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WINNIPEG, CANADA
NOV EM BER 1960
Missioners to
Study More
Social Science
Members of the Qu' Appelle Indian residenti 01 school at Lebret discuss th e training of the new
Regina Rifle Regiment platoon with Reg ina Militia Office rs. Left to right : Ma jor Elmer Ke rr, Second-In Command, Re gina Rifle Regiment, Father Victor Bilodeau, O.M.I., principal of the school, Lt. Col. C. K.
Murchison, CO'mmand ing Officer of 109 Mann ing Depot, a nd Brothe r E. A ubry, O. M.I., boys' s upervisor
and sports director of the school. Brother Au bry will cond uct t he milita ry tra ining fo r the new platoo n.
Special Classes
for Indian and
Metis Youth
A new deal for Indian and
Metis youth in this province
started here this week. Young
people from Uranium City, La
Loche, Cumberland House, Buffalo Narrows,' Ile a la Crosse
have set't led into classes at the
Canadian Vocational Training
School here.
The special classes, given to
them free of charge, paid for by
provincial and federal governments , are something new for
lVIetis and Indians.
Har d at work in class are 24
boys and 12 girls. Of this group
four of the boys and two of the
girls are treaty Indians; the
others are Metis. Their selection
had been made by officials of
D epartments of Education a nd
Natural Resources .
For three months the girls w ill
be taught 'cooking, sewing, first
aid and general homemaking.
They receive their training,
their board and room and $10 a
month spending ·m oney. If they
are interested, and if they qualify, some of the girls w ill stay in
Saskatoon and take the ·c ourse
given for nurses' assistants. This
will lead them to job opportunities.
Named 'Provincia l
THE PAS, Man. - Very Rev.
A1bert Chamberland, O.M.I. , has
been appointed by h is Superior
General as provincial of the
Oblate Missionaries in t he Vicar iate Apostolic of Keewatin.
Father Chamberland succeeds
Rev. Laurent Poirier ; he was
principal of the Beauval Indian
residen tial school.
Militia Enrolled
at ebret" cool
The Regina Rifles regiment has formed a platoon at the Fort
Qu' Appelle Indian residential school at Lebret.
Forty grade 11 and 12 male
students at the school were enrolled as militiamen during an
enrolment exercise carried out
by 109 manning depot of Regina,
which transported its personnel
to the school for the enrolment
day .
The platoon will be under the
command of Capt. Bro. E. Aubry,
O.M.I. , boys' supervisor and
sports director of the school.
Fr. Victor Bilodeau, O .M.I.,
principal of the Indian school,
said the formation of the platoon
provides the (boys with the equipment and guidance to continue
their military training. The
school has a c,a det 'c orps and the
senior students have completed
their cadet training.
They w ill train in national
surviv al and military subjects
and will provide the Fort Qu' Appelle region with a platoon of
trained militiamen which local
authorities could call upon in the
event of a major fire, flood or
other disaster in the surrounding
communities.
The platoon will be a part of
" B" company, which was est ablished by the regiment in the
valley ' in 1952 and now has ,a
small number of militiamen
training in Fort Qu' Appelle
under the command of Capt. E .
J. Butler.
The new pla toon will receiv e
an ,i ssue of FN rifles, the semiautomatic weapon now used by
troops of all NATO count ries.
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Uniforms, wireless sets and other
training equipment will also be
issued by regimental headquarters in Regina.
Lt. Col. C . K. Murchison,
comma nding offieer of 109 manning depot, expressed his pleasure at the calibre of the young
Indian men his unit enrolled into
militia ranks.
" These boys could easily become one of Saskatchewan's most
efficient platoons," he said.
" Their physical and mental
calibre is exceptionally high. "
SELF-HELP
B .C .'s Squamish Indians are
putting their money - and their
men - to work.
Ins't ead of applying for relief,
Indian S u p erintendent J. C. Letcher explained Oct. 6, the Squamish band applied for federal
winter works aid and got it.
The S quamish will put up
$3 6"o.Q'0 of their own money to
build sidewalks and sewage faci lities on the Mission and Capilano Reserves in North Vancouver and a domestic water system
on the Squamish Reserve.
Work s't arted Nov. 1 and about
75 Indians are employ.ed.
. When the projects are completed, the Squamish band will
be reimbursed··by Ottawa for 5.0
per cent of labor costs.
Ways to give more practical
training in social sciences and
community development work to
Catholic missionaries work ing
among I n d ians and Eskimos are
to b e stud ied b y a newly-formed
committee of the O blate Missionaries of Canada .
The committee, headed by
Most Rev. P aul D umouchel,
O. M I. , of T he Pas, Man., Vicar
Apostolic of Keewatin, was
formed during the October 6-8
annual meeting here of the
Oblate Ind ian and Eskimo Welfare Commission.
The object in extending the
missionary's knowledge in these
fields will be to enable him to
co-opera te more extensively and
wisely in the social and economic uplifting of Canadian Indians and Eskimos.
The commission also endorsed
a proposal from the principals of
O blate-directed res ide n t i a I
schools f or I ndians to have the
commission's Ottawa secr etariate
take practical steps in improving
the education of Indian children
in living the Mass and in Christion education in general.
As a start on this, present
teaching methods will be surveyed, and a follow-up study will
be made of children after leaving
school, either for vacations or at
the end of their school years.
The 25-man commission which
d-ecided on these steps is made
up of the eight bishops who head
the northern vicariates, 12
O blate provincial superiors who
have Indians or Eskimos within
the territory assigned to them,
and five other missionary delegates.
The commission nam ed Bishop
D umouchel as its president for
the next two years, with Most
Rev. Paul Piche, O.M.I., of Fort
Smith, N. W. T ., Vicar Apostolic
of Mackenzie, as first vice-president, and Very Rev. L . K .
P oupore, O .M.I., of Ottawa a s
second vice-president.
Mission Chapel
Destroyed by Fire
The Roseau River Indian reserve -chapel was destroyed 'b y a
grass fire Oct. 11. Rev. O. Robidoux, O .M.I., principal of Assiniiboia residential s'chool in Winnipeg, is in charge of the m ission.
150 Catholics attended the mission which was visited by the
Oblates since 1879. Dam age is
es timated at $10 ,000.
