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PAGE TWO “NESIKA” P.M, TRUDEAU “ACCEPTS NATIVE CLAIM , . from Mrs, Teneese as Victor. Guerin and:Sam Mitchell watch. Compensation sought — (Continued from Page 1) Union, answered Mr. Trudeau’s question on the future by saying (hat if the Indians of the province are allowed to redeem their resources, they will then be able to work. fowards a better tomorrow. “What we're asking is for you to vive us the tools,” said Chief Maitland. : GIVE US JUSTICE Cook's Ferry band chief Forrest Walkem told the Prime Minister; apparently in reference to the - question ‘about the Indian Act: “Tf justice is to be given us, I’m sure it can be negotiated.” Phillip Paul, who is a member of the Vancouver Island Tsatlip band near Victoria, and a member of the Council's executive committee, was the’ main Indian speaker during the presentation. In summing up the brief’s contents, he told the Prime Minister and his cabinet that there _ has not been a total denial of justice to the Indians — but there has never been satisfaction. “It was a shock to be told the claim is so general and unrefined as to be incapable of remedy,” he said in referring to past federal government stands on the: land claims question in the province. YOURE INVITED Chief Walkem, who summed up’ the Union's stand on the question, told the government members that while the Indians of the province Band office hit by fire PENTICTON — The Penticton Band suffered a setback when its office building was gutted by fire on August 24. According to Adam Eneas, band manager, the building, all equipment and fur- niture was completely destroyed. ‘We have insurance for $13,000 on the building and $1,500 on the. contents but the damage was actually much higher than that,” said Mr. Eneas. Fortunately no important files were burned, thanks to. the fire- proof metal filing cabinets. The only setback Adam sees is in the legal survey of Pentiction reserve lands as the preliminary survey sketches were destroyed in the fire. The band will now have to wait for new copies to arrive before the survey can continue. The band hopes to have the administration office under way again by the middle of September. “Our next office will be a modular home with a full basement which can be used for arts and crafts,” Adam said. The fire was apparently started by a cigarette, according to the: Penticton Fire Department. expeet an answer to the claim long before, all chiefs in the province will be meeting in Prince Rupert in November and that a government representative is welcome to at- tend. That, in effect, was the Union’s way of inviting the government to take part in the chiefs conference _and perhaps supply Ottawa’s of- ficial answer, if one is not given before then. — However, since Mr. Trudeau has subsequently. called a. federal election for Oct. 30 of this year, who knows, we just might have an answer — and a positive one — any ' day now. In questioning members of the Chiefs’ Council, Mr. Trudeau asked if-the points stressed in the claim paper were going. to. be covered in the -Union’s policy paper, which has also been under consideration since 1969. He was answered by Phillip Paul who said that the points would be contained in the Union’s Brown Paper, a counter-proposal to the federal government’s White Paper Policy, a policy which, in- cidentally, had been prematurely and unofficially released in 1970 when the Union was under dif- ferent management. WRONG SIDE? The presentation took place. in the Confederation Room in the west block of the Parliament buildings and occurred just before the end of the last sitting of the House of Commons. Kamloops-Cariboo Liberal member of parliament Len Marchand, Canada’s first.and so far lone Indian MP joined the table of the Prime Minister and_ his cabinet ministers, as did Guy Williams. : Indian Affairs Minister Jean Chretien, Urban Affairs Minister Ron Basford, External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp, Justice Minister Otto Lang and Veterans’ Affairs Minister Arthur Laing were the government department heads the Prime Minister decided to have on hand. for the . presen- tation. Although Mr. Marchand and Mr. Williams, Canada’s only “Indian Senator, are native Indians — and. from B.C. — they were asked to sit with the Prime Minister and his cabinet members during the presentation, a move that was later criticized by some chiefs. George Manuel, president of the - | National Indian Brotherhood, handled the job as Master of Ceremonies and the member of the Chase Band kept things rolling smoothly throughout. Following the meeting with the government, the Chiefs’ Council met with members of the ‘op- position parties who were also very receptive to the claim. LOWER-NICOLA CHIEF DON MOSES . gets P.M.’s autograph. SEPTEMBER, 1972 NORTH VANCOUVER — Teacher, sage and ‘sky watcher” Dominic Charlie was laid to rest at - Brackendale Indian Cemetery on Tuesday, Sept. 12, after funeral ceremonies held at the Squamish and the Capilano reserves. . A requiem mass was