They applauded Chief John Sampson here Indians at the big pow-wow that : The celebration followed Alberta Supreme ing out the attempt to remove 122 Indians — Hobbema Reserve, on the pretext tha “T would still Chief Samson Alberta Indians hit government policy EDMONTONing. What the Indians of Alberta think of the federal govern- ment’s attitude towards them is described graphically in a circular distributed through- out the province protesting some of the sections. added to the Indian Act. It says: “Beonomic and. social .inte- gration of races is an ultimate ideal but only can be achieved between races when both are prepared to accept one an- other. Acceptagce requires that there be a measure of equality between the _races, both in educational training and economic advantages. “However, the government’s idea was not to raise the stan- dards of the Indians so that they would be prepared, ready and willing to move off the reserve. It was apparent the government wished only to just remove the Indians from the reserve... - “When the Indian is driven into the nearby’ town, he is un- trained, uneducated and un- able to handle power tools or modern equipment. As a re- sult, nothing is left but muni- cipal relief, prostitution, crime and degradation.” Had the 27 families been forced to leave the Hobbema Reserve they would have had to find homes in the slums of Edmonton, for most of them have no trade other than farm- FREE CONTINUING CREDIT No Interest or Carrying Charges . MEN! Buy your WORK OR DRESS CLOTHES this easy, easy way. Absolutely no money charged for in- terest or carrying charges. Just pay the purchase price and NO MORE ... . Choose from a large selection of UNION MADE) MEN’S WEAR. Drop in now! 22) eo 45 EAST HASTINGS Albert Lightning, one of the 122 who faced eviction, and one who is perhaps best equip- ped to take his place outside the reserve, put it this way: “We are like a’ canary in a cage. If you turn us loose we won't know what to do. We were born on the reserve and if you put us off we will be lost.” ~ Indians have long been de- manding changes in the Indian Act to give them equal educa- tion and. job opportunities without loss of their treaty rights. Citizenship Minister J. W. Pickersgill declares his policy is to “integrate” the Indians and eventually do away with all the reserves. Cox will contest Burnaby for CCF BURNABY, B.C. Cedric Cox, pattern maker and former CCF campaign manager in Burnaby, has been chosen by the CCF to contest the Burnaby seat made vacant earlier this year by the death of his father-in-law, Ernest Winch, veteran CCF member of the legislature. Cox won the nomination over Grace McInnis. A resident of Burnaby for many years, he has been ac- tive in community affatrs and is a former president ° i Lea- side Ratepayers’ Association. In 1950 he was a candidate for school board. Fee ; Accepting nomination, Cox pledged to carry on Winch’s work “for the old, the poor and the mentally ill,” and to fight for labor’s interests. He was, he told the conven- tion, a. charter member of the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers. Ernest Winch had held the riding for the CCF since 1933 and when it became @ two- member constituency last year his running mate, Gordon Dowding, was elected to the second. seat. ! ROOFING | REPAIRS Duroid, Tar and Gravel Gutters and Downpipes : Reasonable NICK BITZ AL. 4141 EDMONTON on March 2 when he told some 500 celebrating like to scalp Pickersgill.” Court Justice Nelles Buchanan's decision throw- among them — from the oil-rich t they. were not Indians because their ancestors had accepted script money in pay- ment for the land. Now the Indians’ right to their ancestral home is made secure, after a battle that Has been going on for almost five years. They may now share in the oil royalties from the reserve, estimated at $27 mil- lion—from which each band member. now draws $20 a month. And ten members of the re- serve who were induced to sign the charge against Sam- son, Lightning and 25 other families also agree with -the court decision. “We are truly sorry,” said one who had sign- ed the original protest back in 1952. “We didn’t know what we were doing.” So there was great joy as the Indians celebrated their victory — the beat of tom- toms and the colorful council dance in full buckskin and feather regalia. In delivering his verdict, Judge Buchanan said he felt that if sections of the Indian Act permitted inhuman treat- ment of the Indians, the act should be “regulated and cor- rected.” He threw out the claim against the 122 residents of the reserve on three main counts: The phrasing of the protest, which he described as “hope- less phraseology.” The meaning of the word “forbearer” as it was written in the protest. The procedure of posting of band lists under the revised 1951 Indian Act. Judge Buchanan said he found’ “no valid protest before the registrar” and ruled that the names of Indians affected be added or reinstated to the Samson band list. The Indian registrar, he said, should never have accepted the petition in the first place. The judge had a sharp criti- cism for the Indian Affairs branch of the federal govern- ment when he discovered that the Indian Affairs department at first, in 1954, found the peti- tion was without adequate grounds, and then “the de- partment delved into the re- cords again in 1955 and came up with a complete reversal of opinion.” The Hobbema Indians now _ give full credit to a Calgary lawyer, Mrs. Ruth Gorman. She it was who first took the case and fought it through. She will be made an honorary member of the Samson band, flouridation Vancouver voters will be given the opportunity to ypte for or against fluoridation of the city’s water supply in a plebiscite to be held in conjunction with the civic el ection next December. The merits and demerits of fluoridation were hotly debated at a city council meet- ing Tuesday this week. Alder- men Adams, Wilson, Baker, Sprott and Cunningham voted in favor, and Alderman Ccr- nett and Miller voted against. Dr. W. Gullett of Toronto, secretary of the Canadian Den- tal Association, challenged “anyone” to disprove the bene- ficial effects of fluoridation on children’s teeth, or to prove it had a bad effect in any way. In Victoria this week, the provincial government = un- veiled the new Municipal Act which stipulates that the water supply in a municipality can be fluoridated only if three- fifth of the voters approve. As each municipality must vote separately, this means that if any one of the 14 municipali- Greater ties served by the Vancouver Water Board cp- poses fluoridation, it can block the remaining 13 municipali- ties; because all drinking wa- ter is obtained from the same source. Oe a 497) acy 3 ee ag Ce x Yn ey Ss Ma’ ase ES : pas: Student seminars. Pe wo, @ Informal Waa : ANN; S2W/) oy ss is limited! ® FOR A SUMMERTIME ADVENTURE FOR THE 6th WORLD YOUTH FESTIVAL JULY 28 - AUGUST 11,1957 -. AND ENJOY A 2-WEEK TRIP THROUGH , QHAZ pre 4) ait: A VISIT THE, FESTIVAL 1 ey of =a WESTERN EUROPE AFTERWARD aur Tho. Festival... ® Youth of the Soviet Union. i @ Famous athletes,-singers, dancers. ae Rots . NEL &] | TAKE PART @ Trade and hobby meetings. NS The FRIENDSHIP FESTIVAL -*--. 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