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NOVEMBER 1960
INDIAN RECORD
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'O rdeal by Ice
Farley Mowat
McClelland & Stewart,
Toronto, 364 pp .,
$6.00 (Nov. 6 1960 ).
The author tells in a dramatic
w ay the story of the men who
suffered the "ordeal by ice" in
Canada's Eastern Arctic, in search
of the Western Passage.
This is a first hand account of
the most heroic Arctic adv entures
ever recorded. Mr. Mowat weaves
h is narrat ive with a historical
commentary, linking together the
narratives brought back to' life
from long forgotten diaries.
These are: Michael Lok's and
George Bast e's n otes on Martin
Frobisher (1576-1578) , Abakuk
Prick et's, rep ort on H enry Hudson
(1 6,10 ), Jens Munk's account
(1619) , that 'o f Captain Thomas
James (1'631 - l632) , letters of the
Sieur d e la Potherie (1697 ), the
narrativ es of James Knight
(1719 ), of Captain Scoresby
(181'6 ), of John Ross (1,8'29'-18,31) ,
of Leopold M'Clintock (1815718'59 ) and of Charles Francis Hall
(186'0-1861 ) .
The author is well acquainted
w ith the Arctic and has written
eight bO'oks, among which is the
controversial "People of the
Deer" . In "Ordeal by Ice", fort unately he has no axe to grind,
since no government, mission or
f ur company was involved in the
voyages of these early explorers
who prepared the way for
Amundsen 's and Sar geant Larsen 's actual passages.
G. L .
Letter to the editor
Squaw Bay,
Fort William, O nto
October 14th, 1960
It is with great pleasure that
I herewith am renewing subscription of your worthy Indian
Re'cord for another y ear. Every
issue brings something of real
int erest to all t o whom the welfare of Indians and Eskimos is
n ot on ly some kind of lip service
but a pressing problem. It brings
joy to our hearts t o see the enormous progress achieved in the
last decade. No doubt that you ,
Oblate Fathers, have t he right to
sta te with sincere satisfaction
a nd cont entment well deserved
" Major Pars Fui" . I wish you all
success.
S incerely y ours,
L .V.R.
TheSaints~
by Wm. H. Doucette, C.Ss.R.
Our Patrons
When we like som,e one very ,m uch we like to take his or her
name . ParentS' like to give the name of their father or mother to
their child; Grandparents become patrons of 'the little ones named
aft.er them and are proud and happy to have these beloved namesakes.
So it is that Catholics name
their children with names borne
by saints. Thus each child has
an earthily and a heavenly patron
and is taught to love and pray
to him or her.
Imbued with reverence for
God's creation, the Church attributes to various saints a special interest in the things that
man surrounds himself with to
live with in this world.
So we have saints whose
patronage extends from toothache to television, from car-riding to rocket-launching.
st. Appollonia, patroness of
dentists, is a heavenly friend to
have when you suffer from a
toothache. The late Pope Pius
XII named St. Clare of Assisi
patron saint of te'l evision; the
cloistered nun saw miraculously
events which took place many
miles from her convent.
st. Barbara is invoked against
fires, but did you know that St.
Florian, the soldier martyr, is
also one to pray to against fire
in the h ome?
Saint Barbara is also the patron saint of army gunner,s ; she
also is invoked against thunder
and lightning.
Saint Luke wrote a Gospel,
but how many know he is the
patron of medical doctors since
he was a medical man himself?
There are many more but we
shall talk about some who are
less widely known than St. Anthony, who helps find lost things.
Did you ever see a Sister of the
Society of the Daughters of st.
Vincent de Paul? Their foundress, st. Louise de Marillac,
was declared patroness of Social
Welfare work by Pope John
XXIII. The gentle Bishop of
Geneva , St. Francis de Sales, is
the patron of writers and reporters.
We know we get our throats
blessed in honor of St. Blaise,
martyr and bishop; he is also
patron of night-watchmen! Did
you know that Saint Lucy, martyr, is the patroness of eye-diseases? She will help those who
pray her to see well: physically
and spirituaUy. Her feast is on
the 13th of December.
St. Cecilia likely never played
a musical instrument, but in her
heart she sang a canticle of love
to God; she is the patroness of
church choirs and of Church
music.
St. John Baptist de la Salle,
founder of the Christian Brothers, is patron of Cathoic schools.
Young Dominic Savio is patron
saint of schoolboys; st. Aloysius,
a Jesuit student, is patron of all
students.
St. John Berchmans, another
Jesuit, is a pat ron of n ovices,
who are pupils in the religious
life. St. Stanislaus Kostka is also
patron of novices. St. John Bosco, founder of the Salesians, is
the pa tron of all youth.
The Chancellor of Henry VIII
of England, St. Thomas More, is
the patron saint of lawyers.
Farmers are not forgotten: St.
Isidore of Spain is their patron.
The hunters have St. Hubert as
their patron. St. Michael the
Archangel is the patron and defender of the Universal Church ,
and patron of Armed Forces.
Countries have their patrons
too . St. George is patron of
England ; St. Alban is patron of
the Anglo-Saxon count ries of
Britain.
St. Denis is patron of France.
St. Joan of Arc is the secondary
patroness of France.
St. Joseph is the patron of
Canada .
Our Lady of the Immaculate
Conception is patroness of the
United States. Haiti named Our
Lady of Perpetual Help as its
patroness. Our Lady is patroness
of Hungary, under the title of
her Assumption. St. Patrick is
patron of Ireland, and all wearers of the green in the world. St.
Andrew the Apostle is patron of
Scotland. st. James is the patron
of Spain ; he has a shrine at Compostella. Italy is truly the land
of saints, each town and countryside having its patron and even
its special Madonna.
St. Boniface or Wynfried, is
the patron of Germany, the country he evangelized. st. Ansgar is
the patron of the Scandinavian
lands; St. Olaf is particular to
Norway, and St. Bridgid (not
the Bridgid of Ireland), is patron
of Sweden. st. Francis Xavier,
patron of missionaries, is the
special patron of Japan. St. Clement Mary Hoflb auer is the secondary patron of Vienna. St.
Gerard, a Redemptorist lay
brother, is invoked by expectant
mothers for safe delivery. St. AIphonsus, founder of the Redemptorists , was named patron of
moralists and confessors.
Patron of skaters is st. Ledwina of Flanders who hurt herself while skating and was 38
years an invalid.
