Hierarchy Endorses Catholic Indian League
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Hierarchy Endorses Catholic Indian League
FE 8 - S4 - R... 4 23 2 MOTHER MARGUeR IT E . AN 11 90 GU Y S f MON TREA L P 0 OTTAWA, CANADA VOL. XVIII, No.3 MARC H :-r 9;" ~""" Hierarchy Endorses Catholic Indian League HUNDREDS HAVE ALREADY JOINED PONTIFICAL HONOURS SUGGESTED O n awa ec.CC) - T he President o f the Admin ist rative Boa rd of the Ca nad ian Catholic Conference o f Bishops advised the Secretary of the Catholic Indian League that at a recent meeting o f the Board the H iera rchy strongly endorsed the Catholic Ind ian League of Ca nada. It also favoured the suggestio n o f outstand ing Indians being among Ca tholics list('{1 for Pa pal ho nours from time to time. The League has been founded Bishop Coudert on June 27, 1954, at the issue of the National Pilgrimage of the Bishop Coudert, Vicar Apostolic Indians of Canada, in Cal)-de·la· of Whitehorse, in the Yukon TerMadeleine. P .Q. Its Honorary P re- rilory, stated that he endorses the sident is His Exc. Bishop H. Rou- plan to foste r the establishment t hier, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic of of a League, and that he trusts that our bcst Catholic Indians in Grouard, Alberta. Among the B ishops who endorsed full y the plan made to foster all our missions will, with enthuthe establishment of the League siasm, join the League from the amo ng the Catholic Ind ians of Ca- start. Eventually, when the League nada, we note Their Excellencies becomcs properly organized , he B' h J L Cd t OM I f hopes that every Catholic Indian IS ops . . ou er, . . .. 0 wo rthy of the name, will j oin. His Em . CClrd . p, E. Leg e r, of Mo nt reo l, (1. 1 on d Hi s Em . Co rd , C, E. Wh itehorse, V.T_. A. J orda n. O.MJ ., MeG,,;gon, of T oro nto, {r.l h Cl ve stro ngly e ndo rsed t he Co tho lic: IndiCln of Prince·Ru pert, B.C., II. Belleau, :::-::-_ 'C_o_o_,._o.,o~""tr.":'_3_._'_ 0'_.CI_'--:-:c_cLc,_o:,:. ,~o_'_C~O:"_O~d~O~.__-c_ __ O.M.I., of 1\1oosonee, Ontario. L . ..\(, S,h,[f", O.M.I" 0'. BI, n,·S,blon, P .Q., J . M. Troeelher, O.M.I., of ~ ,~ '" _ Fort Smith, N.W.T. ~ ,The Very Reverend Fa.thers F . \~c." ('<('- ' ~ OG rad y, O.M. L, 0 F ourme r, 0 .1.1. G~ ~''i ~ " .. . L, P. Piche, O.M.I., all Prov incial !i- ~" a...~ I he Anntl al Report of the D epartment of Cltlzenshlp of t he Oblate Fathers, and rcpre:::> and nmn);ration fo r the fi scal year ended 2\ larch 3 1, 1954 , published sentati ves of the J esui! missions oC recently, indicates that the Educatio n and Wellare programme for th e C.au g.hnaw.a RegiS._ and FN~ ran- l ndia ns of Canada has b een qu ite effective durin"" the fiscal year under _m _ g~_, St.H~ review. have pled ged ,thei r support. To date, at least 15 centers have The Director of the Indian Af· been heard fro m, namely: Village· fairs Branch, Mr . H. M. J ones, aCHuron, Poi nte·Blelle, Bets iamits, fi rms that: "Taki ng greater advantand Romai ne, in the P rovince of age of provisions of the Indian Qubec, Ogoki, Ontario, God's Lake, Act, Canadian Indians conti nued Ottawa rndia n women lire Man., Dillon. Sask.. Hobbema, to show increasing interes t in man· Gurneyville, Assum ption (Hay Ri- aging their own acrairs and in tak ing: F:reater interests in the adver), Lac la Biche and J oussard, promoting their own economy dur- min ist ration of their reserves: sinin Alberta, Fort Franklin in the ing the fiscal year under re view." ce 195 1. an amendment to the N.W.T. and North west River, Nfd. According to the report this at- Tnd ian Act allowed them 10 vote tit ude was typified by t he work and to be elected as Chief or CounArc hbis hop J . M. Le m;e ux of Ot. of elected councils, whose compet· cillors. t Cl wO, Me m be r of th e C.C.C . BOClrd . ent management of band funds was Since then 70 of them arc now partially responsible for the growth of the Indian trust fund, and by taking part in Council meetings. band housing projects, with Indians either as Chic( or Councillor. Three women have been elected providing prac tically all the labour . Chief: they are Mrs. Jessie Lumm, Interest in formal education con· Chief of the Hazelton Band , Babi ne tinued to increase, with a num ber Reserve, in B.C.: Mrs. Grace Vickof students at the Secondary school ers , Chief of the KitkaUa Band . level or beyond. is also dou\)le Skeena Reserve, and Mrs. E lsie that of two years ago. Knott, I\Iud Lake Reserve, in Ontario. Economic Development Mrs. Lumm is 53 : she wo rks in During the 1953-54 fiscal year. an Indian hospital. Mrs. Vickers 972 homes were built and 2,108 is a wh ite woman who married an were repaired; on two reserves Indian; she is the Chief si nce 1952; (Blood, Al berta and Cape Croker, and post mistress at Kitkalla since Ontario), the bands operated hous· 1953. Mrs. Knott, 33, is superinte ndent ing projects at t heir own expense. Forty saw-mills operated by the of Schools in her district : she driBranch in areas where sawn t imber ves a bus daily for the school is not available, prov ided m any children ; she is also director of the Girl Gu ides and Boy Scouts. His he. Bis ho p J ohn C. Cod y, Clf Hi s h ~ . A r~ h bi s hop M . Bo udon , of opportunities for local labour. Her husba nd is a member of the l o ndo n, Ont Cl rio, Pres id e nt of the St. Bon ifoe e, Me mbe r of t he C .C.C. band council. Admin istrot io n BO Cllrd . (ConI. on p Cllq..... col. 1) C.C.C. Educ""'lon and Welfare Boosted ,'.If> bid' ' Y n Ian Ad" minis t ra t Ion Women Play Greal Pari In Indian Councils L1 ... Page 2 THE INDIAN MISSIONARY RECORO Remembrance of the Indian Pilgrimage MARCH,1955 June 1954 News Briefs TO BEAT DRUM FOR MOVIE Hobbema, Alberta - Jonas Ap· plegarth who was handed an im· portant role in Warner Brothers' production of Battle Cry last yea r, will be taken on a tour of major Western Canadian cities in March; this tour wil be in connection with the Canadian opening of the picture he made last year in Holly· wood; the premiere was held in Vancouver, March 4. The tour will include Calgary, Edmonton, Regina and Winnipeg. / / SIOUX TRAINS TO BE NURSE Winnipeg, Feb. 21 _ Manitoba's first Sioux nurse·ta-be started 2'h years of hard training today. Bel· ty Bunn, 20, a Sioux from Birtle, Man ., was "capped" during the week·end to mark the end of her six·month probationary period at the Winnipeg General hospital. She is training under the auspices of the department of Indian af· fairs , and said she would like to work with Indians . Teaches Indians Native Cralls Eskimo Sisterhood in Alaska st. Mary's :Mission, Alaska. Across a vast wasteland and tundra, 160 Eskimo students attend St. Mary's Residential Mission School in Western Alaska. The Mission School was bcgun in 1949, under the supervision or the Jesuit Fathers; the Urs uline Nuns conduct the school. Last year a sisterhood for Eski· mo girls, called the Oblates of Our Lady of the Snow, was found· cd. Three noviccs have joined the Order recently: they are Sisters M. Bertha, M. Catherine and M. Cecilia. 