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A small group, which includes mothers, girlfriends, Native Elders and friends gathered to discuss ways to help the Native Brotherhood People's Society, of Edmonton Institution.

Since a disturbance at the institution in January, the participation of volunteers has dropped somewhat, and the Brotherhood executive is looking for ways to attract volunteers to come to their Thursday night meetings. Various committees were set up to co-ordinate such fund raising activities as tee shirt sales, of which the Native Brotherhood will supply the funds to buy.

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A small group, which includes mothers, girlfriends, Native Elders and friends gathered to discuss ways to help the Native Brotherhood People's Society, of Edmonton Institution.

Since a disturbance at the institution in January, the participation of volunteers has dropped somewhat, and the Brotherhood executive is looking for ways to attract volunteers to come to their Thursday night meetings. Various committees were set up to co-ordinate such fund raising activities as tee shirt sales, of which the Native Brotherhood will supply the funds to buy.

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After a press conference held at the Chinese Multi-Cultural Centre in Edmonton April 9, "Windspeaker" had the opportunity to talk with the vice-president for Treaty 8 of the Indian Association of Alberta, Clifford Freeman.

The press conference called in regard to the recent results of Project Can 85, also published in the Edmonton Journal. Project Can was based on a survey by University of Lethbridge socialologoist Dr. Reginald Bibby, taken across Canada, which pinpointed certain minority groups on a percentage basis regading racist attitudes towards them.

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One hot and seemingly endless summer day, a young raven sat high up in a pine looking as bored as could be. He watched rabbit, deer and fox do those things they do, day in, day out, their whole lives through.

"There has got to be more to living than this," he said to himself. "That's it. I"m going to leave this place and go out into the world to see for myself what more life has to offer."

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That sound you hear across the land is a sigh of relief.

Once again, it's time for celebration as junior high schools hold their proms, high school their graduation ceremonies and various training, college and university courses end.

For students, it's time to celebrate arrival at a new level of achievement, and to look forward to the next challenge. For parents, it's a time to be proud of their children's success, and to dust off new hopes and new goals. For teachers it's time to see rewards in evidence for an often thankless job.

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BEAVER LAKE RESERVE - A report delivered by Chief Walter Twinn of the Sawridge Band to the Treaty Six Forum here was received with intense interest, as delegates heard that the Sawridge and five other Bands are involved in a lawsuit against the federal government, as a result of the passage of Bill C-31.

This federal law repeals sections of the Indian Act which discriminates against women.

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TREATY SIX FORUMS

BEAVER LAKE RESERVE - Several presentations at the Treaty Six Forum here focused on Indian government powers and on land claims.

Chief Clarence Jewels of the Kamloops Indian Band reported on his band's recent action to tax non-Indian use of conditionally surrendered Indian land. The Kamloops Band has surrendered some of their land in 1939. About 400 acres is occupied by the city of Kamloops.

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New Indians - those reinstated under recent amendments to the Indian Act - have been extended full hunting rights by the provincial government.

Phillip Campiou, northern vice-president of the Native Council of Canada (Alberta), says "general list Indian people contacted the office to ask: Can we hunt on unoccupied crown land?"

Campiou says NCC (AB) checked with Ottawa who advised that this was a provincial mater, so NCC staff met with Alberta fish an d wildlife officials to discuss the issue.

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A task force report aimed at the "overhaul" of the Department of Indian Affairs (DIA) is recommending sweeping changes to tax and financial policies affecting Indian people.

A government task force report on Indian economic development released exclusively to "Windspeaker" this week recommends that government financial assistance be phased over to Indian institutions and banks and that an "action oriented" task force be set up to look into the "confusing and inconsistent tax treatment" of Indian workers and employers.

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The issue of fishing rights as guaranteed by Treaty is far from over. It is not dead and will not be so in the near future if the Cold Lake First Nations can help it.

The Band is emphatic and resolute in "sticking to our guns" regarding the preservation of what they consider to be their legal right.

In a recent interview with Chief Alec Charland of Cold Lake, "Windspeaker" was informed that "we told the people to go ahead and set their nets.

"We can't give in, the law is there, in the Treaty," said Charland.