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'£ 8 - 5 4- R -4 23~ ­ I~DIA~~.~R EC O MOTHER MARGUERITE MAN ~SIO~~ - 1190 GUY ST MON TREAL P Q ======Vol. XVIII, No.5 , His Exc. P. Dumouchel Consecrated at St-Boniface Ceremony Held May 24, New Samson's Hall In Historical Basilica "Finest On Any Reserve" Assumes Duties Hobbem a, Alberta. - The new June 1 st Samson band's hall a $40,000 St. Boniface, Man. - His Exc. structure was opened Monday Bishoph P . Dumouchel, O.M.I., AprB 11 , by Indian Agency appointed Titular Bishop O'f Superin tendent for Alberta" :Mr. Sufes and Vicar Apostolic of Kee­ R. H. Battle, who said that the watin, will be consecrated on May hall was the finest to be found 24, in the Cathedral Basilica of on any Indian Reserve in Canada. St. Boni,face, at 4 p.m. An influx of money from oil wells at Pigeon Lake has given It is probably the first time in the Indians the money necessary the history of the for building the new hall. in Canada that a Bishop is to be consecrated in the afternoon; this Hundreds of Indian Chiefs, has been made possible through Councillors, and others came from recent changes concerning the fast the Hobbema Agency, as well as before taking communion. from the Blood and Stoney Re­ servations. About 100 non-Indian His Exc. Archbishop Maurice guests were invited for the occa­ Beaudoux, Co-Adjutor of 8t. Boni­ sion. Everyone was served a face will be the consecrating Bish­ splendid meal, following the open­ op; he will be assisted by their ing ceremony. Exc. Martin Lajeunesse, O.M.L, (who was Vicar Apostolic On this occasion J . B. Kramer, of Keewatin from 1933 to 1954) store keeper of Hobbema, and and Marc Lacroix, O.M.L , Vicar long time friend of the Indians, Apostolic of Hudson's Bay. was received honorary Chief. His Exc. Bishop L. Blais, of Mr. Kramer, as a child, went to Prince-Albert, Sask., will preach school with members of the Sam­ in French, while Archbishop P. son band, has learned the F. Pocock, of Winnipeg, will language which he used in his preach in English. address to the gathering following It is noted that the new Bishop the ceremony. will be consecrated in the Basilica Among other speakers were Mr. where he was baptized 43 years J. Wilde, Agency Superintendent ago. at Hobbema, Father Allard, O.M.L , A large number of Bishops from of the Ermineskin R.C. Residential Eastern and Western Canada will School, John Laurie, Indian As­ be present at the ceremony; it is sociation of Albert, Father E. also expected that a number of Rheaume, O.M.L, Chaplain of missionaries from the provinces of Camsell Hospital, and Rev. John Ontario, and Saskatche­ Kay, of the U.C. wan, will also be present. (Cant. p. 3, col. 2 ) Numerous del,egations of In­ di.ans, from Manitoba and Ontario are expected to attend. Blood Chiefs Approve After the Consecration, a recept­ $200,000 Budget ion will be held at St. Boniface, Cards ton, Alta. - A $200,000 p'resided over by Very Rev. Father budget was approved by Blood Paul Piche, O.M.I., Provincial of Indian Chiefs at a meeting held the Oblate Fathers of the Mani­ His Exc. Bishop Dumouchel, O.M.!., Vicar Apostolic of Keewatin, will in mid-April. An extensive road toba Province. assume his duties at the Pas, Man., June 1. program will be carried out, while $30,000 were marked for the hous­ "ERO ILLI IN PATREM" ~ ing program. The Blood Indians: St. Boniface, Man. - His Exc. FAVOR HIGH SCHOOL FOR INDIANS ONLY will contribute $40,000 towards the: Bishop Dumouchel, O.M.L, has Hobbema, Alta. - Early in l\1arch of this year, a m eeting &P proposed bridge across St. Mary'S:; chosen as his motto the words the ttih'ree league Councils was held at .the Ermineskin Sch oOlI, ~~h River. taken from the Old Testament: 200 members p resent from t he Ermineskin , Louis Bull and S ~ so ~ 'E'ro iUi in Patrem", (I will be Reserves. ~- t· Preparation For Marriage like a father to them). The main topic dis,cussed was tinuing thei~ studies, it ~s !~id tit:.;, Course To Be Edited This motto exemplifies what secondary education for Indian at the meetmg. . ~7 . s yt Bishop Dumouchel intends to be Ottawa - Ten years ago Father for his flock: a true father, with pupils. The unanimous opinion On the other hand, ~vi~· t~~r was that the Indian pupils should own High School, th~ c6i11d pur- AndJre Guay, O.M.L, launched the all the meaning of these words have their own High School, so Co.\ ; Preparation for Marriage Course, imply in authority, affection and as to be more successful in their sue their studies -.rith teachers as part of the work of Ottawa Uni­ devotedness. studies. who have at heart the education versity's Ca,tholic Center. In the­ of the Indians, because these The coat of arms chosen by If pupils of Indian origin are teachers have redicated their lives ten years stand, the course has­ Bishop Dumouchel describes his compelled to study among non- for the Indians, and also because spread around the world. Faith in the Gospel, his Hope in Indians, they would be out of their pupils will receive spiritual and At present a ;revis,ed and ad~p.t-. the religious Congregation of the element, something would be lack­ ed edition of the Course is 1!>e!p.g' Oblate Missionaries of Mary Im­ ing in their life, they would not sodal gu1dance from the mission- prep'ared by a Ireknowned' Obt3.te' maculate and his Charity for his feel at home, and they would be aries who have baptized them. Missionary, fo,r use in the -'Ihidlilo' flock. very apt to be discouraged in con- , ( Cant. p. 3, col. ' 2 ) missions of .Canada. -;~~,~:~: " '~ Page 2 THE INDIAN MISSIONARY RECORD MAY, 1955

"Makakit ki Eyekakimat" - "Dte The Wisdom of Chief Crowfoot wise and persevere". We are pleased to present to our readers this article, adapted from the "Camsell Arrow", the fire and baked it; it did not as submitted by Joe Littlechief, and edited by Rev. Jean Lessard, O.M.1. break down. NE of the greatest chief in the histoTY .of th ~ Blackfoot confederacy was Crowf.oot, known per­ Then he said to the white man, sonally to hundreds of the old-timers of Southern Alberta, from the days when ranchers began "Now put your money on the fire O to settle in t he country, tiU t he time of his d .:ath in April, 1890. and see if it will last as long as the clay." The white man said: Crowfoot was born near Black­ "No my money will burn because foot Crossing, Alta. He was the it is made of paper." son of the great Blackfoot chief Then, his piercing eyes gleaming Many Names, and of a Blood wo­ old chief said: "Your money is man. He had distinguished him­ not as good as our land, is it? The self as a youth of sound judgment wind will blow it away; the fire and great courage, so he was given will burn it; water will rot it. the name "Bear Ghost". At 15 his Nothing will destroy our land. name was changed to Crowfoot be­ You don't make very good trade." cause he avenged the treacherous death of his elder brother by lead­ Then, smilin~, Crowfoot pick­ ing an expedition into Montana ed up a handful of sand from the which defeated the Snake tribe. banks of the