celebrated in the long house of the Capilano reserve by Father Joe Rossiter of St. Paul’s Mission. Father Rossiter said the Dominic became what he’ ‘was by studying nature, listening to his elders and continual control over himself “T am a better person today for ‘having .known Dominic Charlie,” he said further. ‘‘What better way is there to show our gratitude for what he gave us than to live the way he lived?” Dominic Charlie died at an age usually given. as 88, but he is thought of as probably much older. His brother, the late Chief August Jack Khahtsahlano, lived to 99. Dominic was known to Salish Indians of the Squamish bands as Tsee-Qawl-Tuhn. He and = Chief Khahtsahlano produced the book “Squamish Legends . .. The First People” He. loved children, said his wife Josephine, and he taught them Indian history and lore, advised the troubled and taught the young to be proud to be Indians. He was. also famous for his weather forecasts. His last predictions made in July were that we may get warmer weather in August and fall may come early. “Watch the vine maple,” he said, “when the leaf hits the ground; if it doubles. right up it’s going: to be cold.”’ Claim booklet is available Copies. of the: booklet, “Claim based on Native Title”,-which was presented to the Prime ‘Minister by the Chiefs’ Council in early July, is available at the Union office for $4.00 a copy. To order, write to: Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, 2140 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver 9, B.C., or phone 736-6751. TSARTLIP’S PHILLIP PAUL WATCHES TRUDEAU . as P.M. makes point during his response. PAGE FOUR “NESIKA” The Indian population found itself very much involved in the August 30 provincial election — in all areas of the province. ‘ Three Indian people ran for seats in the B.C, Legislative Assembly. VANCOUVER. (Staff) Both major Indian organizations, the B.C. Association of Non-Status Indians and the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs began voter education programs to in- crease the number of Indian voters shorily before the election was called. : Indian people of Port Simpson found themselves in the middle of the local .campaign when the funding of a proposed. cannery became a political issue. Chief Lawrence Lewis of the Cape Mudge Band was actively sup- porting Dan Campbell, the former | Municipal Affairs Minister. , ‘ABOUT THAT ROAD... - The Penticton Band’s continuing fight with the provincial highways department over a by-pass route ‘through reserve lands became a much discussed local issue. « And, the enumeration.— or lack | of it -—- on Indian reserves in the Cariboo riding led to accusations and counter-accusations between BCANSI and various. officials responsible for the registration of voters. / _ Three -Indian people, Lawrence Gladue, Les Clayton and Frank Calder campaigned for office in the Cariboo and Atlin ridings. ~.Gladue ;was.a Liberal candidate in the Cariboo riding running against incumbent Alex Fraser of the Social Credit and Ronald Anderson of the NDP. He collected 1,727 votes. as compared to Fraser’s 6,360 and Anderson’s 5,090 with. 107 out of 109 polls counted. Clayton, Progressive Con- servative candidate in the Atlin riding ran against incumbent Frank Calder, who again topped ‘the polls. With 17 of the 19 polls counted, Calder had received 558 votes and Clayton was last in the race with 54 votes. CALDER, BACK IN While both Gladue and Clayton are newcomers in the political scene,. Calder was re-elected, for the fourth time. But he will find himself in a new position in the legislature as part of the new NDP government. . According to the Prince Rupert Daily News, Clayton’s small number of votes was a surprise as he, “‘to all observers seemed to be making a good impression in his campaigning.” Voter registration campaigns were launched in June by both BCANSI and the Union. Each ° organization tried-to see that as many Indian voters were registered as possible by distributing information in some detail on how, when and where to register for voting and on th e voting procedure. DIFFERENT REASONS The purpose behind the two organizations’ voter education programs differed though. BCANSI seemed to stress in both its written information and in a public statement the possibility of Indian voters influencing the election by block voting. Indian people putting all votes behind the candidate in any par- ticular riding which ‘“‘would best represent our interests.’’) The Union on the other hand, while ‘recognizing that ‘if Indian people voted they could easily represent a reasonably powerful force in election decisions’? warned in a memorandum from Executive Director Bill Mussel! to all Band officials in B.C. “This is not in- tended to advise your band members on who to vote for, since this decision rests only with each individual.” The Indian people of Port Simpson were perhaps the first natives to find themselves in the middle of a campaign when the Social Credit government an- nounced, shortly after the election was called, that