151.942 Indians Now In Canada Canada's population of 15,400" 000 includes 151,942 Indians Cit· izcnship Minister PickersgiU reo ports in a return tabled in the commons. The return, for R. Hardy Small (PC- Toronto Danforth ), also said there are 2,223 Indians reserves in Canada. The Indian population in 1949 was 136,407 and in 1944 125,686. The Indian Affairs Branch carries out a survey evcry five years. NEW HOMES AT CRESTON Th e Rt . Hon oro b le L. S. So int- Lou. e nt, Pre m rc . of Can a da , greet ed 2 00 In di an pi lgrim s fro m West e.n Con od o , on th e ir visit at th e Por li o me nt in Ottowa ; t he p. ime Min is te r is s how n h e r~ greeting Ceci lia Dic k of W ill ia ms La ke In dia n Res ide nti a l Sc hool, B.C. Indian Handicralt Still Flourishing WADENA.- That India n handicraft has not died through the years was proved by George Chap· lin , Indian instructor on F ishing Lake Reserve, when he brought to the Wadena News Office a pair of gauntlet gloves made for him by a treaty Indian, Muriel Desj arlais. The gloves were made from home·tanned leather, soft , smooth and Illiable. Each cull had an exquisite flower design in white, red and green beading. The gloves were a masterpiecc of intricate needlework. WE LFARE SERVI CES ACT Toronto, On1. - Among the legislation to be introduced in On· tario, we note a new Act for entitled Indian Welfare Services Act, which will 'Provide that native Indian widows, living on or off the rese rve will benefit, under the mothers' allowance Act. Spon· sorin g the iegistl3tion is the Hon· orable Will iam A. Goodfell ow, Mi· ni ster of Public Wellare. TO AITEND NON·INDI AN SCHOOL Creston, B.C. _ The Indian reo Southampton, Ont. - Four ad· servation has seen a complete new ditional classrooms are planned village constructed with moderniz· at the Southampton P ublic School ation in homes, living conditions to a(X!omodate 120 children of and buildings. The area which the nearby Saugeen Indian Reser· will be seeded to lawn gives the ve. The capital cost of the exten· appearance of a well planned com· sion will be borne by the Depart· ment of Citizenship. munity. FUR AUCTION HELPFUL Wal pole Island, On1. _ At a recen t fur auction held on the Walpole Island Reservation, bid· di ng maintained a fail' price; the Indians endorsed the new system, which puts ready cash into their hands in mid·winter, when em· ployment slackens. Behind the sale is the co-operative move by the Federal and Provincial authol'ities to better the lot of Canada's citizens. Federal Grant Asked Victoria, B.C. - The Federal Govern ment is being asked for an ann ua l grant of $8,000 which the B. C. Government says could res ult in a better livelihood for Northern Ind ians. The money would be used to pay the salary and expenses of a game management biologist for Northern B.C. TALK ON IROQUOIS "The Iroquois: their past and prescnt," was the talk presented to a French audience at the Na· tional Museum in Ottawa. The speaker was Marcel Rioux, anthro pologist at the museum. Mrs. Rioux gave a survey of the history of the tribe, from its "League or Nations" days to the present life on the reserves. A colored film was shown, de· picting the life of the Iroquois living near BranHord. Rev. Father Cyr is an Oblate priest on the Labrador, who teaches the Indians Indian crafts. The Montagnais and Nascopie Indians have so far wandered from the way of their fo refathers tha t they have forgotten even s uch a simple thing - to an Indian - as making s nowshoes. Rev. Father Cyr is teaching them the art again and the In· dians are now turn ing out highly creditable snowshoes once more. High School Students " At Pincher Cree k Pi neher Creek, Alberta - Are· quest from the Peigan Indian Agent at Brocket to provide hig h school education for Indian stu· dents with -the non·lnd ians at P in· cher Creek, was granted by the local school board, provided that van and school accommodation is available, and at a charge of $150 per pupil per yea r. OBSERVE LONCBOUSE RITES Feb. 3 was the last day of the SixNations Indians Longhouse reli· gious Festival of Repentance. Formerly called the Feast of the Wh ite Dog, the festival is being held at three longhouses _ U pper Cayuga. Lower Cayuga, and Sene· 0.. Pa rt or the recen t observance at the Lower Cayuga longhouse was the feather dance. About 600 In· dians among the 6,000 members of the reservation are followers of the Longhouse religion. INDIAN PUPILS OTTAWA - R. F. Davey, super· intendent of education for the federal Indian aUairs branch, reo ports that since 1945 school enrol· ment of Indians has almost doubled, reaching about 32,000. TH E INDI AN MISS IONARY RECORD MARCH, 1955 CANADIAN HIERARCH Y PUBLISHES CREE NEWSPAPER (ConI, from pa q8 1. eol. 2) Mehlbers at lIobbehla The Lague was organized early this year on the reserves near Hobbema, Alberta, with a total membership of 114. On January 13, 30 members Crom the Samson Reserve joined, on J anuary 20, 34 (rom the Louis BuIl Reserve a nd on January 27, 50 from the Ermineskin Reserve became members. It is expected that on the Montana and lPigeon Lake Reserves the League will be established short- Lac La Biche, Alberta - Father R . Levert 0::\1.1 ., is the publisher of " Ki tchitwa ) l ileh " (Sacred Heart Review) a monthly magazine I)ublished in Cree, and printed in syllabic characters. T h is paper has a circulation o f 1250 and is supplemented by a yea rly calendar which has unique feat ur- ". Th e Calendar The Cree Indians have a special The Ermineskin Council is form· calendar of thei r own which carcd of: Cyprien Laroque, President, r ies a single stroke [or each day Ross Littlechild, Vice-President, of the year. Sundays are indicated and James Listener, Secretary- by an "X" and Holy Days are indicTreasurer; the Samson Council has ated by a Church-like symbol. A for President: Dan BuUalo, James small dot on the days' strokes Train is Vice· President and Meyers indicates a day of abstinence, while Buffalo is Secretary·Treasurer; in a cross on it denotes a fast da y. the Louis Bull Council, Dan Des· The left side of the calendar champ is President, George Bull, ca rries the chu rch symbol for Vice-President, a nd Percy White, the month while the column Secretary-Treasure I'. to the right carries the Cree symbol for the month. The Local Council at V ill age. llu r~n Cree Indians indenlify their On January 5. a loca l Counci l nlonth of the year in r elation was established at the Huron vilto the habits of the g:f'lCse. lage, near Quebec, P.Q.; among ducks and deer and the comthose present were Chief Alphonse ing o f the snow. T. P icard , and Sub·Chiefs, Gerard In the Cree language. J anuary Gros·Louis, Dame Edgar Gros- is "the long month" or l he month Louis. and Mr. Roger Vincent; of the moon. F ebruary is the month Miss Denise !Picard, Mrs. Theophile of the Eagle, while Ma rch is the Gros·Louis, Mrs. Arma nd and Alex- month of the Goose and April is andre Gros-Louis, and Mr. Ray- the month of the Frog. May is mond Vincent. ncsting time for the birds, June The Rev. GCQrge S. Gagnon, is is their hatching ti me and July is chapla in of the Lorette Huron the month when they woult. Council. August is the month of the fl ying birds as they start their trip A Special Invitation to the south and September is the The members of the Missionary mating season for deer. October Association of