Milk River, he hand­ ed it to the Treaty Commissioner Most paintings and photos of and said: "You count the grains Crowfoot show him as an old man, of sand in that while I count the with striking characteristics; six money you give for the land." feet tall, nobly built he showed dignity and quiet self·possession The white man poured the sand as a leader. into the palm of this hand, say­ ing: "I would not live long Still young he has succeeded his enough to count this, but you can father as head of a Confederacy, count this money in a few mi­ which, for 30 years was a court nutes." of appeal in all matters relating to the welfare of his people. "Very well," said Crowfoot, "our land is more valuable than It is said that he had an undis­ your money. It will last forever. puted position as leader of his It will not perish as long as the people during a victorious battle sun shines and the water flows, between the and the Black­ and through all the years it will foot, Dec. 3, 1866, at Three-Ponds give life to men and animals, and (a valley between the Battle and therefore we cannot sell the land. the Red Deer rivers.) During the It was put here by the Great fight Crowfoot appeared, rallying Spirit can count the grains of the discouraged warriors; the cause it does not really belong Blackfoot drove the Crees back to us . You can count your money into their own country. and burn it with the nod of the A few years later a combined buffalo's head, but only the Great force of Crees and Assiniboines Spirit can count the grains of were almost annihilated by Crow­ sand and the blades of grass on foot and his warriors in a desper­ these plains. As a present to you, ate battle near Lethbridge. Stories I often hear things about the about the good judgment of Crow­ we will give you anything you of these guerillas are still told white people. I do not believe foot in his dealings with the white can take with you, but we cannot by old men who witnessed them. them till I find the truth. Why man. When it became known that give .you the land." Crowfoot did not like war; great should you kill us or we kill you? reservations were being set aside On the brow of a hill, over­ as his reputation was, his fame Let our white friends have com­ for the Indians, there was great looking Blackfoot Crossing, stands as orator and counsellor of peace passion, and we will have compas­ resentment. The plains Indians a monument erected by the Can­ was even greater. His treaty sion. I have two hearts, my were in a difficult position: the adian Government in memory of speech at Blackfoot Crossing friends; one is like stone, the buffalo had gone and they were Crowfoot. Not far away is a tablet (1877) is historical as it reveals other is kind and tender. Treat hungry. It was perhaps better setting forth the place where the courage and the judgment of us badly, and my heart is like to live the way of the white man Crowfoot made his last camp and a great Indian: stone. Treat us kindly, and my than to starve. died. Nearby another monument heart is the heart of a child." proclaims the site where Crow­ "While I speak, be kind and When the Commissioners first Nobility of expression and sound approached Crowfoot they told foot stood forth when his in­ patient. I have to speak for my fluence was the greatest among people, who are numerous and common sense as expressed in him that all the tribes to the that speech is not usually found South and the East had signed Indian Chiefs in Western Can­ who rely upon me to follow that ada. course which in the future will among uneducated men. Treaties and were living on reser­ tend to their good. The plains vations and getting on well. They (The Blackfoot and other tribes Crowfoot kept faith with the advised Crowfoot and his followers are large and wide, and we are white men during the 1885 re­ of Alberta signed treaty # 7, one t he children of the plains. It is to give up their roaming and set­ bellion. He met Riel, in Montana, tle down. A first meeting held at of the most important entered into ()ur home, and the buffalo has during the uprising saying: during the last century.) been our food always. You must Milk River (in Southern Alberta) !nok upon us as your children "To rise far, there must be an the white men spread one-dollar now and be indulgent to us. If object. To rebel, there must be bills on the ground saying: "This the police had not come to this a wrong to right; and in either is what the white man trades with; TO BE TRAINED country, where would we all be case, one must consider what ben­ this is his buffalo robe. Just as AS FIRE RANGERS now? Bad men and bad whiskey efit is ever gained from war. The you trade with skins, we trade were killing us so fast that very buffalos have gone from our with these pieces of paper." Ottawa - Indians on Northern few would have been left to-day. plains. The fault partly lies with Crowfoot picked up one of the Ontario reservations will receive us, but more the fault of the Th ~ police have protected us as the bills which bore the picture of expert training as bush fire feathers of a bird protect it from white men far south, when they a bold-headed man and, looking at rangers. Such training is required killed thousands for their skins, the frost of winter. his men, said: "Bald Head". When to protect the timber stands on and not for food. The food we eat the Treaty commissioner laid his the various reservations in the "It always happens that far­ to-day the white mother gives us. money on the ground and showed Northern part of the province. away people hear exaggerated sto­ Without it we starve. There is how much he would give to the In­ The efficiency of a corps of Indian ries about one another. The news nothing to gain by the war you dians if they signed the Treaty, firefighters which has been grows as it travels until it becomes suggest." Crowfoot took a handful of clay trained at White River, last year, from a little thing to a big lie. Many legends .are reported and making a ball of it, put it on is remarkable. MAY, 1955 THE INDIAN MISSIONARY RECORD Page 3 Fori Providence, N.W.T., Residenlial School St. Regis Islands May Be Flooded Was Eslablished In 1867 Cornwall, Ont. - Po,ssible flood­ Fort Providence, N.W.T. - The first r esidential school in the ing of Indian-owned is.lands in the N.W.T. was opened October 7, 1867, at P.rovidence. There were 8 St. Lawrence River by the sea­ way project has members of the boa:rders, 3 boys and 5 girls who had come from Simpson, Providence, Mohawk tribe on nearby st. Regis Rae and Ohipewyan. This first school had been erected by the Hishop Reservation worrying over com­ of McKenzie, and placed under the direction O'f the Grey of pensation. . Said Head Chief White: "We During its first 25 years, 268 are now pushed back as far as children had been admitted. Aver- New Samson's Hall . .. we can go. With the Indian po­ age attendance was 4 years for (from p. I, col. 4 ) pulation increasing while our the girls and 3 years for the boys. The new hall is a two-storey lands diminish, the