it would provide one million dollars for the proposed fish cannery which had: earlier been refused funding by the federal government and dismissed by Jack Davis, federal Fisheries Minister, as uneconomical. BUYING VOTES All other B.C. political parties and Davis. called it an election gimmick but the North Coast” District Council of Indians who had done the original research for the eannery said. that it was a non- political issue and that the person responsible for the delay in. an-. nouncing the grant was Fisheries Minister Davis, as the provincial government had promised the _ grant as early as April. The controversy died down on the provincial level. but continued to be an important issue in the Prince Rupert riding with both the NDP and Liberal candidates ac- cusing the Socred MLA with “political blackmail” and asking for public release of the economic feasibility report on the proposed cannery. eae Even now the issue is still un- settled as the newly elected NDP candidate Graham Lea says he is still not satisfied that the project is economically feasible. “SUPPORT IN VAIN Chief Lewis in an interview with the Victoria Times, stated his all out support for Dan Campbell, and said that it would take years to reach the same understanding with anew minister, and that Campbell was indispensible in Chief Lewis’ struggle to get municipal status for the Cape Mudge Band. But, Chief Lewis’ optimism over the Indian support of Campbell was not shared by, Phillip Paul, a. member of the Union’s executive committee. Mr Paul also called the provincial government’s en-" thusiasm for native municipalities a thinly disguised ‘long-term effort to get control of Indian lands.”” He also expressed the opinion that the provincial government could, if it wished, “extend the privileges of provincial citizenship to all Indian people regardless of federal ramifications but it obviously has no such intentions.” The Cape Mudge Band now finds itself in the position where it will have to rework its plans with.a new minister and a new government. Campbell went down to defeat along with ten other Bennett cabinet ministers. POLITICAL FOOTBALL The Penticton Band members similarly found themselves in- volved in election issues when their long-standing fight with the provincial highways department over the route of a highway by-pass around the city of Penticton became a much discussed local issue. Adam Eneas, manager of the Penticton Band, said that the by- pass was becoming a political football in the current. provincial election and warned that band members are sensitive to statements by politicians who do ~ not know what they are talking about, . Later, he said the Indians are not happy at attempts by the provincial government to deal directly with Ottawa. ~ Eneas said three alternative routes for the by-pass were under consideration by the Band. However as with other election issues, it is a whole new ball game with a new government. Perhaps the issue involving Indian people which received the most news coverage was the clash which developed between the B.C. Association of Non-Status Indians and the public officials in charge of voter registration. Officials of BCANSI claimed that entire reserves in the Cariboo had been ‘Ggnored’’ in the pre-election enumeration. INDIFFERENT INDIANS In reply, Mr. Dave Warren, Registrar of Voters for the Cariboo region said that he had made at- tempts to involve Indian people in the enumeration but had met. with “indifference on the part of some band officials.” Mr. Warren went on to say: “We had registration centres in every poll. Some. of them were. on reserve, some weren’t but they were as near as possible.” “In rural area, the white people have the same problems as the natives. There has to be a certain onus on the individual.” — Ken Morton, chief. electoral. officer, was accused of saying he was “‘sick and tired of those damned Indians’’. in.a statement issued by Bill Wilson, BCANSI’s citizenship training director. Mr. Morton called this ‘‘an absolute lie’’. Unfortunately, the poor enumeration of the Indian reserves in the Cariboo — for whatever reason — was not noticed until the voter registration for the province was completed and nothing further could be done to change or add more voters to the list of people eligible to vote in the election. . And so, Indian. people found themselves very much involved in election issues — some reluctantly and others not so reluctantly. And while the provincial election is over, we hope to be hearing more in the next five and a half weeks as the federal election campaign gets under way. The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs recently sent out a memorandum to all chiefs, councillors and band managers outlining the procedure to follow in order to register to vote in the federal election. Anyone wanting to register lo volte and who is not certain of how to register, should consult the band council or the band manager. How to smoke those : ’ salmon you've caught VANCOUVER — if you find yourself with a load of salmon on a week’s trip in the wilds, you can ! smoke your catch and store it for two to four weeks. 