Mary Immaculate Is ,the month of the ice, November are invited hereby to join the is the month of the hoar frost League; already 60 members of while December is the month of the At .A.M. I.. from Dillon, Sask., the snow as trees are weighed are ready to become members of down with snow. the Lcague. Just as a sales manager trace the travelling of his Twenty to twe nty·five membel's sales crew, or a general might are eXpected to join shortly at 1)lace the pos ition of his troops. Ca lais (Sturgeon Lake) Alberta; at thl'! Cree Indians use a pi n the Long Lake Reserve, Gu rneywith a small fl ag on it to mark ville, Alberta, th League is now each da)·. The fl ag is moved being organized; the League actacross the calendar each mornivities will begin shortly at the ing. Sucker Cree Reserve, near Jo ussard, Alberta. Alms and purpose of the I"eague Ohsweken Lea ders' The Catholic Indian League is Course cssentially a Catholic action moIndians Crom 15 reservations in vement, in accordance with the Ontario attended a five-day leaderdirecth'es and instructions given by ship course at Ohsweken beginning the Bishops and Archbishops. It Fe. 28. The Six Nations Council does not intend to take over from authorized the course planners to many already existi ng organization hold the c\'enl in the di ning hall or Catholic associations such as the of the Ohswekcn fairg rounds. C.Y.O., Knights of Columbus, the About 30 Indians attended the Confraternity of Christian Doct· confe rence. designed to assist Inrine, the Missionary Association of dians in social work and other Mary Immaculate or others; for the projccts on reservalions. A similar already existing groups, the League course, which met with consideris only solliciting thei r adherence able success, was held at North and the registration of their mem- Bay last year. bers. The course is being planned jointly by the community prog rams The Nootka Ind ians of Van- bra nch of the Ontario department couver island long ago built sea- of education and the social work worthy canoes for fishing expedi· division o( th~ Jndian affairs branch, tions far out to 5ea. The Indians look forward to getting a new calendar each year and their paper every month. Father Levert dreads the day when modern living will catch up with hii Indians and h is press will roll for a fi nal issue. Father Levert is a native of Sudbury, Ontario; he was ordained in 1936 and has devoted his e ntire priestly life to the min istry among the Cree Indians of Alberta. He is now located at Lac La Biehc, Alberta, which used to be a centra l point fo r the Oblate missions in Western Canada . ly. NATIVE MLA HELPS HIS PEOPLLE Va ncouver , B.C. _ Frank Calder, B.C. Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Atlin constiluency (2,000 voters ) is doing wond· erfu l work on behalf of his people. He has spoken for them over the years since he was first elected and has helped bring their pl'obIcms to the attention of his fc llow legisla tors and to the Canadian public. Mr. Calder is the only Canadian native elected to any Parliament, and he takes an active interest in every pro blem that has a bearing on the Indian people of B.C. Official Delegate Lebret, Sask. - OHicial delegate fro m the Saskatchewan Teachers College in Moose J aw to the annual Western Canada student teachers convention held in Vancouver from Feb. 21 to 24 was a lull·blooded Indi:!n, Clive Linklater of Lebret. A fo rmer student or the St. Paul's Indian high school at Lebret, Mr. Linklater held the position of president of the student body and editor of the school paper for three years. He spent an add itional year at the school as a cadet instructor before coming to Moose Jaw in 1954. He represented all six classes of the college at the Conference. • Magazine Pu blishers " Fort Al exa nd er, Mon. l eft to right : Ph il ippe Plomondon, .,..ith Pa ul Fa ntaine IGr. 101 and Chartes Iruye re (Gr. 9 ), J unior Se mina ria ns, ore shawn h e t e pr;n1 in9 the school magaJ ine " Ideo l". • Page 3 Claim Compensation Caughnawaga , P.Q. The Chief of the Caughnawaga :\10hawks, t o~ether with a del ~ ation of Councillors, visited Ottawa recently in order to press their claims for compensation due to them alone for territory which will be expropriated for the St. l~awren ce seaway. A number of white squatters are living on land that bord~r.s their reservation and the munlCIpaily of Cote Ste. Catherine on the South shore of the st. Lawrence River. It is claimed that ,p resent residents on the disp uted lan d do not have the title to the properties to establish legal ownership. Much concern is shown over Ole loss of the waterfront on the river; many depended on fishing for rood and the children have round their recreation on the river shores lor may generations. Apostle of the Sioux st. Francis, S.D. - On October 27, 1954, Father Eugene Buechel, S.J ., missionary to the Sioux Indians in South Dakota, from 1907 to 1954, past away. He served the Sioux on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Reservations. l'laving mastered the Teton dialect o( Ihe Sioux, he composed a Bible History in 1927, tra nslated numerous prayers, hymns and in· structions; in 1939 he published an excellent grammar of the Lakota. The Sioux affectionately called Father Buechel: "WambJec Sa pa", (Black Eagle ). R. I. P. Wife of Grey Owl Die s at Timagami T IMIGAMI Mrs. William Turner of Timigami d ied in Haileybury hospital Saturday. She was 67. A fu ll-blooded Ojibway, she was the Indian wife of Grey Owl, Archie Bela ney, Engl ish-born author who posed for years as an Indian and was the author of many best sellers. She is survived by her second husband and three children. Page 4 THE INDIA N MISSIO NARY RECORD Cross Lake Indian Residential School MARCH, 1955 TH' INDIAN MISSIONARY RECORD A NATION AL PUBLICATION FOR THE INDI ANS OF CANAD A f"OlOnded In 1938 Mana g ing Editor : REV. G. LAV IOLETTTE, O.M. L G ene. ol Secre ta.y, In dian and Eoldmo WeUare Ca m",l..lon . Unh e •• itv, OUa ... a. P"bll . b e d '-n Ume. a v ear b y Tbe MI... lanary Obla t.. 01 Ma.v ImmacIOlale. Subscription : $1 .00 0 year P,inted by Le Droll. 