situation is As time went by, the enrol­ structure, 36 by 80. It has a con­ not exactly a happy one. Our ment increased; by 1942, although cert stage, motion picture screen present plight offers the author­ other Catholic Residential Schools and projection r oom. Cloakrooms ities concerned a chance to de­ had been established at Chipew­ and canteen are also located on monstrate to the Indians and the yan, Resolution and Aklavik, 45 the top floor; in the basement people living on both sides of the pupils were in residence, the aver­ floor there is a banquet hall and St. Lawrence River the feelings age attendance having increased a storage room. The hall is lit and interests of the genera'l public M. J. B. Kramer was received to 6 years for the girls and 4 years by electricity and has gas ser­ towa;rds the first inhabitants of honorary member of the Ermineskin for the boys. At that time, trans­ vice. Television and radio sets this land. Band; he is shown here with Mrs. portation was still very difficult, "We are not against this project, Kramer. His name is Mustus Awasis, will be installed soon. Chief Buffalo Child. but with increased facilities there The hall is operated by the but we must be as'sured that our are now 112 children enrolled at band councillors. It will provide losses are not going to be great­ the school. Total registrations a meeting place for the activities er than our gains," he added. during the 88 years of operation of the Girl Guides, Boy Scouts, Salt Deposits Led of the school adds up to 1,330. Army Cad ets, the Hobbema In­ Half-Million Dollars To Founding Of Many tributes of praise have dian orchestra, as well as council For Oil Land Storied Syracuse been paid to the authorities and meetings and other social events. Ottawa - A record tender of personnel of the school by those It will be noted that the girl $442,952.00 for oil exploration Syracuse, N .Y. - Today, as who have come in close contact guides and the Army Cadets who rights have been paid by the 80- with the work done in this institu­ have played a noble part in the in the days of the red man, Syra­ cony Vacuum Oil Company of cuse is the hub of the central tion. opening ceremonies, are pupils of Canada for the right to explore a It must be remembered that the Ermineskin Indian Residential 1,722 acre section of the Sturgeon New York area. during the first 35 years of the School. Lake Indian reservation, 250 miles On this site was the village of existence of the school, the main­ Concert by School Pupils northwest of Edmonton. the Onondaga tribe of the Iro­ tenance and education of the On the occasion of the opening For the 400-member Cree band, quois and it was this village that children was born entirely by the of the hall, the Ermineskin R.C . the tender is a boon. The amount was the capital of that remark­ charity of the public and the School pupils offered a beautiful was added to the $27,000.00 trust able confederacy. devotion of the school personnel. concert on April II. fund held by the Government The honor was given the Onon­ In 1902, a token grant of .03 The program featur-ed the which pays 5% per annum. dagas, according to tribal l.egend, per day per child was granted school chorus ("How Do You Do" because it was here that Hiawa­ to the school; this grant was and "We are proud of Canada") ; cussed the location of their day tha founded the great league of raised to .16 per day per pupil a demonstration by the girls school. They expressed the desire the Long House three-quarters of in 1910 and the following year, guides, hatTmonica and fluto-pho­ that their day school should be a century before Columbus dis­ a more generous grant of .50 per ne solos,a rythm band selection located near the Ermineskin Resi­ covered America. day per child was paid. and demonstrations by the Girl dential school, so that their studies could be integrated, because the In 1654 friendly Indians showed For half a century the mis­ Guides and the Cadets. Father Le Moyne the salt spring sionaries carried on their work A chorus, an address by Ken­ residential school is centrally lo­ cated, it has facilities for meetings, that you can visit today on the against many handicaps; the un­ neth Crier, folk dances, drama­ Onondaga Parkway. Although a flagging devotion of the Oblate tized songs, two short plays, tap it is a well o'rganized sports een­ ter. number of years were yet to elapse Fathers and of the Grey Nuns of dancing, action songs, a piano before the event, it was the salt Montreal has met with every duet, and an instrumental en­ If there is a hospital, they said, common for the four reserves of deposits that led to the founding obstacle; some 25 years ago an semble selection completed the and early prosperity of the city. adequate building was erected for program. the Hobbema Agency, why should the residential pupils, whose num­ there not be a centralized school Favo r High School ... for the pupils of the same four Powder and Hides, Val Gendron ber pas constantly increasing. (Longmans Creen. $3.) There are now 56 pupils from (from p. I, col. 3) reserves. Providence, 30 from Simpson, 12 It was recalled that, according The following week, the council­ Written for teen-agers, this fast­ from Franklin and Norman, 8 to the Indian Act, the Indians have lors of the Samsom band advised moving account of adventure on from Wrigley and 4 from Liard, a right to be educated in schools the Departmental officials who vi­ the Great Plains is seen through in residence. There are also 20 under the auspices of their Church. sited them of their desire to have a wise old scout, and to a settler day pupils. The teaching is con­ The members of the Samson thei'r d'ay slchool near the Ermine­ who decides his future lies in ducted by 3 Sisters 'and 1 lay band, present at the meeting, dis- kin Residential school. Jhe plains country. teacher. (The Catholic Voice, March 1955) OPENING OF SAMSON RESERVE HALL CROSS LAKE HOCKEY WINNERS Cross Lake, Man.-On February 19, the Cross Lake R.C. Residential School hockey players went by snowmobile to Norway House where they gained a 8-1 victory; on March 5, the Norway House players visited Cross Lake and were defeated 13-2. The Cross Lake players were: goaler: Boniface Mason; defence: J os. Hamilton and Budge, Fred Sincl:air and Mur.ray Os­ borne; forwards: Thomas Trout, 1. Army Cadets (66 ) and Girls Gu ides \ 55 ) of t h'a R.C. Ermineskin Indian Residential School, of Hobbema, William Paupanakis, William Alberta, formed an honour guard at the o p~Mng of the hall; (2); Regional Superintendent Battle opening the Ross, Luke Chubb, Paul-Emile hall, ( 3) . shown here with Coundllors 'JamE;s -<:ro.,'e, John Laurie, Chief J. B. Saddleback, Councillors Dan Buf­ Wood, Isaias Bee, Max Grieves falo, John S. Samson, Jr., '(to 'tfJe I'e(t ) ; a,ncJ 'fer' the ri'ght: John Johnson, M.C.; Chief Dan Minde a nd John and J acob Yellowback. Johnson, Sr. . ': ~nf~:\ , · !:~ .. t.',: ,.:i,U,. Page 4 THE INDIAN MISSIONARY RECORD MAY, 1955

by Our Lady~ Que,en of Canada's Indians G. Laviolette, O.M.I.

