, other in so many Indians ending up on Skid government workers resent Row." . the agency and see it only as a duplication of services Roy Little Chief, CUTIA president says offered by the 1.A.8. Department. the federal government looks after its One Indian Affairs administrator in the landed immigrants better than it does In- Calgary office said "There isn't a group in dian trying to make it offreserves. He said the world that gets as much money as the the government provides orientation, Indian people and yet they always want relocation assistance and programs in more." — their own language when they arrive in The CUTIA staff has been operating Canada. without funds about four months and have The present conflict, which the federal been working on a volunteer basis while government is still mulling over, is having living off welfare. They say they can only the most telling effects on the people who (naSan _ keep going until the end of August unless need the services of CUTIA. o^ Canci- the governmentcomes up with the money. "We had to discontinue our oreintation Urban Calling Last, CUTIA's co- course because there wasn't enough ordinator said the federal government money. Also just trying to work out his agreed with the second-year proposal and hassle takes so much of our time that we wanted to make CUTIA a pilot project for can't do the work that needs to be done to the rest of Canada. For its second year, help our people," said Mr. Calling Last. the agency regurested $117,000 so they could expand staff and move into bigger Steinhauer Enrolls In This Issue Cadets Page 2—News Here and There In his firstofficial military function, Lt- Gov. Ralph Steinhauer enrolled 14 Alber- Page 3—Ecumenical Conference tans as officer cadets in the Canadian forces. Page 4—Editorials All of the 13 men are seeking degrees in Page 5—Letters science, engineering or the arts at one of Canada's three military colleges. Page 6-7—Native Summer Games The only female enrollee, 18 year-old Jane Bruce from Calgary, starts a four- Page 8-9—Sports year physiotherapist's course at the Page 10—District News University of Alberta this fall. Upon graduation all the officer cadets Page 11—Women's Page will receive commissions in the forces. 2 KAINAI NEWS August 19, 1974 NewsHereandThere Feud Over Blackfeet Lease Hike Twenty-one Lethbridge residents leas- The 25-year lease agreements were sign- ing lakefront cottage lots from the ed 13 years ago by the Blackfeet and St.