St. Monica, who obtained St.
Augustine for the Church, could
she not be a patron for mothers
who pray for their wayward
sons? The actors have their saint,
the liv,ely St. Genesius. Cancer
victims have the holy St. Peregrine to assist them, and there is
even one for 's o-lc aUed hopeless
eases, St. jude!
Wha t a list of p a tro ns and
what a list of their ,p atronages!
Many, many are left out, but
these will remind us that we
have friends in Heaven who intercede f.or us in aU our ills and
needs:- ---· .
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INDIAN RECORD
NUN-SURGEON BIDS FAREWELL
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Archbishop Asks
Indian Vocations
More Indian children should enter the religious life, His
Excellency Archbishop W. M. Duke of Vancouver said, following a recent tour of Indian mission schools in the Anaham
district.
-
After inspecting school pro- good school attendance, " the
vided by the Department of In- Archbishop said.
The Archbishop said employdian Affairs the Arch'bishop said
ment opportunities for Indians
that facilities were good.
in the area were good, "helping
"Now that good grade and
them to maintain their homes
and children."
high school education is be"There was evidence, howing provided for the Catholic
ever, of some misuse of liquor
Indian youth some Indian
there as up the coast and in the
boys should find their way to
Fraser Valley," the Archbishop
the Seminary of Christ the
said .
King at Mission or to the
"Greater advantages for
Novitiate of the Oblate Faththe Indian people for obtainers in Ottawa," the Arching liquor are some't imes
~ bishop said.
pressed by those who hope to
benefit by it by votes or pro"Some generous and self-sacrifits and not always in the
ficing Indian girls should find
interest of the Indian peotheir way to the novitiate of
ple," he added.
Mary Immacula te for Indian
girls as postUlants for the reli" The Indian people themselves
gious life in their native com- should prove that they are
One of Maryknoll's 17 Sister-physicians and its first Sistermunity organized to help and worthy of every Uberty by their
surgeon, is shown visiting with her nine-month-old twin
care for the Indian people," the sobriety and industry and good
nephews, Mark and .M atthew Smolen in Seattle. Sister
Archbishop added.
moral conduct and economy in
Ann Veronica is now -enroute to Pus'a n, Korea, where she
The Archbishop made the tour saving their earnings for the betwill join the staff of the nearly-completed Armed Forc.e s
after consultation with Bishop terment of their homes and chilMemorial Hospital. The father of the two boys, Sergeant
M. A. Harrington of the Kam- dren," he said.
lost Class Joseph Smolen was a prisoner of war in North
loops diocese where the schools
Korea for 33 months during the Korean conflict. (NC
Of the province's 40,00'0 In are located.
Ehotos)
dians, 24,00'0 are Catholics.
There are 10,472 Indian chilHe was accompanied by Father Robert Kelly, O.M.I., of St. dren now attending school: 3,626
Mary's Indian school at Mission in day school, 2,686 in residential
City and Director of Indian Vo- s c h 0 0 I, 3 ,'5 88 in integrated
cations in the Vancouver Arch- schools and 572 being educated
in hospital.
diocese.
During
his
tour
the
ArchMARTY, S.D. - The only order of nuns dedicated exbishop visited the Indian Day
clusively to working with American Indians marked its 25th school at Mount Currie staffed
Indian from Peru
by five Sisters of Christ the King,
birthday recently.
Boston Seminary
St. Joseph's Residential School
Oblate Sisters of the Blessed munity self - governing wit h at Williams Lake staffed by the
LIMA, Peru (NC) - A full Sacrament gained papal recogni- elected superiors and permitted Sisters of the Child Jesus, and blooded Aymara Indian from the
tion 13 years after their estab- white girls to join the previously
has left for Boston, Mass.,
the new $147,000 Anahim school Andes
lishment while Archbishop Wil- all-Indian order.
to study for the priesthood.
under
the
direction
of
nine
Sisliam O. Brady of St. Paul was
Domingo Llanque, 20, is one of
A new building was erected ters of Chri·s t the King.
bishop of Sioux Falls, S.D.
six Peruvian seminarians invitfour years ago to house aspirants,
First postulants of the order
"The Anahim Reserve seems ed by His Eminence Richard
novices and " junior"
were seven Sioux Indian girls postulants,
to be in excellent condition with Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of
Sisters.
who took their veils at St. Paul's
The order now numbers 16 10'0 families - with good homes Boston, to study in Boston's
mission here Oct. 6, 193'5.
and beautiful children and a very major seminary. The Peruvian
professed nuns.
'The late Rev. Sylvester Eisenseminarians will remain in the
man, O.S.B., superior of the misUnited States for the entire
sion, established the congregacourse of preparation for the
tion with the aid of three Sisters
priesthood.
of the Blessed ' Sacrament, an
Mr. Llanque spoke only the
order founded by Mother KatheAymara language until he was
rine Drexel in Pennsytlvania to
nine years old, when he began
serve Indians and Negroes.
MINAKI, ant. - A new type of co-operative is being organiz- to learn Spanish in a rural mounSr. Mary of Lourdes from the ed here by the Oblate missionaries for pulp wood cutting ex- tain school. At the age of 14 he
Pennsylvania community be- clusively by Indian la'q orers.
entered the minor seminary of
came the new Oblate's first suthe Maryknoll Fathers in Puno,
The
local
forestry
branch
ofperior.
Revs. G. Paris, R. Ferron and where he began to study English.
Thirteen years later Bishop fice is granting wood cutting C. Ruest, together with two local He now speaks all three lanBrady helped Fr. Sylvester write permits at reduced rates; the Indians, are on the ooard of di- guages fluently.
a petition to the Holy See for MANDO Company has offered rectors of the new co-operative.
Cardinal Cushing, a recent
approval of the new order. The to buy 750 cords of pulp wood
visitor to Peru as papal legate to
petition was granted in June this fall and 250 more in Janthe -National Eucharistic Conuary 1961 at the price of $23 a
gress, gave six scholarships to
1948.
Next month: Read in the the seminarians of Peru's only
The Rev. Gualbert Brunsman, cord.
Workers will be paid $8.50 a Indian Record: "The U.S. gov- major seminary, Santo Toribio.
O.S.B., is present head of the
cord, less $1 for administration ernment and the Catholic In- Domingo Llanque gave an adIndian mission.