E CEN TLY, at Waterhen Lake R eserve, in Northern Sas k a ' tch ~ ­ In 1833, the first mISSIOnaries of Rainy River (Fort Frances) Ont., R wan, a group of Cree Indians donated some land of t.h eIr British Columbia dedicated them­ 1894 reserve for .the p urpose of erecting a ch apel ; already the logs a re cut, selves to Our Lady of Angels at - Our Lady of Lourdes; Fort Constant. Father Demers in· LaLoche, Sask., 1895 and the timber is sawn so t hat the ch apel wilil be erected Ithis summer. structed the Indians in the recit­ - Our Lady of Visitation; This chapel will be dedicated ation of the Rosary and of the Arctic Red River, N.W.T., 1896 to Mary under the title of: Our Angelus, thrice daily. - Holy Name of Mary; L'ady of the Smile. This is pm'haps In 1849, Father H. P. Clement, Dawson, Yukon T., 1898 the first, among hundreds of Ca­ O.M.I ., consecrated to Mary his .- St. Mary; nadian churches and chapels dedic­ mission field in the Abitibi (Que­ Fort Wrigley, N.W.T., 1898 ated to Mary, which has such an bec) country. In 1851, h e conse­ - Sacred Heart of Mary. attractive and meaningful appel­ crated the Indian tribes to the Meanwhile in 1859, the first per­ lation. Blessed . The first parish manent mission in B.C. was dedic­ ated to the Immaculate Concept­ Our Lady has been crowned erected among the Algonquins was pla,ced und er .the p.rotection of ion, near Kelowna; in 1861 St. Queen of Canada, at the closing Mary's mission (Mission City, B. of the National Marian Congress, Our Lady of the Assumption in the town of Maniwaki (which C. ) was established. held at Cap-de-Ia-Madeleine, P.Q., Between 1859 and 1868, at least on August 15, 1954. Among the means, in Algonquin, "Land of Mary"). 60 churches or chapels were erect­ over which she reigns, ed by the Oblate Fathers of Brit­ there is no doubt that her most Meanwhile Fathers Babel et Ar­ ish Columbia, all dedicated to the devoted children are the Indians n 3. ud devoted themselves among Blessed Virgin. The devotion to and Eskimos of our country. More­ the Montagnais of the North shore, Mary was so sincere that the In­ over, the Blessed Virgin Mary, who establishing everywhere the Con­ dians were not ashamed to wear has deigned to appear for the fraternity of the Scapular and publicly their Rosaries and their first time in North America, to erecting chapels in honor of the medals, outsile their ga'rments. the Indian Juan Diego, near Mexi­ Blessed Virgin. co, has taken under her special During the past fifty years, al­ protection the aborigenes of our The first chapel in the country most every important mission es­ continent. inhabited by the Eskimos, was tablishment in Western Canada dedicated to Our Lady of the has been dedicated to Mary. We According to Bolivian ambassa­ Snows, at North West River (La­ note especially: dor Felipe L. Giron, the Blessed brador) in 1863. Sandy Bay, Man., 1902 Virgin Mary was venerated in the - Our Lady of Lourdes; New World long before the land­ In Western Canada the Oblate Missionaries dedicated a great Norway House, Man., 1904 ing of Columbus. Giron bases his - Our Lady of Perpetual Help; claim on a legend that the apostle number of Churches to the Bles­ sed Virgin: Beauval, Sask., 1906 Thomas and Bartholomew preach­ - Our Lady of the Sacred Heart; ed the Gospel in South America, Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, 1847 Berens River, Man., 1912 which legend persists among the Nativity of Mary; - Our Lady of the Snows; Indians up to this day. (Pi ct ure Cred it : St . 's Ind ian Fort Providence, N.W.T., 1860 Sc hoo l, Ch am be rloin, S. Dak.) Chesterfield Inlet, N.W.T., 1912 It is an established fact that Our Lady of Providence; - Our Lady of Delivrance. "Christian traditions" are to be This colourful Native American Winterburn, Alberta, 1867 The missions of the Vicariate found among some of the New p:cture of Our Lady was painted by - Our Lady of Perpetual Help; Apostolic of Keewatin have been World Indians, specially in Mexi­ Brother , c.j.m., at the Good Hope, N.W.T., 1868 dedicated in 1910, to our Lady co. While the tradition that the Chamberlain Sioux mission in South - vOur Lady of Good Hope; of the Sacred Heart. Apostles came to America is not Dakota. It is the finest work that Leask, Sask., 1878 . Among missions founded recent­ acceptable, it could be that an has come from the brush of the - Our Lady of Pontmain; ly, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Ic.elandic or Norse priest of the amateur student of Indian arts. Frog Lake, Alberta, 1882 Mary, let us note the following: 10th or 12th century preached - Our Lady of Good Counsel; Lejac, B.C., Aklavik, N.W.T., Mc­ the Gospel to the North American During the Marian year, prayer Hobbema, Alberta, 1884 Intosh, Ont., Fond du Lac, Sask., leaflets reproducting "Our Lady Indians. Objects marked with - Our Lady of So rrows; ~ Coppermine, N.W.T., Gurneyville, Christian crosses are to be found of the Sioux", in full colors, were Onion Lake, Sask., 1884 Alberta, Paulatuk, N.W.T., (where in every important American mu­ distributed by St. Joseph's Indian - Our Lady of the Rosary; a grotto was dedicated to Mary seum. School, Chamberlain, South Dako­ Fort Alexander, Man., 1890 some years ago ), Old Factory, Ja­ ta. It is the hope of the mission's In Canada, the history of the - Our Lady of Lourdes; mes Bay, Stanton, N.W.T., Ivuyi­ director to build a chapel under Touchwood (Lestock) Sask., 1890 vik, P .Q. (Hudson Strait), Repul­ missions is definitely and closely the title of "Our Lady of the - Our Lady of Hope; se Bay, N.W.T., Teslin, B.C. , Tuk­ 1inked with the devotion to Mary. Sioux." Crooked Jacques Cartier, in 1535, seeking Lake, Sask., 1892 tuyaktuk, N.W.T., Rupert House, Your offering is welcome ! Sacred Heart of Mary; P.Q. , Fort Nelson, B.C., and South from the Blessed Virgin help in Pine River, Camperville, Man., 1892 fighting the dreaded disease of End, Sask. scurvy, was given by the Indians - Our Lady of the Sorrows; (Cont. p. 5, col. 1) (probably inspired by their Hea­ ings and other favors obtained venly Mother) the medicine they by the natives on account of their n eeded. devotion to Mary. BEAVER INDIANS' GROTTO In 1654, the first Congregation The 01d Indian Seventy years later, de of the Blessed Virgin was esta­ befoil'e the Way 'Champlain is reported to have blished among the Hurons on the of the Cro,ss sta­ :instructed the Indians on how to Island of Orleans. tions is the only r ecite the Rosary. From that time pure blood Bea­ on all missionaries were faithful Kateri Tekak­ ver Indian left in 'teaching the Indians the r ecit­ with a who lived from 1656, to on the Eleske ation of the Rosary and encourag­ 1680, ' manifested a de~p Marian Re,serve. ed them in wearing her Scapular. love and a great devotIOn to the The Be a v e r In 1635 the Jesuit missionaries Rosary. Indians w ·e r e had pledged themselves to dedic­ The first and most ancient In­ once the master s ate to the Blessed Virgin Mary dian mission in existence, was of Northwestern .al Hhe Churches