0 Ila""a. ,o,,,tho,;zed o • • econd cia •• maUer, Po.l OWce Deportm e nt. Ottawa. Co nada . ED UCATION AND WEL FARE (Con t. from page 1. eol. 2) An increase of 30,000 acres of land under cultivalion in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, totalling 363,000 acres, produce(! more than 4,000,000 bushels of gra in. Some $20,000 worth of handicrafts were produccd on thc Pierreville, Manitoulin Island, St. Regis and Lorctte rese rves. Members of Homemakers' Clubs made close to 10,000 garments which were sold to the Department of National Health and Wel£are. One hundred and twe nty-six revolvi ng fu nd loans totalling $138, 414 were approved du ring the year. Sixty-nine grants for the re-establishment of Indian veterans totalling $14 1,254 were approved. Declining fur priccs, high commodity prices and low production affe cted adversely the economy of the Indians who subsist on fu r rcsourccs. However, assistance given to I ndians was continued th roughout Canadaj for instance, Indians trapping in the Saskatchewan river della shared, in the past year, $346,000 in the proceeds of the muskrat development projcct. Social Welfare One hundred and sixty-nine Indian Homemakers' Clubs continued their work in home improvement, sewing, and assista nce to less fortunate members of the Band. Club conventions were held throughou t Canada. Social leader training courses wcre given in all P rovinces. These courses were successfully conducted . Owing to an increase in t he number of Indians qualifying for Old Age Assistance net expenditures for dircct relief showed a dccrcase as compared with the previous year. notwithstanding regional unemployment and the depressed (ur market. Family Allowances As of December 31, 1953, 19, 002 families received allowances for 32,031 children; 90% of the payments were made by cheque Lefl : Grades 7 and 8 : Si tt ing: Fr. Cham be rland , O.M. I., Pr inc ipa l wi lh Sist e r M. SI-A nn!!, Gro de 8 le a cher, a nd Fr. SI_Ongl!, O.M .1. Firs' tOW : L. to R., Th erese Colo mb , Ol ga Ross a nd Ch ris' ino Watt; Bock row: L . to R., And rew McKo y, Fred Sinclair a nd Jo nah Budge. Righi: Grod e 5 pu pils : Fro nt ro w: Siste r M . St-A nn e and Fa th e r Cha mbe rla nd, O.M .I.; Se cond row : L. to R., Be lla Chub b, Eilo Ross, Mart ha Watt and Noella Mu skeg o; Th ird raw: L. to R" Em ily Oi.... on, h a Ross an d No ra W a lk!!r; Bo ck row: L. to R., Jimm y Osbo rll'e, Bon ifa ce Ma son, Will iam Ross an d Vic to r Rob inso n. (October 1954 - pho tos, courtesy Cross Loke Schoo1l and only 7% in provisions. Total family allowances paid during 1953, was $3,846,650. Four thousand Ihrce hund red and seventy·three Indians in Canada, 70 years o( age and over received old age secur ity pension in 1953. Education 626 appoi ntments were made to the tcachi ng staff; teachers of Indian status nu mbered 52; one of these was a supervising principal of a group of schools for the staff of 26 teachers, all but one of whom were of Indian status. Motion picture p rojectors were in regular use in nearl y al\ resi· dential schools, while fil m-stri p projectors were provided for the Day Schools. A number of radios and phonographs were supplied to the schools. In additio n to phys ical education and sports programmes, activities such as the Boys Scouts, Girls Guides, J unio r Red Cross, Choirs, Cadct Cor ps, 4-H Clubs and othe r group of activities that afford tra ining in leade rship and stimulate intercst in social and econom ic organizations, werc encouraged in Indian schools. 29 hospital teachers were e mployed by the E ducation Service; these teachcrs carricd out an educational programme for adult and children patients in 12 institutions. Secondary education was given to India n pupils in nearly 200 secondary schools for non·India n pupils, while at several Indian Residential schools, c1asswork in High School subjects was conducted. Counselling and monetary aid were available to every older boy or girl whose occupational interest and choice indicated the desir· ability of a course of training at a business college, vocational school, or technical institute. During 1953-54, there were 3,38 1 Indian children attending non·Tndi an schools; 11,090 were enrolled in Residential SSchools, while 13,703 attended Day schools. The overall percentage of attendance was 85%. 67 resident ial schools were in operation. 360 day schools, 22 seasonal schools and 12 hospital schools. Reserve Property Revenuc derived from land salcs was considerably higher than in previous years. Collections on land sale contracts totalled $380,747. Rentals collected under leases and permits totalled $908,428; 2,878 leases and permits were in force at the end of the fiscal year. Receipts from the disposal of petroleum and nat ural gas r ights totalled $946,426. Receipts from the disposal of timber were $522.143. The Indian t rust fu nd (which is sharcd by 366 bands, tota ll ing nearly 110,000 Indians) now stands at over $23,000,000, a $500,000 increase over the preced ing year ; 71,463 Indians received treaty a nnuities, totalling $359,935. Personal savings showed a total credi t of $756,657. 789 Indians were enfr anchised du ring the year; in Yuko n T. - 16: in the N.W.T . - 16; in B.C .. Il 2; in Alberta - 96; in Saskatchewan _ 121; in Manitoba - 155; in Ontario - 233; in Quebec - 15; in New Brunswick - 13j in Nova Scolia 12. E ngin eering and Construction Duri ng the year under review emphasis was placed on the improvement of existing school plants and the deSigning and construc· tlOn of addi tional schools, on the planning fo r conslruction of othcr buildings to be used both by India ns and Branch officials, and on the extcnsion and improvement o [ installations for such services as sewage disposal, drai nage, power and water supplies for Indian reserves. The total expenditure lo r the Indian Bra nch for the fisca l year 1953·54, was over $16,000,000; while $341,000 went for Branch Admi nistration, Indian Agencies received S2,535,ooo j the Rcserve and Trust Administration : $ 183,000; WeUare: $2,881,000; F ur conservation; $3 13, 000, and Education, close to $10, 000,000. Indian Princess (OUawa Journal) We stretch back into 1954 fo r a moment to announce our woman of the rear - Princess Wapiti. We select her because she kept her head while all the other pr inccsses were lOSing t heirs and moaning for Hollywood contracts . Miss Evelyn Eagle Speaker, a pretty Alberta gi rl, was named Princess Wa piti by a council of Indian bands when she was chosen Qucen o[ the Calgary Stampede. Sh had her moments of glory riding in the Stampede Parade and welcoming distinguished guests. But, we thi nk, any princess could do that. Princess Wapiti is our princess beca use she worked l or her room and board while attend ing business school - and was a pr incess only dUring the vacation _ and graduated with honors. Shc completed the ycar with a general average of 90 percent, and won medals for ty ping proficiency and one o( the highest marks ever given by the school in shorthand . Now she is employed by a Calgary busi ness fi r m and proves every day t hat beauty and brains and Indian d ignity have restored the sheen to the title she was given. Qu' Appelle I.R.S. News Leb rcl, Sask . T he February iS$ue of the school magazine. T ee· pee.Tid im!:s. commemora tes the Golden J ub ilee of the province o f Saska tch ewan in p ublish in,l! a short historical notice on the Q u'al>l)elle r ndian school. The school was founded in 1883. together with the former Indust· rial school at Dunbow, near Cal· gary. Al berta. and the Battleford Industria l school in Saskatchewan. In 1880, Bishops Grandin of Sas· katchewan and Tache of St. Boni· face . conceived a plan for Indian education by which Indian schools would be built and kept UP by the Government, under Church auspi· "" In. Page 5 TH E INDIAN MISSIO NARY RECORD MARCH, 1955 1883, Parliament voted the necessary funds for the e rection of the schools. Although the late Governor Dewdney at first refused to begin the erection of the Qu'Appelle industrial school. Sir J ohn A. MacDonald, the Prime Mi nister of Canada , ordered t he Governo r 10 build a school on land bought by Bishop Tache. T he main build ing of the school was erected the followin g year ; in Octobe r 1884, six Grey nuns arrived from Montreal to ca re for and ed ucate the children. Father I-Iugonard. O.M.I., was appointed fi rst princi pal of the school in January 188 -1. The school opened with 22 boys in 1885; by 1893 the first build ing was trebled in capa· city and could recei ve 225 ,pupils. Th e Qu'Appelle school was th en the most successful of its kind in Canada. Sister Marco ux, s.g.m ., has bee n instrumental in doin g the reselrch work connected with the writing up the history of the school, at the req uest oC the Provincial De· partment of Education. The ' school pupils will take an active share in the celebration of the Saska tchewan Provincial Jubi· lee; a radio program will be broadcast from the school May 26. Student Counci l. The Grade 11·12 pupils have elected a student council: the P re· sident is Ernest Scott. Vice·P resi· dent is Lorraine Bellegarde, Sec· retary, Gerald Starr. lIockey The 1955 Hockey season wellt off to a fl yi ng start with th ree teams: J uniors, Midgets and Bantams. The Lebret team took top hon· ors at the Hockey to urnament held in Edenwold , J anuary 22. More victories were wo n at F ort Qu'Appelle, Sintaluta, Wolseley a nd South Qu'Appclle. In the fi rst S.A.H.A. play·offs, the J uniors fin · aUy lost to WolseJey; the Bantams bowed to Moosomin and the Mid· gets were defeated by Yorkton. Better luck next year! Street Lights at Nanaimo N ANADJO - X anll imo I nd ian Reserve N o.1 is to have a new street lighting system. A contract for t he operation of to 300·watt multiple street light· ing fixtures has been signed by the B.C. Power Commission and federal aut horities. The new street lights, to be in· stalled shortly by the power com· mission, wiU mark another ste p of progress by the local India n band. The Nanaimo band is the amalgamation of fo ur tribes that joined many years ago under the name "Snenymous," which means "great and mighty people." The contract between the com· mission and federal gover nment was negotiated originally by (orm· er Chief Edison White. The pre· sent ch ief is Thomas Seward . Meets City Council Duncan, B.C. - For the (irst time in the history of British Columbia, an Indian Council met reo cently with the city Council in order to d iscuss a purchase of 47 acres of India n r eserve land for the expansion of the city. The land wanted by the city is owned by Charlie Williams, a Cowichan Indian. It was explained to the city Council that before Williams cou ld sell he would have to have permission from the ba nd; to tal value of the land is appraised at $38,500. Five members of the Cowichan band Council wel'e present with Chief Stan Modeste. Indian Brotherhood Meets in Winnipeg Winnipeg, Man. _ Fifty delegates from 20 reserves, incl udi ng 15 Chiefs and 20 Co uncillors from Manitoba attended the annual In· di an Brotherhood Convention h eld in Winnipeg's Labour Temple. Among the topics discussed were: P ensions for elderly In· d ians; payment of Provincial tra p· pers licenses; the p urchase and consump tion of liquor and the legality of the sale of Saint Peter's Reserve, North or Wi nnipeg. Chairman of the Convention was Chief Geo rge Bar ker, of Hollow Water Reserve. HUMAN TOTEM POLE N.r .B. Charged With Discrimination Toronto. Feb . 16 - T he Primate o f the Anglican Church in Ca nada has pro tested the Na tional F ilm Board wh ich . he cla ims, S U~· ,!Zest throuf!:h its film that the Ro· ma n Catholic Church is the onl y one wo r k in~ among th e Eskimo ~ . although 82 ("1" of them are sa id to be bal)tized Anglica n!l. The protest called for withd rawal or mms under circulation; apparently one of t hese fil ms arc 'Angotee'. which was filmed at Chesterfield Inlet , N.W.T., and at ~o nd Inlet, in Baffi n L and. At Chesterfield Inlet, there is a Roma n Catholic 1o1isson wh ich is the focal point for 12 others in that genera area ; it is a maHer of simple mathematics since t he Catholic missions arc many times more numerous than those of the Chu rc h of England in the terri tories inhabited by the Eskimos. New Day Schools In Saskatchewan Otta wa - Tenders were invited fo r the construction of the fol · lowing sch ools in Saska tchewan : 1. One·class room School on P ine Blu ff Reserve, Ca rlton Indian Agency ; 2. On e·d assroom School on Ministikwan Reserve. Meadow Lake Agency; 3. Two-class room School on Cowessess Reserve, Crooked Lake Agency. I t is hoped that these schools will be erected early in the Spring so as to be ready fo r occ upancy in the Fall. I n Alberta A two·classroom School is to be erected soon on the Driflpile Re· serve. Lesser Slave Lake Agency in Alberta; a one·classroom School will be built on the Boyer River Reserve Fort VermilJon Agency, Al berta. The box ing tc om o f St. Po .. l's In w d ia n Schoo l at No rth Vonco....e. , is t ra ined by Alex 51.oin an d Bill Nah a ncc, an In d ian . Th e boys o.e : t op 10 botto m : SIc ... Tho ma s 1112 In Unity There is Strength The re Clre morc than 7 8,000 Ca t holic Indions in Canada Join the Catholic Indian League of Canada! fbs l, Ed go . Newman 1106 lb l l , E.n ie Cam pbell iS5 Ibs ) , Will ard Le wi s 1147 Ibsl , And re w Gco.ga / 9 5 Ib, ) , a nd W illie Nohon ee 170 Ibs ) . - ((curlesy Andrew Poul) Th e growi ng in terest among India ns in fo rmal ed ucat ion is in· d icated by the number o f stude nts a ttend ing secondary schools, colle· ges and special courses; they num· bered 1,644 in the past fiscal year. Page 6 THE I NDIAN MISSIONARY RECORD Nos Saints Martyrs Ca nadic-ns (II) L'EGLISE ET LA MAISON DE L'IMMACULEE-CONCEPTION La formul e dll voeu de 1635 comportail , pour les missionnaires, une seconde obl i~al ion: dedier .i l ' r mmac ult~e la premiere e~li s e q ui se consi ruirait cn Huronic .i 1a suile du voeu. Ce fut l'e~1ise d 'Ossossa nc. II y avait longtemps que, au bourg d'Ossossane. sur les bards de I'actuelle baie de Nottawasaga, levait Ie bon grain parmi l'ivraie. De Sai nt·-Jose ph d' i honatiria, les Peres s'y rendaient a tour de rOle clleill ir les epis murs. " Enfi n voici nos desirs accomplis," annonee Ie P. LeMercier au P. Lejeune, Ie 21 j ui n 1637. "J e ne donnerai plus dc simples csperanccs it Votre Reverence: on trava il1e dej a it dresser notre cabune a Ossossane. El nous atlendons des ouvriers pour y baUr une cha pelle e n l"honneur de la Conce ption de No tre·Dame." Un an plus ta rd : " No us sommes s ur Ie poi nt de lever no tre nou· velie cha peJ!e: elle a ura t renle pieds de longueur. seize de Ja r· geur et vingt·quatre de hauteur. Si Dieu nous fait la grace de voi r eet oU\Tage accompli. ce sera non pas un des plus grands mais un des plus jolis de la NouvelleF rance." Or, a celte dale, les autres Peres en residence a Ossossane etaie nt suint J ean de Brcbe uf, sai nt Charles Garnier ct Ie Perc Paul Ragueneau. A ia fin d'aout, quand Ie P. Jerome Lalemanl, oncle du P. Ga bri el, remplacera saint J ean de Brebeuf comme s uperieur de la mission, il y fera ve nir saint Antoine Daniel. Sa int Jean de Brcbeuf reto urne ra a Ihonatiria , ou missionne sa int Isaac J ogues. I.e 8 decembre 1638, la nouvelle chapelle. bien {IUC inachevee, sert au ba pleme de seize personnes ad ultes, parmi IcsquelJes trois ou quatre chefs de families, avec fe mmes et enrants. "Nous avo ns bien raiso n de eroi· re quc la Vierge i mmaculee a mis la main .it cel ouvrage", ccrit Ie nouveau superieur, "ca r ces ba ptcmcs ont He conferes Ie jour de J'I mmaculee·Conccplion et dans J'cglise que nous sommes en train d 'elever en l'honneur de l'Imma· cuice, selon notre vo(! u." Des son entree en cha rge, Ie P. Lalemant, un organisateur de grande classe, avait pris Ie parti de construire dans un endroit propice, .it la lois accessible et reti re, hors des vi llages, une residence ce ntrale unique, d 'oil les missionnaires rayonneraient dans les diverses chretienles. A qu i ded ierat·on ce pos te important? 