In 1953 a new constitution for and $1 for a building fund. The
dress of welcome to the Cardinal
the Oblate nuns was approved by 1,000 cords will net the co-oper- dian Missions" (1823-1881), by in English when he visited the
Rev. Peter J. Rahill, D.D.
the pope. It made their com- ative $5,050.
seminary.
Indian Mission Nuns
Celebrate Silver Jubilee
At
Indian Co-Op Planned
In Northwestern Ontario
INDIAN RECORD
Pag e 4
NOV EMBER 1960
Indiao and Metis Service Council
(Citiz en, Oct. ' 60 )
In Prince Albert, Sask., as in many other Canadian cities,
an increasing n urn ber of Indians are coming from the reserves
to find jobs, or to get technical training and other forms of
education. This is true also of the Metis who live off the
reserves.
In order to help these peop.le
in their search for a better way
of life and to promote better rela tions between them and the
non-Ind ians in the community,
the P rince A lbert Indian and
Metis Service Council was set up
in May 1960 . Community groups
both I ndian and non-Indian , are
represented on the Council.
The objectives of the Council
are as follows:
1. To study the needs of Indian
and Metis people in Prince Albert;
2. To initiate community action
in respect to these needs;
3. To encourage the fuller community participation of ,p eople of Indian descent;
4. To create better understanding between Indian and nonInd ian citizens.
Membership on the Council
has a broad base in the community and is clearly ouHined in
the constitution.
Provision is made for about
60 representatives from groups
that include: the B and Councils
on the Indian reserves of the
three neighboring agencies; the
Prince Albert I ndian and Metis
community; the Federation of
Saskatchewan Indians; church
organizations, women's groups
and service clubs; the clergy;
certain government departments
(municipal, provincial and federal); the S askatchewan Indian
Teachers' Association; the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation; and some other interested
groups.
Meetings are held once a
month from S eptember to June.
The Council began its career
by considering the problems that
confront it. According to a re-
16 Pupils at
Jr. Seminary
F ORT ALEXANDER, Man. S :xteen pup ils are now attending S t. John's junior seminary
here; 6 are in grade V III, 5 in
grade IX and 5 in grade X.
The semina ry's director is Rev.
A rmand Plam ondon, assisted b y
Rev. P aul G a gne and M arc Monforton, O.M.I., as tea chers. In
charg e of spir itu al guidance and
of recruiting is Rev. Appollinaire
Plam on do n, O .-M .l., pastor of
Fort A l exander Indian reserve.
Care of the institution is in
the hands of four lay auxiliaries
who live as members of a community.
port in " I ndian O utlook" , the
needs listed at the inaugural
meeting in April were " job
placement service, hostels for visitors and school students, housing registry for students and
workers, counselling service, a
well-equipped and friendly so cial centre, opportunity for organizing activity groups and developing leadership, and opportunity to tak e a greater share in
community life. "
At subsequent meetings in
May and June 1960 , the Council
invited W alter Hlady of the Centre for Community S tudies, University of Saskatchewan, and
J ohn M'e lling, D irector of the Indian ... Eskimo Association of Ca nada, to tell about what had
b een do ne elsewhere to help
solve sU'ch proble'm s.
Mr. Hlady described " what
ha d been done in centres such as
Winnipeg and The P as, Manitoba, to encourage the integration of people of I ndian ancestry
into the life of urban centres. H e
pointed out that leadership tra in ing courses had b een part of the
program as well as helping the
p eople on the reserves to develop their skills. "
Mr. Melling " told of the need
of such service councils in those
urban centres to which more and
more people of I ndian descent
were making their way. He describ ed in some detail the work
of th e Friendship Centre that
had been set up in W innipeg and
to ld of the 'co -op eration of
various organizations, business
firms, etc. , in help ing t o estab lish
a centre that was now p laying a
v ital rol e in the integration and
a ccep tance of the I ndian people
in the life of the city ."
At the election of officers,
M rs. Rowena M'cL ellan of the
YWCA was elected p resident of
the Council, with the R ev. A d am
C uthand, an An glican clergyman
of I n d ian origin, Montreal L ake,
as vice-presid ent; M iss J ean Cuthand, of the Ind ia n and Northern HeaHh S ervice, P rince Alb ert, as secretary; F ather L .
Houd e, O. M :l., of Duck L ake as
treasurer; and Da vid Knight,
Chief of the John S mith Reserve
a s chairman of publicity. T hese
officers, alon g with six others
(three I n d ian and thr ee n on -Ind ian) act as the Executive Committee.
The officers named ' above
too k an a ctive part in
th e Cou n cil into b eing.
cred it is also d u e to R ay
lam, D irector of the S ask .
vincial Committe e on
G r oups, who assisted in the
liminary p lanning and
to help with information
advice.
Rev. P. Chatelain, O.M. I. , has been appointed parish priest of CamperMan itoba . The parish church is shown above, le ft . To the right is the
UU-stud.ent Indian Residential school.
Teachers Hold Convention
WINNIP EG - A convention of the teachers of the Cland eboye
and Fisher River Indian agencies was held at the Assiniboia Indian
re~)la.~ nt, lal school, October 27 and 208.
S ixty-five teachers registered tion and preparing the 1961 conat the convention chaired by Mr. vention.
Muzaka and Rev. O . Robidoux , O .M .l.
The Indian Affairs Branch
was represented by regional
It was the first time in Winni- supervisor A. Leslie, Ind ian
peg that sixty -<five Ind ian day school inspectors J. Slobodzian
and residential Indian school and A. Freisen, agency supt.
teachers met to discu ss common Daggit and Tully; the Indian
problems. The Fisher River and .Health services by Dr. Nicholas ;
the Cland eboye I n d ian agenc ies ' the provincial D ept. of Educaamal'gamated to form a new as- tion by inspector K. Pokrant and
sociation ·so that other similar the Civil Service Association by
conventions will be held in the J. Baird.
years to come.