2 Clean the fish well, removing head and backbone and leaving a small part of tail section uncut. Score the flesh lengthwise with 1/4- inch deep cuts. Wash, wipe dry, and rub inside and out with pepper and salt. Store overnight in a cool place. Rinse and hang to dry in the breeze. Erect a tripod of poles around a shallow. fire-pit and cover with green boughs and grass. Put green wood on coals and cover hole. Hang fish at an angle over coals and smoke six to 18 hours. SEPTEMBER, 1972 PAULINE HANUSE AND ERNIE PHILLIPS .. were partners for this number. Laughter and fun for’ all ages accompanied. the Annual North American Indian War. Dance Competitions held at the Capilano Indian Reserve in the middle of July. The. event, which was sponsored by the Vancouver Indian War Dance Club, attracted visitors from Idaho, Oklahoma, and Alberta: and many. from Washington, Oregon and Montana. Decorated teepees, authentic Indian dress and Indian music in the open fields of Capilano Reserve helped make this year’s event the best yet, according to Marie ‘Baptiste, secretary of the Van- couver Indian War Dance Club. The event officially got under way on Saturday, July 15 at-7:00 p.m,, with the dance competitions being held that night and the following day. There were dance competitions for the “younger generation” — little girls and boys five years and under and for the “Old Warriors”’ — those over 45. MANY ATTRACTIONS About 4,000 people attended the affair, many just to watch the dancers and to sample the bar- becued salmon. Other attractions included arts and erafts displays and traditional games such as the stick game. Many people bought raffle tickets which gave them a chance of a draw for a Cowichan sweater and poncho, or the second and third prizes, a petit point picture of the Thunderbird and an Indian war club. Lee Van Dine of North Vancouver won the sweater and poncho, Don Umtuch of Yakima won the war club and 4H. Kwiatkowski the picture of the Thunderbird. While all of the dancing was good, most agreed that the most impressive dance was the Men’s Fancy Dance. ‘“‘All the dancers were good,” said Marie Baptiste, but agreed that the real crowd pleasers were probably the little children. ‘Some of those little kids were really good dancers,” she said. Not many from B.C. took part in the competitions which probably explains why only two Indians from B.C. won prizes. PHELLIPS SECOND Eric Phillips of Kamloops placed second in the Little Boys five years and under, and Larry Pierre from the Okanagan won third in the Men’s Fancy Dance. Cash prizes, ranging from $300.00 for placing first in the Men’s Fancy Dance to $15.00 for winning the Little Girls five years and under competition were awarded by a panel of five judges. Winners will keep the trophies untii next year’s championships. Marie said that the Vancouver Indian War Dance Club plans to hold next year’s event at Brockton Oval in Stanley Park during the second weekend in July. Complete results of the com- petitions were as follows: Little Girls, 5 years and under — ist — Vicki Peters (Yakima); 2nd -— Becky Rhoan (Warm Spring, Montana), and 3rd — Rebecca Kirk (Klamath). Little Boys, five years and under — ist — Brian George (Yakima- Wasco); 2nd Eric . Phillips (Kamloops); 3rd — Jonathan Sconavah (Yakima) and Deland Olney. (Yakima). Girls, 6 to 12 years — ist — Trudee Clements (Warm Spring); and Colleen Kahclamat (Yakima), and 3rd — Sally Rhoan (Warm Spring). Boys, 6 to 12 years — 1st — Mark Stevens (Sac and Fox-Kickapoo) ; 2nd -- Gary George (Yakima), and 3rd — Barry Bernard (Wahsue). Girls, 13 to 17 years — ist — Esther George (Yakima); 2nd — Catherina Katchia (Warm Spring), and 3rd — Mercy Bear (Sioux). Boy’s Fancy Dance, 13 to 17 years ist — Butch Kahclamat (Yakima), 2nd — Wilfred Sooksoit (Warm Spring), and 3rd — Crayton Jackson (Klamath-Modoc). Women’s Circle Dance, 18 and over — ist — Susan Moses (Warm Spring); 2nd — Diane Cerrine (Klamath), and 3rd — Judy Moses (Yakima-Nez Perce). Men’s Straight, Northern and Southern Styles, 18 and over — ist — Neuman Hood (Shawnee); 2nd — Frank White’ Buffalo Man (Sioux), and 3rd — Richard Phare (Lummi). Old Warriors, 45 and over — Ist Frank White Buffalo Man (Sioux); 2nd — William Minthorn (Cayuse), and 3rd Richard Phare (Lummi). Hoop Dance, open — ist — John Manemick (Yakima); 2nd Norman Auston (Apache), and 3rd — Gus Kahclamat (Yakima). Owl Dance, open — ist — Mr. & Mrs. Gus Kahclamat (Yakima), 2nd — Lee Piper (Cherokee) and Neuman Hood (Shawnee), and 3rd — Mr. & Mrs. Lender George (Yakima & Wasco). Women’s War Dance, 18 and over — Ist — Judy Moses (Warm Spring); 2nd — Diane Cerrine (Klamath), and 3rd — Lea Tuttle (Flathead). : Men’s Fancy Dance, 18 and over — ist — Sonny Tuttle (Sioux); 2nd — Frank Halfmoon (Nez Perce); 3rd — Larry Pierre (Okanagan), and 4th — Ray Manaus (Warm Spring). SEPTEMBER, 1972 KAMLOOPS — In the face of a threat by Neskainlith Indians under Chief Joe Manuel to blockade the Trans-Canada highway in protest against inaction by the highways department Regionai Engineer Ray White suggésted that the band could send him 2 copy of their request for roadimprovements onthereserve, — Chief Manuel, in a letter toa Kamloops newspaper, said that the band has been “‘pleading”’ for, paving of the major roads and: school bus routes, “but all has been in vain.”’ He said that till the band receives a favorable response, band members would be ‘“‘left with no alternative but to take action by way of putting.a blockade on the highway.” White had previously said that he has seen no correspon- dence about the band’s request, and he suggested that perhaps the band had sent their presentation. to a different office like the Indian: Affairs branch. TECHNICAL PROBLEMS Asked if the request for improvement particularly of routes of school buses would be difficult to do for the band, White said that there are technical problems like right of way that have to be cleared with the band. Until these problems are ironed out the department. won’t be able to act on the band’s request. But if the band would send him a copy of their request, White added, then “‘something may be done about it.’ The Neskainlith reserve covers an area of several thousand acres west of Chase and outskirts of Salmon Arm. Roads throughout the reserve are gravel ones. Maintenance of these roads has been an issue between the band and the department for several months. The tentative decision to set. up the blockade was made at a meeting of the band: members in Salmon Arm. Quilt verdict same Continued from Page 1 attended the inquest. fortunately, there was no definite proof.the police were at fault.” JURY RECOMMENDATIONS. The jury also handed down the recommendation that a more extensive court workers program: be implemented. The chiefs’ union, which supported the application to reopen the case, said through a spokesman tha ch. a program | is now beirigs’ start d The Union ‘spokesman ‘said that while there has .been a_ court workers’ service available in recént-years, much of its own work was done in urban areas. He added that the Union hopes its program will help to satisfy a need at the reserve level. The lawyer who represented the Quilt estate at the second inquest, Vancouver Alderman Harry tankin, noted: “Fred Quilt was the victim of a racist system that included ‘the police, the (first) coroner’s inquest and a section of the public.” The Williams Lake coroner’s jury, while failing to establish how Quilt received the injury that led to his death, had ruled that his death was “unnatural and accidental.” it was established that two days before his death, Quilt and his family had been involved in an incident with two members of the Alexis Creek RCMP detachment on Highway 20. Three members of the family present at the incident testified that Qulit had ben jumped on by one of the RCMP officers. Mrs. Christine Quilt, wife of the deceased, said in her testimony ~ that she and her husband had been drinking’ on the night before the incident but not in the morning of the day it took place. WENT FOR WOOD On the morning of the day before the incident, she said, they left home to get wood and returned; later, they left on their truck to attend a funeral for a little girl in Anahim. She said they took their son Robin, 20, Andrew Quilt and Isaae Myers with them. She said there was a lot of drinking after the funeral and that she drank a little wine but her husband had quite a bit more. They left Anahim in the evening in the truck with her sister and Robin Quilt, she said, and she went to sleep. She said that when she woke! up their truck was on the road heading the wrong direction and the RCMP approaching. “Une - She said her isasbaind was adliey and was.awakened: because ‘‘The policemen throw him out.” Asked if her husband had been sick before the RCMP arrived, she replied: ‘ ‘There was nothing on his shirt.” REMOVED FROM TRUCK At the first inquest in January police testified they removed’ the Quilt family from: the truck in: a . drunken state and.drove them: two miles to the» Anahim ~ reserve, leaving them on the road. Police also said they returned to the truck parked on the. main portion of Highway 20 and were unable to move; they left and returned to the truck with moving equipment and found it down the embankment in flames. At the second inquest, however, Corporal Robert Holland, in charge of the Williams Lake RCMP Identification Section, testified that the Quilt truck, shown in pictures entered as exhibits as located 40 to 50 feet down the embankment, had left a relatively flat, wide, straight stretch of road and could not have rolled. Holland testified further, under questioning by Rankin, that he was aware the vehicle was involved in some way with a death and the incident had ‘‘at least some of the elements ofa crime.” WOULDN'T HESITATE Rankin asked Holland if it was “sensible to arrest an impaired driver in this . situation” alleged incident between RCMP and Fred Quilt), Holland refused to