0 550 Ssane s'appellc deja La Conception. Le nouvel H ablissemenl, par un ha bile compromis, s'a ppellera Sainte-IUarie. C'est Ie p , l"alemant qu i Ie dit: "Nous avons donne a ceUe maison Ie nom de SainteMarie ou Nolre·Dame de oJa Conception ." Et il ajoule: " Les obli· gations que nous avons a ceHe ,grande Princesse du ci el et de la lerre sont telles que nous souffro ns de ne pouvoir lui en Himoigner assez de r eeonnassanee. A\l moins aurons-nous dorenava nl eeHe consolation que ehaque fois qu'on parlera de la principale deme ure de ceUe mission. en 1a nommant Sainte·Marie. ce seront au tant d'hommages qui lu i seront rendus de notre conHance. de noIre devotion et de nos actions de grace." CeUe residence, que Richelieu fit forti fier par la suite, - d'ou lu i vient son nom de "Fort Sa inte· Marie" , - ahrita, durant l'une ou i'aut re de ses dix annees d·exis· tence, j usqu a soixante-qu in1.c F r an~ais (religieux, donnes, employes, soldats) . Outre les depen· dances indis pensables (menuiser ic. forge , H able) , elle s'accrllt d'une grande cglise (eonsaeree .it saint Joseph) et d'un hopital Sain· te- Marie des Hurons: sai nt Isaac Jogues en di rigea la construction, de 1639 a 1642 : saint Charles Garnie r y fit sa profession solennelle, en 1643; suint J ean de BrebeuC y vint re ndre compte .it ses su perieurs des agisscments de Dieu en son arne, saint Noel Chabanel, a la Fete-Dieu de 1647, y prononta son voeu heroique de stabilite, saini Gabriel Lalemant, recente reer ue, s'y pre para .it devenir Ie com pagnon du gean t des missions huron nes, et tous de ux, Ie 21 mars 1649, y furent tem po· raireme nt inhumes. C'est Iii auss i, sous l'oeil de Marie, que Ie fervent neophyte Joseph Chiouaten houa ina ugu rera, par huit jours d'exercices s pidtuels, les retrai tes ferme es pour milita nts d'action catholique, Aujourd'hui, grace aux excava tions effeclUees par les urcheologues Kidd et J ury, Sa inte· Marie des Huro ns est de venue. par un secret desse in de la Providence, Ie grand centre historique et touristique de J'O nta rio, la porle d'entree, pour lous. du sanetuaire national des Saints Marty rs Canad ie ns. • • • L'espoir que les J esuites avaient mis dans !'invocation de Marie n'uboutit pas a la prosplirite rnater ieHe. Obliges de sui vre d ans l'ile Saint·J oseph (aujourd'hui Chr istian Island) leurs ouailles lerrifiees et d'incendier eux·memes le ur residence, pour qu'eUe ne servit pas de fortcress e aux Iroquois victorieux, enfin dccimes par la mort de cinq de leurs meHleurs apotres, les miss ionna ires, apres vingt ans et plus de penible lebeur, quitterent la Huronie avec les restes de la pauvre nation hur onne, reduite de vingt mille iI deux mille personnes. !\Iais ils avaient obtenu des suc· ees spirituels .it portee Cternelle : la vertu !leurissait ou avail pousse Ie vice; la ve ritable redemption triomphait de la superstition, des mi!\iers de vieillards, de femmes, d 'enfants et de guerriers Haient morts baptises, ceux qui avaient surveeu, guides par Ie saint Pere Chaumont, formaient, sur I'ile d 'Orieans, une chrctientc modele, assez fervente pour que put s'y fonder, durant l'h iver de 16531654, une Congregation de la Sainte-Vierge, la premiere en Amerique du No rd. La devotion a I'Immaculee avait porte ses fruits. des fruits de saintetc. ( il sui vre) Ad rien POU LIOT, S.J . Acliviltls feminines Village-H uron, P.Q. - Le Comi te Domestique, sous la presidence de :'>Tada me Ar ma nd Gra sLo uis, a organise un comi te de coutu re t res acW . Tous les mereredis, une do uzuine de dames et demoiselles de la Reserve se livrent a des travaux de couture. de lricolage et de tis· sage. Ce Comite Domes tique, fon· de par MJle Berthe Forti n. tra· vailleuse sociale, a aussi organise une ser ie de cours sur la couture. Mile Edith Dumont u remporte un beau sueees, dans un debat oratoire qui eut lieu a LorettevilIe; Mlle Dumon t avait it de£endre la femme d'autrefois en face des problemes de I'heure actuelle au point de vue de I'instruction et du travail feminin . El1e s'en cst tiree avec beaueoup de brio et d 'a propos. Tout Ie monde applaudit a une serie de cours de dessin et de peinture donnes Ie jeudi, au Cou· vent dn Village-Huron. par 1\1 . Jean Bastien, fils de M. Cyrille Baslien , du Village·Huron. M . Bastien est professeur it I'Ecole des Beaun x-Ar ts, il Quebec, ct a parfait ses Ctudes s ur l'art it Paris . (G.s.G. ) MARS, 1955 RADIO COLLEGE PARLE DES INDIENS :'>fontrral , P .Q, J acques Roussea u est Ie confer encier de Radio-College qui nous parle tous les vendredis soirs de 8 heures 8.30 heures depuis Ie 14 janvier, s ur " Ces gens qu'oll dit sauvage" . La serie des 15 confere nces se terminera Ie 22 avril. L'auditoire prend contact, pur ceUe introduction a I'ethnologie canadienne. avec une population sympathiq ue qui a joue un grand role dans l'histoire et qui fait partie integranle de la nation. I.e eonfereneier, dirccteur de I'lnstt ut Botanique de Montreal, presente un ta blea u tres in teres· san t d e Ja prc·histoire des Indiens du Canada. a Hommage au docteur Rivard O ttawa - L 'Office X ational <l u Film vie nl de preparer un film s(Jnore sur Ie docteur Pa ul L eon R ivard. residen t de ClOVll , P.Q ., charge de la sante pour les 2,500 I ndiens et des quelq ues trois mi!les buc herons de la re~ion d u Haut St-:'I la urice. Depuis vingt ans, Ie docteur Rivard prodigue ses soins aux bl anes et Indiens de son immense territoi re, dans l'Abiti bi. Le film porte pour tit re: " Medecin du No rd"; il cst d istribue aetuellement a trave rs Ie pays. Tous ses patients rendent temoi· gnage a sa bonte et il son gra nd devo uement. Le docte ur Rivard a un poste de r adio emetleu r, ( YE2 VW) Clova qui Ie relie sa ns delai il to us les coins dc son ter riloire. • I.e Grand Chef <les I>ra iries. Par P. E. Breton, O.lt1.l . Biograpltie du Pere l~acoulbe , O.M.l .. 011. revit tme grande fiaure histo rtqlle qui ressort dans son activite sodale d'jllitiation it la C1i! ture de peuplades 710mades et it un regime de pail: entre tes trio bus de /'ouest canadien. ($2.00) . MANIWAKI La Chambre de Commerce de Maniwaki desire exprimer sa reo connaissanee au chef William Commando ainsi qu '.it toule la Ban· de des Algonquins pour avoir accCder a leur demande de construi Te la nouvelle et magnifiquc piste " Bush Trail", d'environ 25 milles de longueu r. il trave rs les plus beaux decors de la Reserve Indienne de Ma niwaki . Le chef indien fut present lors de Ia distribution des prix aux gagnants du "Dog Derby" Ie 6 fevrier. S. E. Mg , Mo u,ice Roy, A,c heviq uo do Que be c, , c commonde fo,te me nt I' eto blisse me nt d e to Lig ue d es I'h dic n ~ Cll lh(lliq u c~ dll C(l n(ld(l , MARCH, 1955 ,f-·.