The teaching of arithmetic,
The new executive is compos- reading, phonics, language, soed of presid ent Rev. Father O. cial studies, science, vocational
Robidoux, past-presid ent M. Mu- training and g uidance were diszyk a , vice -president A. Dunitz, cU6sed.
secretary-treasurer Mrs. J . B enoist, executive: Miss M. Field,
F. K oop, Miss Meade, Miss Ross,
SELF-HELP PLAN
Mr. Anderson and L . J oubert. It
will have the task of planning a AT NORWAY HOUSE
constitution for the new associaF . Robert L angin has been
named by the Manitoba government as a community develop ment officer and will be posted
Fine Forest
at Norway H ouse .
Fire Fighters
Mr. Langin's main duties will
I ndians are playing a major be to work with Indian and
role in checking timberland fires Metis to help them develop prothat f lare up throughout the grams that they think would b e
heavily f orested areas of this of value in improving their economic and social status. There
N orthern Ontario district.
are some 1,600 people of Indian
S ays S ioux Lookout district and Metis desc ent living in the
forester W. G. Cleaveley : " It has northern settlement.
b een said that one I ndian fireMr. Langin w as area a dminis-.
f ighter is the equivalent of fo ur trator
at Inuvik.
'
average white fire-fighters. After
A similar appointment is slatseeing them in action this year,
it is difficult to argue against this ed for Camperville.
comparison. "
In addition to six permanent • Of all the provinces, Ontario
staff employees and 22 seasonal has the largest I ndian populastaffers of I ndian extraction tion, about 4'0 ,0'0 (} or one- q uarter
in jobs ranging from clerks to of the national total; the largest
towermen - the district office Indian tribe has always been the
at S ioux L ook out hires 400 In- Ojibwa, who live mainly in
Northern Ontario .
dians during the fire season .
lNDIAN RECORD
NOVEMBER 1960
Quebec Indians Hold Folk School
(Citizen, Oct. '60)
Loretteville Huron Village near Quebec City was the scene of
a week's seminar or folk school June 26-July 3. Leadership training
and the development of community and social action were the
main objectives of the sessions.
The school was attended by twenty-eight Indian delegates
selected by their band ,c ouncils and representing Abenakis (Odanark), Algonquins (Notre-Dame-du-Nord and Temiskaming), Hurons (Loretteville) , Iroquois (Oka) and Montagnais (Bersimis,
Pointe-Bleue and Sept-lIes). AU were French-speaking.
Sponsored by the Indian Affairs Branch in co-operation
with the Citizenship Branch of
the Department of Citizenship
and Immigration, planning and
organiza tion of the school were
carried out by Romeo Boulanger,
Regional Supervisor of Indian
Agencies; Miss Berthe Fortin,
social worker, A. J. Doucet and
A. R. Jolicoeur, all of Indian
Affairs; and A. J. Cormier of the
Citizenship Branch. Specialists in
sociology, recreation techniques,
economics, co - operatives and
education assisted at the sessions.
The delegates shared responsibility in four teams for the recreational programs, table service and care of the premises.
Rev. Andre Renaud, O.M.I.,
gave a sociological interpretation of Indian history and development to the present time ,
showing how Indian culture is
subject to change. Fi;l ms on
various cultures, their evolution
and adaptations were shown to
illustrate Father Renaud's talks.
A . J. Cor m i e r suggested
various ways in which social action may be taken. He deS'cribed
characteristics of a community
leader, outlined the ways and
means of taking social action ,
and explained the basic principles of associations such as cooperatives and voluntary organizations.
Conan Arseneau, a social
worker, dealt with recreation
techniques. The speaker explained how a survey of the recreational needs of the community
could be made and then followed
up through program planning.
In addition to the lecture series, there were study periods
conducted by specialists dealing
with legal and economic problems and consumers' and producers'co-operatives. A model band
council meeting was held chaired
by a Montagnais delegate, Thommy N epton. An Indian Homemakers' Club meeting took place
with Mrs. A. Picard, of the
Loretteville, as chairman. A
Women's Institute meeting was
held, presided over by Mrs. Lantier, president of the Loretteville
Institute branch.
An Albenaki, Jean-Paul Nolet.
' a CBC announcer, told about his
Alberta!)s Indian School
Teachers Have Convention
CLUNY, Alta. - A two and one-half day meeting of Alberta's
Indian School Tea'c hers AS's ociation was held here October 13-15
at the Crowfoot Indian residential school, on the Blackfoot Reserve.
The chief of the Indian Affairs Education Division, Mr. R.
F. Davey, of Ottawa, was present at the meeting.
Main speaker was Miss Kathleen Collins, primary supervisor
of the Burnaby Public School
Board, B.C., who spoke on motivation. Mr. Davey commented
on motivation as viewed through
the eyes of an administrator; his
talk was followed by a dis,c ussion period. Miss Ethel Martens,
health educator, Department of
National Health and Welfare,
spoke on health in the classroom.
Syd Moore, consultant, Cultural
Adivities Branch, of Alberta,
discussed recreation, and followed up his talk with a social
evening.
The last period of the convention was given to denominational
meetings, at both Crowfoot
School and Old Sun School.
At the banquet, Rev. Gerald
Fortier, O.M.I., in the absence of
president Mr. Kempling, installed the new executive for the
coming year: president: Rev. Joseph Couture, O.M.I. (senior
teacher, Crowfoot); 1st vicepresident: Ron aid Campbell
(principal, Morley Residential
School); 2nd vice-president: Mr.
Clive Linklater (teacher, Blue
Quills ~esidential School); secretary-treasurer: Sylvia Marsh
(teacher, Crowfoot).
The 2nd vice-president, Clive
Linklater, is of Cookhiching Reserve, Fort Frances, Ont.; he
graduated from Qu' Appelle Indian Residential School, Lebret,
Sask., in 1954. Following a year's
training at the M.oose Jaw Normal School, Clive Linklater
taught a year in Saskakhewan.
From there he transferred to Alberta where he has taught in
both Day and Residential Indian
Schools. At the present tiine he
is on the staff of the Blue Quills
Residential School, St. Paul, Alberta.
The 1961 convention will be
held in Edmonton, October 5 and
• The Holy See is studying a miracle
attributed to the intercession of Yen.
Kateri Tekakwitha. This could clear
the way for her beatification within
a year.
6.
participation in Canadian cultural activity.
As a result of the S'tudy program, the participants of the folk
school acquired an overall view
of their problem's and some objectives for future action. They
learned how social action may be
accomplished and about the responsibilities that are involved.
They also learned some particular methods of action in so-cial,
economic and political fields.