they wouJd erect. dedicated to Our Lady of Lorette, Alberta, oecupy­ ing the whole The Recollets obtained a great among the Hurons, near Quebec city, in 1694. PeRce River area number of conversion through the f,rom Hudson's intercession of the Blessed Virgin, On the West coast, in 1791, Hop e (Rocky when the crops of maize were Father Jose Villaverde organized Mountains) to saved through her intercession. the first Marian procession in Pea,ce Point be­ The "Jesuit Relations" tell of a honor of Our Lady of the Rosary yond Fort Ver­ The pilgrimage center for Indians (Crees, Beaver, great number of conversions, heal- on British Columbia'S mainland. million. Slaveys) of North Western Alberta. MAY, 1955 THE INDIAN MISSIONARY RECORD Page 5 OUR LADY ••• Goes to Edmonton (from p. 4, col. 4) Also: Burwash Landing, Y.T. , This Vica'1'iate is called " Keewatin", .from a Cree word meaning Koartak and Sugluk (Hudson No'rth wind. The long and cold winters, dming which the wind Strait), P.Q., Fort Severn, Ont., blows mainly from the north, justifies this appeHation for that parot Eastmain, P.Q., Lansdowne House, Ont., Davis Inlet, Nfd., King Wil­ of northern Manitoba and . liam Island, N.W.T. , Garry Lake, The first missionaries who visit­ Maskegons, and founded the mis­ N.W.T., Fort St. James, B.C., and ed the present Keewatin Vicariate sions of Cumberland and Pelican Fort Chimo, P.Q. were Fathers Provencher and Du- Lake. It would be impossible to list moulin, around 1810; later Father In 1910, Father Bonald founded the hundreds of ,chapeds erected Darveau visited The Pas in 1844. Nelson House mission and in less in honor of the Blessed Virgin He was killed there, in June of than one year made 60 conversions. in the missions which are non the same year; he can be called Later were established the mis­ resident, but which are visited the first martyr of the missions of sions of Cross Lak-e and Norway regularly by the missionaries. Northern Canada. House. We may safely add that there Fathers Belcourt and Lafleche is no residential school, hospital visited the missions afterwards. or other institution established Then the Oblate Missionaries sent 2 Missionary Bishops for the Indians and Eskimos of Fathers Tache, Faraud and Gran­ F or Canada, where the Blessed Virgin din, who were later to become is not honored in a special way. Bishops. So was Father Lafleche, Richelieu, P.Q.-The processes who was lat-er appointed Bishop of beatification for six members Among places of pilgrimage fre- of Three-Rivers. Thus the Keewa- quented by the Indians we note tin Vicariate can be titled the of the Oblates of :Mary Imma­ the Our Lady of Lourdes grottoes "Cradle of Bishops". culate are now before the Church His Exc. Archbishop co-adjutor at Eleske, (near Fort Vermillion) . . authorities in Rome. Anthony Jordan, formerly Vicar and Cold Lake, both in Alberta, The mos.t ~nclent and m.ost .Im- Apostolic of Prince-Rupert, B.C., has St. Laurent in Saskatchewan, Fort portant, mISSIOn of the VICariate They are: Bishop Eugene de Mazenod, founder o.f the Oblates; be'en appointed recently to assist Alexander in Manitoba and Kenora ~ . IS n~ a la Cros~e, where . Father Bishops Vital Justin Grandin and Archbishop H. McDonald, at Ed­ in Ontario. Tache spent consIderable tm~e .. As Ovide Charlebois, Vicars Apostol­ monton, Alberta. Practically every Catholic Indian ea~ly as 1~60, t?e .Oblate miSSIOn­ family of Canada pledged itself aries receIved. k in Western Ganada; Brother The new Archbishop is expected mdlspens~ble h~lp A. Kowalczyk, of Edmonton, Fath­ to take up his duties in Edmonton to the daily recitation of the Ro- for the education of IndIan chIld­ during the summer. sary, on the occasion of the Rosary ren f,rom the Grey Nuns of Mont­ er Albini of Corsica, and Father Girard of Basutoland. Crusades, organized by Rev. Pat- real. Our heartiest congratulations to rick Peyton, C.S.C., from 1948 to Progress of the Church Bishop Grandin was born in His Excellency! France in 1829 and joined the 1.950. More than 8,000 Indian fami- Here are, briefly noted, the main Oblates with the desire of coming lles have been reported to have landmarks in the history of the to the Canadian missions. After Issue Decree signed thei~ pledges. A great num- present Vicariate of the Keewatin: three years as a mtssionary tv ber of IndIan leaders were apost- 1845 _ 1871 - 2 missions, (diocese the Indians in western Canada, On Founder les of the Rosary and took part of St. Boniface). he was named first Bishop of St. in t?e organization of the Crusade. 1871- 1891 _ A mission~ (diocese Albert (now the Archdiocese of Of Grey Nuns . Fmally a g!e.at nu~ber o~ .In- of St Albert). Edmonton), when he was '>TIly dlans ~ere priVIleged m recelvI~g 1891-1910 _ 11 missions (Vicar- The has signed a decree on theIr home reserves, the pII- . . ') 30. He died at St. Albert in 1902. recognizing the "heroic vortues" 'm Madona of Our Lady of the late ApostolIc of ~as.katche"Yan .. Bishop Charlebois was t~e first g rI . . 1910 _ 1933 - 19 mISSIOns, VICarI- of Mother Youville, first Can­ C

Hobb'ema, Alta. In final games of the annual Southern Alberta hc-ckey tournament, Hobbema won twice over the Morley Indians, 10-5 and 5-4. It received the Doctor Barr Murray Trophy. Peler Gladue The photos, left to right: 1. Actor John Applegarth (ex-pupil of Ermineskin R.C. Indian School) presents th'e trophy; 2. Chief Dan Minde, of the Ermineskin Reserve, with Stanley Deschamps, at the opening of the finals; Aclive Organizer 3. The Hobbema Hockey Club - Jim Ermineskin, Manager, Maurice Wolfe, Captain and Percy Wolfe, Coach. Beaver Lake I.R., Alta. - A preliminary meeting for the pur­ QU'Appelle Wins Hockey Championship Freezing Plants Help pose of organizing the Cabholic Native Economy Indian League of Canada, was Lebret, Sask. The first a few weeks. Applications are gene-ral meeting of the M.A.M .I. being taken in to attend the Dun­ held on the Beaver Lake Indian durn Summer camp. Cadets Ma­ Ottawa - The purpose of the Reserve, on December 26, 1954. since J anuary 1st ns needed by :t he Chief C. Smallface seconded the annual Easter Amateur show On April 2, the Very Rev. Fr. [ndia;ns. which featured the school Band, motion and Father Chfttaigner, O. L. Deschfttelets, O.M.I., Superior In the past a great amount of M.I., agreed to the nomination. choruses, piano, cornet, violin and vocal solos. One of the best per­ General of the Oblates, accom­ cariboo meat was wasted because At another meeting held March formances of the evening was panied by Rev. Fr. Paul Piche, the Indians had no means of 13, 1955, 37 members of the Bea­ Ruth Ann Cyr (Liberace ) ac­ O.M.I. , Provincial, visited the keeping it in hot weather or get­ ver Lake Band gave their adhesion companying at the piano Florence Lebret Indian School. A brief ting it out of the 'bush. Now cold to the Catholic League. As the Ward as ( Caruso) , singing "La concert was staged by the band storage plants located throughout head of the list are Chief Albert Donna e Mobile". during which