-..-.·-··- ·.-.·-,·-.·-.·-----·"'"\; Garden Club \ 2~~fe g'(J~ ! \ -.~.- -..-.-..-.-..-..-..-.. ' .. Page 7 THE INDIAN MISSIONARY RECORD - : Is it t ru e t h a t Cath olics con s ider a ll n o n -Cat h olic c hildre n illegitimate? No. It is Church law that t h e wedding ot a Catholic must be performed In t he presence of a priest and two witnesses. In the case of noncatholics, the Church recognizes the sacredness a nd binding nature at all ceremonIes which mark "the conhlgal union or mall and woman, contracted between two qualified persons, which obliges them to live together throughout life." Is a Cath olic pe r m itted to ge l a d ivor ce? The Church does not recognize any absolute divorce between a couple who are validly married, where one or the other would be free to marry again. F'or good reasons (Infidelity, cruelty), the ChUrch m ay approve separation from bed and board. In such cases, a catholic may be permitted to get a civil divorce In order to satisfy some legal requirement. He may not, however, r emarry during the lItetime of the other party. In case where the Church has dec reed nuJllty- where, according to Church law, there was no marrIage In the tirst place- a decree of annulment may sometimes be necessary. W h a t is t h e mean ing o r t h e Mass? The catholic Mass differs from a Protestant Communion service-not only In ceremony but In what each congregation believes is taking place. The Mass is the central act of worship In the CathoUc Church. It Is the true sacrifice of the Body and Blood of Christ, made present on the altar by the words of consecration (over the bread, "This is my body " ; over the wIne, " This Is my blood .. . "). "In this divine sacrifice," the Council of Trent declared, "the same Christ is present . . . who offered H imself . . . on the altar of the cross only the manner of offering Is different." Mass must be celebrated by a priest or bishop , with whom the congregation joins In offe ring to God "a re-presentation and a renewal of the offering made on Calvary ." Catholics believe that after the priest pronounces the At Long Plains PORTAGE, :'Ifan. - The Long Plains Indian Reserve in Southern :'Ilanitoba is really a community apart from others. It is a developing community and one that ultimately will be overcrowd· ed and thus present new problems. The reserve is on good agricultural land and until recently was nearly all solid bush. Now a bulldozer and a big ractor plow arc bcing used to open lots fo r farm· ing. The cost of breaking is charged to the rcscrve; the land is farmed by the owners, and the cost of breaking collectcd. Mr. and Mrs. Fricsen, teachers at thc Day School, have orga nized the only Indian Garden Club in the province of Manitoba . Ten of the pupils have plots in the garden and club contests arc quite a cha llenge. The new Day School grounds are very attractive with its flower beds and beautiful lawn. School Kiddies Don't Know 'Car' PR I ~CE ALBERT, Sask. T each ing Indian children in the northern wilds is much the same as teaching anywh ere- else - but there are some differences. John Goertzen, a teacher in northern Saskatchewan for the past 16 years, explained on a visit here that words like "car" and "train" aren't used in teaching primary pupils. "A story abo ut a trai n or an automobile doesn't mean much to a Metis child who has seen neither," John explained. " I just substitute 'plane' and 'canoe' and the children can gain more from the story since they are Iamiliar with those modes of travel." John would like to see a text book written specially for north· ern schoolchildren. He has suggested a group of northern tea· chers each write a story to be included in such a book. Ra re Art Collection May Return to Ca nada VICTORIA, B.C. _ A rare collection of B.C. Coast Indian totems, canoes, cooking utensils, ceremonial masks, and other hand iwork, stored in London vaults for 25 years, may be returned to this province. This collection has been recently show n at the South Kensington Imperial Institute; Mr. Gunderson, B.C.'s trade commissionner, is taking initial step toward h aving it brought back to B.C. words of consecration the whole substance of the bread becomes the Body of Christ, the whole substance of the wine becomes the Blood of Christ. T hey believe that Christ is truly and substantially present in the EucharIst, body and soul, humanlt.y and divinity. BISHOP-ELECT OF KEEWATIN Ottawa , :\Jarch 11 - T he appointment of Rev. Fr. Paul Dumo u- chel, 0.:'11.1. , as Bishop-elect of the Keewat1·n::;~~~~'~I!'~n~;l:O: b a, has been announced today by His Exc. the The Bishop-elect, was born in 5 1. Boniface, Man., in 1911. In 1931. he joined the Oblate Fathers and was ordained priest in 1936. He devoted all his missionary !i(e to the Saulteaux Indians of Southern Manitoba. He acquired a great fluen cy in the language and wrote an excellent grammar in that dialect He took an active part in several missionary congresses; at one time, he was a lecturer at the Ottawa University's Institutc of Missiology. At the time of his appointment, Bishop Dumouchel was Principal of the Pine-Creek Indian Residential School. Camperv ille, Manitoba; he was also a member of the Obla· te Fathers' Provincial Council at St. Boniface . The new Vicar Apostolic sucBishop P. Dumouchel, O.M.1. ceeds His Exc. Bishop M. Lajeunesse. O.M.1. The majority of the Kewatin. The Keewatin Vicariate population is of India n origin; it has its headquarters at The Pas, numbers 7,950; the non-Indian Manitoba; it covers most of NorthCatholic population of the Vicar- ern Manitoba, with sections of iate is over 5,000. Fifty missionary Northern Saskatchewan and Northpriests, 31 lay Brothers, and a western Ontario. number of Sisters. belonging to 7 It is expected that Bishop Dureligious congregations. make up mouchel will be consecrated at the personnel of the Vicariate of The Pas. early this Spring. Ad Mullos et Faustissimos Annos! $3 15,000 OFFERED • We heard that some of the oldsters at Caughnawaga are com· plaining about the Irocluois school pupils not learning their native language, t/lell are asking to get their school curriculum ,.evised so as to include all hour's instruction daily. with perhaps a reward to the pupil showing most progress. This is not such a bad idea after all; there is 110 reason why hldian s should loose the precious heritage of their mother tongue. Too mallll Indian s have been "1.'