Individually, the delegates became aware of their responsibilities to ,the community and resolved to do something about
them. A number of the Indians
had ih mind concrete projects
which they were 'c onsidering for
their communities and about
which they were making legal
and technical inquiries.
The delegates want to examine the possibility of creating a
federation of Quebec Indians
with a view to analyzing the
problems of their commu,n ities
and uniting the efforts of the
various bands to improve their
situation.
They believe that it is necessary to collect as complete informa tion as possible on the history and culture of Indians so
that they will have a better understanding 'Of their own background and a clearer knowledge
on which to base a justifiable
pride in their Indian inheritance.
They hope that the Indians
will be able to take more and
more responsibility for the conduct of their own affairs.
Know Your Canada
(Prepared by the Research Stoff
of Encyclopedia Canodiona )
Are the Eskimo
A Separate Race?
From the early days of Arctic
exploration, scholars have debated whether the Eskimo constitute a separate race distinct
from other American aborigines
or whether they are merely a
branch of our Indians that moved
into a unique environment and
developed their own appearance,
language and ways of life.
Until the late 19th century,
Europeans had come into close
contact with the Eskimo mainly
a t the extreme limits of their
range - Alaska on one side and
Greenland and Labrador on the
other - and they had assumed
that the physi'c al type, the language and the customs were fairly uniform everywhere. This is
now known to be incorrect.
In Alaska, and even in Canada
which contains less than a fifth
of the total Eskimo population,
the r e have been discovered
marked differences bet wee n
groups in different areas, differences that suggest a complex
history extending over many
thousands of years and an origin from more than one racial
strain .
Father Bernardin J. Patterson, O.S.B., of St. Maur's
Priory, South Union, Ky., has
been appointed sub-prior of
his priory. A native of st.
Louis, he is one of 14 Negro
Benedictine priests in the
United ,States. Father Patterson is the first appointed
to an official position. (NC
Photos)
Indian Narratives
Preserved in
Neav Book
Fascinating lore of the Plains
Indians is presented in " Indian
Days on the Western Prairies,"
the latest book by Dr. Marius
Barbeau, retired ethnologist of
the National Museum of Canada .
The 234-page 'book contains 75
narrativeS', practically all recorded by Dr. Barbeau in 1926
when he listened, with interpreters, to the stories of Blood,
Blackfoot, Stony, Cree, Sarcee
and Kootenay Indians. These
narratives, together with material related by other westerners with special knowledge of
Indian 1ife and culture, offer
authentic, and frequently amusing, insight into Indian life and
manners and preserve numerous
legends, incidents and anecdotes
that otherwise would be lost to
history.
Several chapters from Dr .
Barbeau's 1923 book, " Indian
Days in the Canadian Rockies",
which is now out-of-print, provide a social and historical background to the tales.
The book is illustrated with 15
pen-and-ink sketches of wellknown Stony and Kootenay Indians done from life by W. Langdon Kihn in 192,2_, and 1'5 0' illustrations originally done by Canadian and American Indians of
the plains. A number of these are
reproductions and designs and
descriptive paintings" --done on
buffalo or elk hides while the
remainder are crayon and pencil drawings.
.
"Indian Days on' the Western
Prairies" was designed by Arthur Price, Ottawa artist, and
published by the National Museum of Canada as an anthropological bulletin. It is available
from the Queen's Printer, O t tawa , at $4 .00 .
Page 6
INDIAN RECORD
NOVEMBER 1960
Bi II of Rights
Is It To Be A Charter For Indians?
By WILLIAM MORRIS
Prime Minister Diefenbaker's Bill of Rights crystalizes a
number of problems concerning the legal status of Canada's
180,000 Indians; problems which have been stumbling blocks
for every administration.
In granting Indians the right
to vote in federal 'e lections recently, a move endorsed by every
political party, the Government
perhaps has g.one as far as ;it can
to place Indians on a free 'a nd
equal basis with other Canadians
without making changes in the
Indian Ad, something which
could 'be hotly opposed by many
Indians and prove politically
embarrassing to the administration.
The question of Indian rights
and privileges has become so
confused for Indians and nonIndians alike that any legisll ative
change in their status becomes
an exercise in political tightrope
walking. To be effective, the Bill
of RJights requires that a number
of changes be made in the Indian
Act which would revolutioniz'e
Canada's handling of her first
citizens Ib ut which might stir up
a horn~t' s nest of opposition on
William Morris is in the Department of Anthropology, University of
Toronto. This summer he is working
on a study project at the Blackfoot
Indian Reserve in Alberta.
some reserves. At the same time
though, a number of Indians aTe
demanding that changes be. made
immediiately 'and the BIll of
Rights provides an opportunity
to consider these matters.
One of them involves the status of reserve lands and the right
of Indians to obtain title to lands
used by their -ancestors .for centuries, and to homes WhICh .have
been ; ';uilt on them. The BIll of
Rights T,e cognizes as a funda mental freedom the right to own
property, yet Slince the ti~le for
reserve lands is vested In the
Crown, Indi'a ns 'c an never own
their own property. If they could,
some reserves through land sales
or alienation would cease to
exist. Under the presen~ system
an Indian may only obtaIn a certifi'cate of possession to his la?d,
but he ·c annot transfer the t Itle
to anyone not a member of the
band, thus stopping the possibiLity of just such 'a break up.
Even this limited freedom is
opposed 'by som'e Indians. Beca'u se of increasing population on
reserves - Indians are the fastest ,growing segment Qf the Canadian population - large trac'ts of
reserve lands may be worked
only by a few individuals, leaving the others Writh little or no
land to farm . Thus some groups
are asking Ottawa to rescind the
certificate system so all lands
would be held communally.
But there is another and more
unfortunate aspect to the prob-
lern. Under the Indian Act , 'a n
Indian girl who marries a nonIndian ceases to be an Indian in
the eyes of the law - in some
cases even in the eyes of her
people. Once married she may
no longer inherit her fa t her's
property or his house.
The restriction on selling property only to m !embers IQf a band
could make it impossible for an
Indian to obtain a fair price for
his land or home because of the
inability of anyone else to pay
the price. But so long as reserves
remain segregated communities
no chang·e can be made in this
structure despite the hardships it
inflicts on Indians, or the fact
that it is contrary to the Bill of
Rights. Of all the problems assodated with Indian communities,
the ques1tion of private property
stands fOLemost.