Alvin Cyr welcomed the Northwest Terri.torie,s help Cardinal, Councillors William J a­ the Superior General on behalf the meat situation. The meat is mes Cardinal and George Gladue. Both the Senior and Junior of the pupils and staff of the bands, under the direction of flown to these plants where it is Peter Joseph Gladue was elected school. Father Robidoux gave a available to the Indians as they Brother Girard, O.M.I., are pro­ brief account of the personnel of president of the League, Lawrence gressing rapidly. need it. Mountain, Vice-President, and Ga­ the school, stressing the spirit of be Gladue, Secretary-Treasurer. Hockey Champions cooperation existing between staff At Rupert's House Father Chfttaigner is Chaplain of The Junior 'B' hockey team and students. At Rupert's House on James the Beaver Lake Council of the won the Championship of the Very Rev. Fr. General answered Bay, P.Q., there is a living example League. S.A.H.A. , defeating North Battle­ warmly, with enthusiasm and sin­ of what can be done under the ford St. Thomas College 10-7 on cerity, in a simple language that right of approach. There J . C. New Day School March 16. penetrated and stimulated the Watt, a Hudson' Bay Company There is a new school on the This victory climaxed a long piety of the students, awakening post manager, prevailed upon the Beaver Lake Indian Reserve where hockey season during which the an earnest desire of doing some­ Crees to refrain from further pupils attend up to grade 6. It Indian school players defeated thing worthwhile during their trapping of the almost extinct is the desire of the members of Wolseley 12-2, Yorktown 17-6, St. lives. beaver of the district. This was the band to foster higher education Thomas College 9-7 and 10-7. (The historical narrative of the 20 years ago. But so well did the at that school, that is, beyond As the Lebret Indian school Qu' Appelle I.R.S. is continued in natives live up to their pact that grade 6. team champions returned home the April issue of "Teepee today beaver are plentitful along Tidings". A resume of this docu­ The Beaver Lake band numbers from Battleford, a banquet was the streams tributary to eastern awaiting them; the band played ment will be published later in James Bay. 150 treaty Indians, practically the I.M.R.) everyone is a Catholic, with the on this occasion. The Principal The district has become a sup­ exception of one family. praised Art Obey who did a per­ ply source for transplanting of fect of coaching the team. Tribute to Norman Saylor beaver to many other districts He also congratulated the players and other provinces. The James and thanked the school personnel The Government publication Drainey Re-elected Chief "Indian News" praises Norman Bay Indians are among the most who donated the use of their cars prosperous in the land. . Deadman's Creek, B.C. - Early for transportation of the players. Saylor, Q.C., of Caughnawaga, who in April, Chief Charles Drainey The players on the champion is a very successful lawyer in It will be noted that the Ru­ was re-elected for a 2-yea:r period; team are: goal: Gerald Starr and Montreal and still proud to be pert's House Crees have access counciUors eleded were Louis Bil­ Gilbert Keewatin; defence: Elmer an Indian. to use freezing plants which keeps ly and James Wilson. Courchene, Albert Bellegarde, Mr. Saylor has never found that fresh and safe their food in the being an Indian was a handicap in Electr1c wiring of the reserve John Kelly, George Poitras; for­ form of geese, fish beaver and wards. Romeo Courchene, Alvin his profession - in fact the sub­ and moose. dwellings is set to go ahead as ject of his race is seldom raised. soon as the power line has been Cyr, Leonard Kitchemonia, Daniel Keshane, Henry Bellegarde, Da­ He is busy with a large clientele; put through. he and his wife live comfortably Wilderness Messiah, Thomas R. niel Musqua, Vincent Bellegarde, Henry, (William Sloane Ass.) $4. Mrs. CharJes Drainey, wife of Guy Yuzicapi, Ervin Starr; coach: on the Caughnawaga reserve the Chief, and Mrs. Gus GotUried­ Arthur Obey; manager: Father among their fellow Indians. The story of the "real" Hiawa­ son, pres,1d·ent of the Women's O. Robidoux, O.M.I. Mr. Saylor studied at the re­ tha and the Iroquois Confederacy Club on the Kamloops ["eserve serve day school, at McGill Uni­ which flowered in what is now have been elected as delegates R.C.A.C. versity, took his bachelor of Arts New York State. The author in­ to attend .the course of instruction Arthur Obey took the responsi­ degree from Loyola College in terprets the Iroquojs manysided in community wo'rk offered ,by the bility of looking after the Cadets Montreal and graduated in Law genius, especially their talent for ~~~~h . in N o·E~h;'.:Y:lan:c. ouve ~, this while Chief Instructor Brother from the University of Montreal government, in a bold and moving •f:. ;-. ,.. :. E. Morin was away in hospital for in 1953 . picture. " . MAY, 1955 THE INDIAN MISSIONARY RECORD Page 7

THE "Oh, you white race! What "In areas where there is a strong sense of segregation upon the INDIAN MISSIONARY RECORD have you do to with us and part of the whites, and the young non-Indian students a·re not en­ what have we to do with you ? couraged Ito play wHh the Indians, learning English through contact A NATIONAL PUBLICATION Our strongest you accept and with children is seriously retarded...... Even when Indian chil­ FOR THE INDIANS OF CANADA oar weak ones you belittle. dren are accepted by non-Indian playmates and their parents in the Founded in 1938 elementary grades, it is often 'found that non-Indian parents shut You are so positive you are ,the adolescent Indians out of maJny phases of social activity open to' right and we are wrong. You the rest of the children. Indian children are sensitive in maJtters of Managing Editor: teach us your ways, but you REV. G. LAVIOLETTTE, O.M.1. this kind, with the Tesult that they are frequently discouraged from also teach us to scorn our past General Secretary, completing the high school grades, even where they are academically Indian and Eskimo Welfare Commission, which alone can lift our heads successful. University, Ottawa. and keep us whole. We imitate "It is a well-known fact in 5JchoQI administr3Jtion, that children and resist you, depend on you are ruthlessly intolerant of differences within the school group. Published ten times a year by The Missionary Oblates of Mary and sus pect you. You shield Children who happen to' be unique in one way or another frequently Immaculate. us, like children, but deal with encO'unter a great amO'unt of teasing and sometimes actual Qstracism, us as lesser men you cannot even when they are of the same racial background and same cultural Subscription: $1.00 a year trust. You are the builders point of view. and the breakers down. You "Where {his is true, Indian children are likely to suffer severe P.O. Box 94 think you understand us, but discrimina:tion on the part of the nO'n-Indians and are discouraged from taking parol in almost every