answer. Later, Holland said ‘I wouldn't hesitate to arrest him.” He said he would drive home a “borderline. impaired driver’ at his request but he would arrest an impaired driver. Quilt died at the Sakibed Memorial Hospital in - Williams Lake on Nov. 30. The Quilt family then charged that a member of the Alexis Creek RCMP detachment took Quilt. from ‘the truck and kicked or beat him. The second inquest was ordered in May and so the viewing of the deceased’s body: which is part of the duties of coroner’ s juries was not possible. the The B.C. Supreme Court quashed the first inquest when an. in- vestigation revealed that a jury member was an auxiliary RCMP and another shared the house with two members of the Williams Lake RCMP detachment. (the but. “NESIKA“ Judge sets reserve trial precedent NITINAHT, B.C. precedent was set in this small village on. the west. coast of Van- couver Island when Provincial Judge Lance Herd moved his court onto the Nitinaht Indian reserve to hear a court case involving James Joseph of the Nitinaht band. The court which was held in the village community hall, was. well attended. “I think that every adult band member was there,”’ Nelson Keitlah, Community Development. Worker ‘with. the Union. of B.C. Indian Chiefs said. ‘Some. came out of .curiosity but many: were genuinely interested in the court procedures.” According to Mr. Keitlah, Judge Herd ‘‘went on at great length to explain the points of law.” The judge also explained that not only the native people are ignorant. of the law but most of the public are as well. The trial was. moved. to the reserve after consultations — bet- ween the local R.C.M.P. detach- ment and the Chief and Council of the Nitinaht Band. Mr, Keitlah reported that there was -sonre talk of having a follow- up. program..sponsored by the Cowichan Lake detachment of the R.C.M.P. The program would probably include films, lectures and general information on points of law that would be useful for the ordinary citizen to know. Mr. Joseph was charged and convicted under Sections 244 and 245 of the Criminal Code of Canada. A legal _ PAGE SEVEN orth Shore club second in tourney VANCOUVER The North Shore Indians won the Powless trophy for. second place in the recently concluded 1972 North American Indian Lacrosse Tournament held at the North Shore Recreation Centre on Sep- tember 1-4. The Ohsweken Lacrosse Club, champions twice before, won the Jim Thorpe and Tom: Longboat trophy for first place. : In third -and fourth places, respectively, were the Caughnawaga and the Nanaimo clubs. Six individual awards were also given away during the close of the championship games among contending teams from‘ B.C., Quebec, Ontario, New York State, and Michigan, Gaylord -Powless_ of the Six Nations, Michigan, won two awards as the most valuable and the top-scoring player. Three players of the North Shore Indians won individual awards: Jim Yelton; most sportsmanlike player; Dick Williams, “bad. guy”’ away for best defensive playing; Lyle Williams, the single Hawkeye trophy for best individual goalie. The double Jocks trophy for the team with best goaltending went to Gary Powless and Ron Thomas of Six Nations» ~ Lenard Johnston, manager of the tournament hosts, North Shore Indians, said that the North American championships were first played in. 1966. The tournament moved west to: B.C. in 1969, and moved back east in 1971. In the 1971 tournament held at Brantford, Ont., North Shore came second to the Six Nations club and North Shore’s Vern Baker won the top scoring award with 18 points on 13 goals and 5 assists. Alaska natives are due shares The Alaska native enrolment program is now trying to locate an estimated 20,000 Alaskan natives believed to be living outside of the state. These native Alaskans are eligible for shares in the 12 cor- porations which will be set up to handle the money and land from the native land claims settlement ‘which was signed into law by President Nixon last December. Three racers |real daredevils VERNON Winners of the second annual Suicide Race of the Head of the Lake Indian reserve nearly ‘didn’t live to collect their prizes. The track is. a 375-foot incline stripped of trees when the head of Okanagan Lake was-a big logging _camp; logs. were skidded down the | 45-degree incline. Teddy Marchand and Elton Louis, however, survived and shared the prize, winning $216 each. The race lasting about 11 seconds was the highlight of Indian Days ‘celebration during the weekend of "Sept. 8-10. FASHION COURSE FOR INDIAN GIRLS ADETTE FASHION. SCHOOL students. pose at _Muck-A-Muck Restaurant in downtown Vancouver. The four, left to right, are Margo Sam of Fort St. James, Edith design, McMillan of Ajiyansh, Judy Kelly of Chilliwack and . seated, Florence Lawrence of Surrey. The four studied pattern drafting, illustration at the private school in Coquitlam. The course enables girls to eventually establish their own business. haute ‘couture and fashion . {Photo courtesy Vancouver Sun)
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