The Bill of Rights also hopes
to guarantee to all Canadians
freedom of assembly and association. This means that anyone
has the right to unite with others
in groups of their choice without
state inter£!erence and to associate freely with any other citizen. The trespass sections of the
Indian Act, however, could be
said to deprive Indians of both
these rights.
These sections state that only
memlbers of a particular band of
Indians have the right to go onto
reserve lands. Others may go if
invited and may stay for more
than a few hours if special permission is granted by the council.
But in each instance limitation
is placed upon what the Bill of
Rig1h'ts holds ,t o be a fundamental
freedom.
Another side of the same question concerns the right of freedorn of religion, also part of the
Bill of Rights, and which may
be endangered by the trespass
sections of the ad . Any Teligious
denomination wishing to hold
service IOn a reserve must obtain
prior permission of the band
council. While four of 'the larger
denominations are already represented on reserves, dozens of
others are not, and they do not
have the basic freedom to exist
there given them elsewhere in
Canadian society.
The trespass, sections could
also stop a Canadian who had
given up his Indian s,t atus from
returning ,t o the reserve to visit
fl'liends or family.
Other r ,e strictions such as bank
loans, and privileg'e s, such as
exemption from taxation, all
have been given Indians for the
sole purp'Ose of protecting them
and providing them with an opportunity for a gradual introduction into Canadian soc'i ety. But
we are approaching the time
When measures which though
initially protective are restraining basic freedoms, and there is
no Government policy in existence which is able to meet these
needs.
The present administration
has gone on record as favoring
removal or amendment of Section 112 of the Indian Act whi'c h
prov,i des for the automatic enfrancilisem'e nt of Indians capable
of taking care of themselves.
This ·i s the legal process through
Which Indian status is changed
1'0 one of complete freedom and
independence. While this section
of the act has 'caused a great deal
of controversy in recent years
(it has seemed 10 some Indians
that it involved a degree of compulsion), it has never been 'a pplied, and for this reason alone
needs, at least, to be amended.
Yet, if the basic principle involved, which has been much
maligned Iby some 'g roups, is
taken out compLetely, Canada's
policy toward Indians will not
differ greatly from South Africa's apartheid policy. After all
apartheid is only separate political and legal and 'e conomic
status on the basis of race.
Citizenship and Immigration
Minister Ellen Fairclough repea tedly has called :for. i ncreased
educational services for Indians.
She is quite right, and education
LISTEN TO
might well dispell the present attitudes of some Indians who look
upon Canadian oitizenship as the
most dreadful thing which 'c ould
ble given to them. While the past
decade has seen progress in the
economic well-being 'Of Indians,
this has been largely due to increased welfare assistance from
Ottawa, and not to an overall improvement in the Indian's ability
to fend for himself.
If the Bill of Rights is to be a
charter for Indians, Canada will
hav'e to find a way of making its
freedom available to them. As
the Indian Eskimo Association
of Canada has recently stated:
"We see that there has to be a
continuing effort to c 'r eat e
am,o ng the Indians, material
well-being, civi.c sense, and social cohesions. We do not see
how present safeguarding of the
peculiar IndIan rights and present enforcement 'Of their disabilities can be combined harmoniously with their journeying
to the Good Life."
'This, as the statement makes
cliear, " is a critically important
question" and one which Canada
sooner or later through its elected representatives must resolve.
(Reprinted with permission of the
author and of the Toronto Globe 6Mail, which holds the copyright.)
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INDIAN RECORD
Page 7
Teepee-Shaped Church Dedicated By Archbishop Jordan At Hobbema
The world's fir st teep ee-shaped Church was dedicated at Ho bbema, A l!b erta, on October 27 to serve t he Catholic Indi'ans of the
reser ve. Most R ev. A nthony J ordan, O .M.I. , Coadjutor of E dmont on, who presided at the dedica tion ceremonies congratulated the
Obla t e F athers of H oblbema on having selected a design which will
b e "an endless link with t he past ."
Following the blessing, Rev . .- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.
G. M . Latour, O .M. I. , past or of conception may have bee n
Hobbema , oeleb rated Mass in the prompted by the ch u rch of Our
$75 ;000 ch u r ch which is dedicat- Lady of V ictory at I nuvik,
ed t o Our Lady of S even S or- N .W .T.I. , which is shaped lik e an
row s.
Esk imo Igloo.
The teepee effect was achieved
The sermon was given in Cree
by Father P . M ercredi. Cyprien by a r ran gin g six lamina ted
Larocque, a member of the Er - wood en arches in conical fashion,
m inesk in b and c'Ouncil, speaking which rise 45 feet fr om 't he cenin both E n glish and Cr,e e , ex- tre of the 'b uilding. The base 'Of
pressed the gratitud e of the In- the "teepee" is 45 feet in diameter
and the altar is situated directly
dians f or such a fine church.
The new chur ch will accom- in the center 'Of this area. The
m odate 64-0 adults. F or the bless- lower portion of the impressive
ing cer em'Ony m ore than 700 altar is of masonry construction
adults and children squeezed into and is topped by a 2 ,400 p ound
slab of granite which forms the
t h e build ing .
t able of ,t he altar. The polished
The idea fer the unique design copper tabernacle is a lso shaped
originat ed with F ather L atour. like a miniature t eepee.
With the h elp of F ather's V oisin,
A large number of clergy and
Paradis and A llard, he prepared
a r ough p lan. A r chitect J . H . parishioners attend ed a banq uet
Donahu e 'O f Edm ont'On designed foHowin g the d ed ication cereth e building in 'a coordance with monies. S pecial guests at the
t h is p l an. While this is t he event were Mr. and Mrs. J'Oe
w 0 rId ' s first teepee-shaped Kramer, pioneer m embers of the
chu rch, the inspiration for its H obbema congregation.