form ()If socialized activi,ty, with Ottawa, Canada you will never know it is to be the possible exception of athletic contests, where they demQnstrate an Indian in our land which skiJ.I. Printed by Le Droit, Ottawa. you have taken for your own." Authorized as second class matter, Post "Moreover, large numbers of the small rural or smail I urban (Mist on the River, by Hubert Office Department, Ottawa. Canada. public schools do not offer any .form Qf voca{ion3!l training, but Evans, p. 253.) assume :that the needed vocational skills to enable ,the child to find emplO'yment on the .farms or in the limited industries Qf the area, EDITORIAL wiU be af'forded by home experience or by the social connections of the child's family outsi.de the school. Many of these small pU'hlic high schools are more concerned with those academic skills which 'kJ/"ai Kileci 0.1 gc/"oot 1d, Bedt! may help a 'limited number of ohildren who desire to go to college, In a masterly series of articles published in the U.S. '·'Inaian than with the vocational t·raining which may help the greater num­ Education" magazine, from 1944-51, ,Doctor Willa:rd W. BeatJtey, ber of children who wiH probably find emplQyment of one kind or former chief of the EducatiQn Branch of the U.S. Indian Service, another within their home areas." made a number Qf '5Jtatements to which we would like :00 draw the (Ref.: Education for Cultural Change, U. S. Dept. of the Interior aHention of our readers. Bureau of Indian Affairs - 1953) Writing Qn acceptability and race prejudice, Mr. Beatty ex­ presses the opinion that: "\\ThiJe it is conceded that under many circumstances, Indian pupils profit greatly (especially in learning Ottawa, May 9 1955 English) from contact with white pupils in schools, it ,is essential that Dear boys and girls, cer.tain conditions be contrO'lled if Indian pupi'ls are to be acceptable H ow attentive to details are you when you read this column? in pu'hlic schools. In fact, how thorough are you in reading any letter? Do you bother to notice the date on which it was written? If so, then you must "Those who advocated the transfer of Clill Indian Service school have guessed that what appeared in this column last month was responsibilities to ,the States shO'uld first determine whether public slightly out of date. It was written for the March issue of "The schools are equipped physically or psychologically .to' undertake all Indian Record" but reached the editor's desk too late. I apologize the necessary aspects of Indian education." if it left you with the idea that I was still visiting your schools; I Then, Mr. Beatty asks the questiQn: "What kind of school was back in Ottawa April 1st. is best? His answer is: "The kind of school which should be The four schools visited in Saskatchewan and mentioned in the last parapragh of that letter were St. Philip's, Lestock, Lebret and provided 'for Indian children depends somewhat upon the children Marieval. The kids at the first one were just recovering from an epi­ to be served. A tendency to generaJlize, which characterizes .the demic of flu, but they managed to do very well on the tests. Boys and writings of many people interested in the subject, is not justified girls and Lestock enjoy two rather unusual services, thanks to their by the facts. quiet but enterprising Principal: a television set in the refectory and "In order to decide the kind of school, several questiO'ns must a public address system connecting all the common rooms of the building. The whole place can bubble with music just with one turn be answered: of a knob. (1) Who are the Indian children? That is, are they full-bloods Lebret, of cours, stands out among aU other schools in Canada, O'r mixed-bloods? Are they living intermixed with whites or are both in size and in quality. It could very well be referred to as they living in a litle island of Indian culture out of contact with "The University"! It simply has everything, including a hockey whites? team that won the Junior B championship of the Province. One could write a book about Lebret. Finally, last and least in size, but with the (2) Wha:t educational objectives are sought by the school? biggest heart of them all, Marieval, where Spring finally broke in That is, are we attempting to provide merely literacy, or are we and where I had to leave the Prairies in a hurry to avoid being attempting to' prQvide some 'form of vocational skiU? Is that vocMional stuck in gumbo. skm to 'be canied on within a limited reservation area, where mQ5Jt Two weeks after returning to Ottawa, I travelled eastward to of the peQple with whom they will be aswciated a:re alw Indians, or Seven Islands, on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. There is the vocational skiU Qne which must be pursued in the cultural as you know, is the first residential school built by the Federal Govern­ contacts of a typical American rural Qr urban community?" ment in Quebec. It has been in operation three years only, but it can already compare with any older school in Canada. One thing In Doctor Willard's opinion: "Before arriving 3!t any con­ very different though: everybody talks French, pupils and staff. Being clusion, it ·is wise ·tQ analyze just who the children are who aTe now so used to address you in English I was a bit lost when I visited succeeding in public schools and whether such public schoOil success the classrooms. I guess I'U have to learn cowboy songs in French is universal fQr I ndian chHdren." He a dds: "It would be erroneous too! to cQ nclude that public schO'ols have been unifO'rmly suocessful in Oh yes! chances are that I'll be seeing many of you soon, at dealing with Indian chilrren". H e affi rms that: " The average public least for a few hours. I'll be going out West again next week to attend His Excellency Bishop Dumouchel's consecration in St. Boniface, school teacher is not trained to deal with ,the problems presented by and a conference in Saskatoon. nQn-English speaking children. In many cases she either has such Au revoir then, and God bless you. a heavy enrollment of ohilldren in her class, or such a wide grade span (in rural schools) that she can give HtHe personal attentiQn to a child who does nO't possess a command of the English language at the time he enters school." THE INDIAN MISSIONARY RECORD MAl, 1955 NOUVEAUX LIVRES • Sapier. Par E. Nadeau, a.M.!. (Librai­ rie Oblate, 1186 Visitation, Mon­ treal 24, P.Q., $1 .65) Les six etapes de la longue vie au Pere F. X. Fafard, O.M.l., en un magnifique volume de 360 pa­ ges, illustre. Le Pere Fafard a ete un heroique missionnaire a la Baie James, de 1892 a 1907. • L'Eveque des Neiges. (Librairie Oblate, $1.00). Ce volume de 124 pages resume la vie de M gr Breynat dans le Grand Nord, vie d'un aventurier de la saintete. L'auteur nous don­ ne la un livre complet, vrai, emou­ vant, passionnant, plein de lecons. • Terre d' Attente. Mr. A. J. Doucet, regional super­ sent townsite, and that the Indian Lo ren:z: o Leclair, Indian Agency (Librairie Oblate, $1.75). intendent