. miss, perhaps unconsMollSly, in this matter. Where the Indian language is spoken in the home, it wouLd be desirable that the primal'll grades should be taught in Ihe 1Iative tongue so as to introduce more rapidlll the official languages of tile countrv to the natives. Indian s are generally known to have a great facilitll ill learning language s: there aTe some of them in the Northwest Territories who speak fOIlT languages fluently: Cree, ChipeWII(lIl, English mId Funcil. • As they wai ted outside a theatre (or the second showi ng of a Western featuring Indian fig hting. the cl'owd from the first show came out A small boy and his father, defi· nitely of Indian extraction, were among the first to pass. As they drew within earshot I overheard the liltle boy say, in all seriousness: "That was a swell movie. Daddy, but don't we ever win '? " NORTII VANCOUVER, B.C. A land deal involving property owned by the Squam ish Ind ian band in West Vancouver' is likc ly to be decided very soon when band members will consider an offer to pu rchase 63 acres of foreshore land for $5,000 an acre. The site is wanted for apartment buildings. The Indian Affairs Branch is taking a neutral attitude in th is question; approval of the sa le would mean cash distribution of 50% of the $315,000 to about 600 members of the Squamish ba nd; the remaining half would be placed in the band's own fund . "EXAGGERATED" STORY Cardston, Alta . - "Time Magazine", in a recent story, featured a report on lively illegal liquor traffie by members of the Blood Indian band of Cardston. with the nearby liquor stores and taverns across the United States border. The story has been greatly exaggerated, according to Ralph Ragan, Indian Agency sU I>erin· tendcnt at Cardston; he stated that the re might be isolated cases of Canad ian India ns getting liquor on the American side, but not on the sca le representcd in the Time report. He said that t he "situa· tion is not alarm in!:" ; he noted that the liquor slore in Babb, Montana, was closed and few, il any, Canadian Indians were going as far as Browning. • Eskimos belong to the Mongoloid race. Although their language is un rel ated to any other Indian tongue, the Eskimos 3re people who came from Asia as the Indians did. Page 8 T HE INDIAN MISSIO NARY RECORD Arti st' , dra wing af tlr", new l OO _pup il E.m ines ki n Ru id e nt ia l sc ha ol na w bei ng e ' e ct"d n" ... H .. b be m .. , Al bert.. . II. MARCH, 1955 T hi , build ing , ep lac es th e fa .me . E.m inesk in school fo", nd ed in 189 5; t e, .. n 8 cI ....,.... m b",ild in g will comp ld e th e ;n , tit"'ti .. n. 'Io,y nd, ... A H ,,;~ Br"",h THE CATHOLIC INDIAN LEAGUE OF CANADA Under the pa troooge of Our Lody of the Rosary CONSTITUTION Ill S League ca ll be organized Sllccessfully only ij Catholic IIIl/iull s co-o perate with the Missionaries. Th e activities of the League will bc directly in aerordonce with thc Catholic Actioll program_ of Ihe Diocese or Vicariate Apost olic, L eague ml'mbers arc in" ited to solicit cffecti-.,l' help from neighbauri"g Catholi, .I(1 ioll groups HlC" as.- Th e Catholic Womel/'s "" agile, the Kn ights of Columbus, tJf(' C.Y.O., the e.C.D. • T hree stages are foreseell ill the organizatioll of the L eagllc ,I. local Councils will fir st be establish, making use oj already exi!.ting local Catholic organizations; 2. after a sufficient IIlIlIIber of local COIIIIcils are organized, regional or provincial sections will be established; J. a N at ional Federation will bc established lat er and a formal constitlltion will be adopted then. T • Tlte official publicat ioll 0/ Ih c Leaguc will be 'h e " l l/diwl Missionary Record" . SPecial bllllef;'ls will be published frolll lime to lilli e, and mailed dirrclly to lite local Coullcils. • The aeting secretary of the J..eague is the secretary of the Indian and Eskimo We)· fare Commission, 1 Stewart StreH , Ottawa (2), Onl. I. A IMS AND OBJ ECTIV ES 1. To co-ordinate the work o f the local Catholic Action orga ni7.ations, (but without destroyill,!!; their identity ), in order to give th em a wider scope of action, and to foster Ihe creat ion of a po werful orga nism for the p romo lion of reli,!!;ious, educational and social welfare; Z. To foster the creation of local Catholic Aclion p:roups where, at presenl . there is no such group ; J. To insure that all Ind ian children of school age receive a Ca tholic educat ion ; 4. T o promote Christian leadersh ip especial. ly 1I1ll0 ng young poople, and to d evelop con ciousness of social reslxmsihilities to wards the Church and the Stat e. II . MEt\'I8ERSHlI) Every p ractising Roman Ca tholic Ind ian in Ca nada m.. y be a member of th e League. Rf'Ristralion is to be made with the local :\ Iissionaries. who will forward the na mes to the Secretary of the Oblate Commission . in Ottawa. ).Jembership cards will be ~e nt to all bona ft de members, who will then be invited to make a contribution , the amount of which shall be determined by the Counci l offtcers. T hese contributions shall be for· warded to the Secretariate to provide funds for publis.hing the information bulletin and to help establish a fund wh ich will b e available for the SUllpo rt of the regional meetings.. III. CO UNCILS It is recommended that , wherever there are at leas t JO members, local Councils should be established . Each Co uncil shall elect the following offtcers : a ) a President, b ) a Yice- President, c) a Secretary-T reasurer. T he Presid ent of the Council shall be the chairman of the meeting. He will direct the d iscussion of Ihe topics on the 3f!:enda. He will act under the gu idance o f the :\ 1issio nary. T he Vice-P resident will take over thc dut ies of the President when the la tler is absent. T he Secretary-Treasurer will keep the membersh ip reg ister up to da te. H e will receh·e and record the contribu tions of Ihe members, l ie will also record th e minut{'s o f each mccti ng. IV, ELECfl ON OF OFFICE RS Offtcetii will be elecled e\'ery two years. The Secretary o f the Lea2;ue, in Ottawa. should be advised of an\-' election and of its resulls. . T he l\ l issionary shall be ex-offtcio chaplai n of the Cou ncil. He shal1 be its /( uide and '1(IvL<;or. H e shal1 attend Council meetings. lead it in prayer at the opening and at the close of the meeting. ( If unabl e to a ttend he ma y d l'le~ate these responsibi lities) . V. ME ET INGS 1. :\I eetin\{s should be held at least monthly if possible. z. T he P reside nt shall be the chairma n of the meeti n.~ or . if he is away, Ihe VicePresident will assume this du ty. 3. Suggested order of the lTI ecfin ~s : a) cedin~ mecting b ) Call to order c ) Prayer :mel hym n d ) Roll call of offt cers R ead i n ~ of minutes of the p rec) Read in,!!; of correspo ndence from the Gener.. l Secretarv f) Secretary.T reasurer·s· report J!:) President's report on the activities of the Council h ) Admission o f new members i) Discussion of a topic selected by the President of the Cou ncil j) Clo' ing pmy" " nd hymn. VI. SPEC IAL COMMIlTEES When the membership of a Counci l is more than 10, special committees may be established accord in\{ to the needs o f the local organizations. VII. DlSTRtCf COUNCILS I. After 5 or more local councils are e~t a bli sh ed , a District Co uncil shall be set up. T h is d istrict Counci l should meet at least o nce a year. 2. District Council offt cers shall be: President. Vice- Presiden t. Liaison Offt cer. T he main d ut y of the Liaison Officer will be to visit each local Co uncil in his dislricl . at If'ast once a year. li e will act as D istrict Council secretary. For fu rther information concerni ng the Lea· gue, please write to the acting secretary. Re v. G. Lav iolette, 0 .~1.l.. Secretary, Indian and Eskimo Welfare Commission, Un iversity of Ottawa . Ottawa ( 2). Ont,