UNIQUE CHURCH - The world's only t eepee-shaped cathe dral, the Catholic Church of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows, was
blessed and dedicated at Hobbema . More t han 725 persons, some
The Coadjutor Archbishop of Edmonton, the Most Reverend Anthony
Jordan, O.M.I ., D.O., Indians of the Hobbema Reservation , their children
and members of the Order of the Oblate Fathers joined in the blessing of the
Church of Our Lady of Sorrows at Hobbema Thursday, October 27. Arch bishop Jordan is shown blessing the interior (above ) of the church . Other
ceremonies were carried out inside the church. (Engraving courtesy Wetaskiwin T imes.)
of whom are shown in the picture, witnessed the impressive ceremony. (Photograph by Ron Hayte r; Engraving Courtesy Edmonton
Jou rnal. )
Page 8
INDIAN RECORD
NOVEMBER 1960
Can Always
Fish For Food
OTTAWA - Indians can fish
in the closed season providing
the catch is food for themselves,
fisheries department officials
said Tuesday.
They were commenting on a
statement by Chief Jack Peter
of the Oiaht Band on Vancouver
Island that an Indian had been
arrested and fined for doing so.
The chief said West Coast Indians are faced with starvation
this winter because of a poor
fishing season.
Fisheries officials said they
were not aware of the man being
fined but felt he must have been
fishing without a permit or using
the catch for sa le or barter.
They said a 1957 letter to the
chief from former fisheries minister Angus McL ean is still in
effect.
The minister's letter sa id Indians can fish in closed season
and even in rivers not op en to
commercial operation provid ed
Members of the planning committee for the Indian and Metis Conference scheduled for Feb. 21-24, 1961 ,
the fish is f or personal consump- held their first meeting in Winnipeg November 4 . Present at the meeting were, left to right, Mrs. Marion
tion. They must also have a per- Meadmore, special evenfs ~ chairman; Rev. Gontran La . iolette and Mrs. F. M. Bastin, co-chairmen of the
conference, and Ray Mousseau, of Marius, Man . The conference will be. sponsored by the Welfare Council of
mit, which is issued free .
Greater Winnipeg. (Bill Rose Photo; Eng raving courtesy W in n ipeg Free Press. )
Boy Saves Gi rl
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A 10year-old Indian boy has been
credited with saving the life of a
three-year-old Indian girl last
June.
Leroy Bull Calf was working
in the garden of his Standoff
home on the B lood Indian Reserve when he heard a child's
cries.
He ran to Belly River and saw
Darlene Beebee, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Howard B eebee, being
carried downstream. The b oy
leaped into the chest-deep water
and managed to hold the child
until his step-sister, Theresa
Plain W oman, helped the two
from the water.
Apparently the child was playing on the riverbank when she
fell in. The river was reported
very muddy and swift at the time
of the mishap.
PEMBERTON
LOSES CHIEF
A link of the past was broken
last S eptember when d eath came
to Indian chief Paul D ick, 86. He
was one of the last of the stalwarts of the fast-thinning Indian
celebrities.
He was buried from the Mt.
Currie mission by Father Coffin,
O. M.I., resident priest at Mt.
Currie, and Father Campbell,
O .M.I., head of the Indian missions from Kamloops.
He leaves a wife and grown
up child ren, gr,a ndchildren and
great-grandchildren, even to the
fifth generation.
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F.S.I. Meets at Fort Qu'Appelle
F OR:r QU'APPELLE - Twenty-two resolutions, evolved from
a "problem census" carried out in earlier d iscussion groups, were
passed at the annual ·c onference of the F ed eration of S askatchewan
Indians which concluded here Oct. 4.
A major resolution approved , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - by d elegates asked that S as- p lacement program -o f his divikatchewan I n d ians come under sion .
provisions of the prop osed meHe said tha t upgrading classes
dical care plan when it comes were p lanned this year for Ininto effect, and that premiums dian y oung people in R egina and
should be paid by I ndian health possibly P rince A lbert. Rehabiliservices.
tation classes for 10 handicapped
A resolution asking that re- Indian students will a lso be held
serve members be allowed to de- in S ask atoon, under the guidance
cide the liquor referend um for of specially trained w orkers, to
themselves, regardless of deci- assist these people to qualify for
sions of bands on a djo ining re- employment in -selected fie lds.
serves was also passed at the
conference.
Museum and Library
A further resolution urged
For Six-Nations
that the Fed eration -c ontinue to
press for staggered elections for
An 'a ll-Indian -c ommittee was
the office of councillor, separate set up recently to study the orelection for the office of chief , g.a nization of a S ix Nations musalaries for chiefs and increased seum and library.
authority and longer terms f or
The three-member committee
chiefs and -cou ncillors .
was named as the Institute of
S tudy of the development of Iroquoian S tudies opened its
mo d el co-operative or commu- third year of activity of the
nity projects was a lso recom- Grand River Lands (S ix Nation
men ded with a view to the es- Reserve).
tablishment of similar projects
Named to the body were
on reserves when req uested.
Chairman William Smith, Mrs.
O ther resolutions d ealing with W alter H unter and Mrs. Andrew
nursing stations, day schools, de- J amieson .
velopment roads in northern
areas, counselling services, trainMicmac's New Church
ing of I ndians and f ormation of
health committees on reserves
The Indians on the Micmac
were also p a ssed at the con- reservation
will soon begin to
feren ce.
build a new S t. Catherine's RoO est Zakreski, placement of- man Catholic Church to replace
fi cer for the fe d eral I ndian Af- the old church destroyed by fire
fairs branch, gave an interesting in May. The I n d ians will finance
outline on the employment and the project themselves.
Conference
For Metis,
Indians Set
The seventh annual Indian and
Metis Conference will be held in
Winnipeg Feb. 2.1 to 24, 19'61, it
has been announced.
Plans for the conference, sponsored by the Welfare Council of
Greater Winnipeg, are at a preliminary stage, officials say.
Social and economic problems
of Indians and Metis in Manitoba
will be the main theme of the
conference, a spokesman said.
Co-chairmen of the Conference
and of the Planning Committee
are: Rev. Father G. Laviolette
and Mrs. F. M. Bastin. Secretary
is Mr. Lloyd Lenton.
Seven sub-committees - orientation, publicity, program, hospitality, special events, handicrafts, arts and letters - are now
actively engaged in the immediate
preparation of the four - day meeting which will attract several
hundred participants.
Take Part in Pageant
Twenty Indians from the
N orth S hore and S t. Mary's
S chool at Mission, have been
chosen to take part in the Cen tennial Pageant N ov. 17-20 ,
marking the -c entennial of St.
P eter's parish, in New W estminster, B.C.