of Indian schools for the and non-Indian population have Superintendentt. Titre tres evocateur qu'est Ie province of QU'ebec, remitted to the been living practically together in ----- champ d'apostolat de Mgr Schef­ Maniwaki School Board on behalf of this area, ever since the foundation M. Douc'et, Surintendant des ecoles fer, O.M.l., au Labrador, 225 pa­ the Honorable J. W. Pickersgill, a of the town of Maniwaki. Mean­ indiennes du Quebec, remet un che­ ges. cheque to help pay part of the cost while a school for the primary gra­ que a la Commission Scola ire de • Capitale d'une solitude. of enlarging the town schools. des 1-3, will remain opened on the Ma niwaki, au nom du M inistre de This grant has been made to al­ reserve for the younger pupils. la Citoyennete. Par G. Lesage, O.M.l. (Librairie low the children from the reslerve to On the photo, I. to r., School Les enfants des grades superieurs Oblate, $1.50 ). attend the Maniwaki schools. It trustees Augustin Hubert and W. P. iront aux ecoles de Maniwaki des Il nous decrit le belle vie des will be noted that the Maniwaki McConnery, Dr. Arthur Besner, cet automne. missionnaires du Keewatin qu'il reserve formerly included the pre- President, Mr. A. J. Doucet, and Mr. (Photo Gauvreau, courtesy Le Droi t ) nous fait suivre au jour le jour, dans leurs travaux, leurs peines ou leurs joies. 185 pages. Elablissemenl projele d'un pensionnal~ Les Hurons de Lorette • Terre Sterile. honorent Joseph Par J. Michea. (Librairie Obla­ ala Poinle-Bleue te, $2.00). culquer un mode de vie etranger Le ler mai dernier, sur une Il convient d'admirer les hom­ Ottawa, 29 avril. - A Focca­ mes qui abandonnent leur envi­ sion du debat sur Ies estimes au leur." invitation de la societe historique ronnement habituel, leurs affec­ budgetaires du Departement de la L'honorable M. J. W . Pickers­ de Quebec, quelques ,f'amilles nu­ tions, leur confort pour se plon­ Citoyennete, M . Georges Ville­ gill s'est empresse de repondre ronnes se sont rendues au Col­ ger corps et ame dans les missions neuve, depute de Rob erval , a ,fait a M. Villeneuve en ces termes: lege des Jesuites, pour ecouter esquiJmaudes de la Baie d'Hud­ son. 221 pages. un eloquent plaidoyer, en Cham­ "L'honorable Depute de Rober­ une conference du R.P. Adrien bre, demandant it 1' Honorable val a dej a porte ce cas a notre • Mgr Turquetil et ses missions. Pouliot, s.j., sur "1a devotion des Par A. G. Morice, a .M.!. (Li­ Mini5'tre de la Citoyennete l'erec­ attention. N ous esperons lui don­ ner satisfaction dans un avenir Mar.tyrs Canadiens it Saint brairie Ob late, $2.00 ). tion d 'un pensionnat pour les In­ rapproche." Joseph". A potre des Esquimaux et le diens de la region de la Pointe­ miracle de ses missions. 280 pa­ Bleue, des 1956, si possible. Ce sont les Saints Martyrs Ca­ ges. M. Villeneuve a fait remarquer Abenaki a l'emploi na.diens, en parU,culier Saint Jean • En missionnant. que la population de la reserve de Brebeuf et Saint Charles Gar­ Par E. Saindon, O.M.l. (Librai­ de Pointe-Bleue est de 1,125 ames, de Radio Canada nier, qui confierent a Saint Jo­ rie Oblate, $0.25). qui representent 200 familles, seph l'evangelisation des Hurons Essai sur les missions des Peres dont 110 sont sedentaires et 90 Un des annonceurs les plus po­ Oblats, a la Baie James. 79 pages. pulaires du reseau fran<;ais de comme les RrecoUets avaient con­ noma des. II y a actuellement sa,clfe a oJ'Epoux de Marie Ie Ca­ • Martyrs aux glaces polaires. sur la reserve 272 enfants d'age radio Canada est J ean-Paul No­ (Librairie Oblate, $1.00 ). scolaire, dont 110 frequentent let, membre de la bande indienne nada tout entier. Recit dramatique de s Peres Rou­ l'externat local, 28 Ie pensionnat des Abenakis, it Pierrevilile, P.Q. Dans cette capitale missionnaire viere et LeRoux, O.M.!. chez les de Fort George, 5 d'autres ecoles que fut Ie Fort Ste-Marie, l'Eglise esquimaux. 220 pages. indiennes, 55 des ecoles provin­ En plus d'etre annonceur, M. • S.O.S. Grand Nord. Nolet est charge de preparer les princip,ale fut un sanctuaire a ciales et 74 qui ne frequentent , auquel Ie Pape Ur­ Par M. de Moulins. (Librairie aucune ecole. La population est interviews qui passent sur les Oblate, $1.00 ). toujours croissante. ondes, et il apparait souvent , a bain VIn attacha une indulgence Ce beau livre palpitant de vie pIeniere pour quiconque Ie visi­ Apres avoir fait une etude de la television. et d'interet passionnera les jeu­ la situation sur place, M. Ville­ M. Nolet a commence son edu­ terait Je 19 mars. C'est la que nes epris de sentiments chevale­ neuve en est venu a la conclu­ cation a l'ecole in die nne de la fut retroU'vee, en aout dernier ~a resques, d'aventures et de myste­ sion que seule une ecole residen­ -reserve, l'a continuee au petit tombe de Saint Jean de Breb~uf . reo 190 pages. tielle assez vaste pour loger 120 seminaire de Nicolet. Durant ses L'endroit sera marque d'un mo­ • Inuk. eleves repondrait adequatement etudes il a demontre ses talents nument au ' COllIS de l'ete. Par R. Buliard, O.M.l. (Librai- aux besoins de la situation tant de chanteur et d'acteur. rie Oblate, $2.25). presente que future. II est . question qu'a l'oc'casion Recit ardent de la vie esquimau-­ II a debute a un poste de radio du 25ieme anniversai're de ~a ca­ de par un missionnaire qui a "Si ces ,enfants etaient places des Trois-Rivieres, et en 1944, il nonisation de nos martys, Fon or­ vecu auinze annees de cette vie dans une ecole !I'esidentiene, pen­ etait engage par Radio-Canada. du MacKenzie. 355 pages. dant les expeditions de leurs pa­ ganise un pelerinage des Hurons M. Nolet vit a Montreal avec • Martyrs des neiges. rents au COUTS de l'hiver, cesen­ dans l'ancienne Huronnie, ou tant son epouse et sa fille agee de de leurs , and~tres velfserent ~ellI Par Therol. (Librairie Oblate, fants recevrai,ent une instrwction $1.75). normale ,laquehle leur pemnettrait six ans; il visite souvent sa pa­ sang en compagnie des martyrs rente a Odanak, ou son pere, Choix de recits historiques sur de lutter efficacemnt dans la vie. et pour la meme [oi, sous la pro­ la premiere evangelisation des Es­ Les Indiens, comme nous tous, Charles Nolet, fut Chef des Abe­ nakis durant de longues annees. tection surnaturelle de Sa.int Jo­ quimaux. 256 pages. d'ailleurs, ont droit a un avenir seph. meilleur." (Indian News). • La grande prairie. Le 15 mai, ,Ie Village-Huron ac­ Par A. Roche, O.M.l. (Librairie Et M. Villeneuve d'ajouter: complira son devoir de recon­ Oblate, $2.00) . "J'ai souvent remarque que les En juin no us publierons un ar­ H istoire de la penetration de problemes sus cites parfois par les naissance et d'hommage envers la religion chretienne en Alberta, Indiens, ' resultent de certains ticle special sur les missions in­ son patron en entendant la mess'e prechee par la Robe Noire que blancs qui ont profite de cir­ diennes de la Province de Quebec. dans 1'Oratoire Saint-Joseph de ne rebutent pas les dangers d'une constances speciales pour leur in- Quebec. mission perilleuse. 225 pages.