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Editorial

The initial victory by the Mohawk Indians of Quebec to have the broken-nosed false face mask removed from the Spirit Sings exhibition at the Glenbow museum sets the stage for other bands to reclaim their religious artefacts.

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Aborigines say they will not be celebrating the bi-centenary of European settlement in Australia. Instead, they will mourn two centuries of contempt by the balanda (white man).

Roy Mirika, leader of the Arnhem Land people, says little has changed since his people were forced off their land and herded into European settlements. Today, he and other leaders still complain of being regarded as second-class citizens with no control over the development of their land.

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Sen. Daniel Inouye has pleaded with Navajo and Hopi tribes to sit down and resolve their differences over a land dispute that had divided them for more than 100 years.

Inouye, chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs, said if President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev were able to settle their differences, the two Indian nations should meet again in the spirit of the U.S.-Soviet peace accord.

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The Women's Centre here is still "going as strong as ever" despite recent financial difficulties that threatened to shut the doors.

"It (the centre) was going to be history four months ago" because the society was having difficulty meeting a $1,200 monthly mortgage payment, said present Debbie Calihoo of the Hinton Native Women's Society.

However, monies derived from bingo games, hall rental fees and new lunch program have helped keep the centre afloat.

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The door is opening for Aboriginal people who need help from traditional medicine men when modern medical practices have failed to overcome physical and mental health problems.

The practice of referring patients to traditional healers is being encouraged by the Medical Services Branch (MSB) of Health and Welfare Canada, which is responsible for covering Treaty Indian health care costs.

Although it is not a written policy, the practice of sending sick people to Indian medicine men and women is pursued in other Canadian provinces.

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Building community unity towards a better economic future is the top priority for the new Sucker Creek tribal council, says recently elected Chief Donald Calliou.

Calliou was elected chief, along with eight council members for the 910 member band, located 35 km east of High Prairie.

"I have noticed that for a number of years now, our people have been drifting apart. The council will work really hard to pull the community together," said Calliou.

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The unique nature of the Native community necessitates the need for specialized mental health care for both children and families, says Murray Armstrong the author of a newly released report.

The report, Exploring the Circle, A Journey into Native Children's Mental Health, was commissioned in 1986 by Alberta Mental Services as part of a children's mental health project designed to explore and to make recommendations on all children's mental health issues.

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Halifax N.S.

Former Sydney police chief John MacIntyre lied to an inquiry into Micmac Donald Marshall's wrongful 1971 murder conviction, says the officer who proved Marshall innocent.

RCMP Staff Sgt. Harry Wheaton testified he believed the former chief was racist and that he had tried to coverup his actions by removing a document from Marshall's file and slipping it under his desk.

The document was a statement from a witness who testified that MacIntyre bullied her into making a false statement.

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The Northwest Territories government boycotted the Olympic Torch relay after officials learned only a few Native runners would be participating in the run.

However, Bill Erasmus, president of the Dene Nation, said his group would not protest the relay, although they did support the Lubicon Lake Indian band's land claim against the federal government.

Chamber of Commerce executive director Dick Hill called the government decision "stupid and sad," adding that the "majority of people here support the Olympics."

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A meeting between Lubicon Chief Bernard Ominayak and members of the federal government in an effort to resolve the band's 47-year-old land claim has ended in a standoff.

"They are just not serious," said Ominayak in an interview from his Ottawa hotel Jan. 21 after the two-hour meeting.