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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 16, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday. Mat 16, 1972 8-Day lunch on wednesday Winnipeg women s auxiliary to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind will hold the Annu Al a Day lunch and Bazaar 11 . To . Wednesday at the Lions residence for the Blind 1041 Portage Avenue. The auxiliary Hopes to raise about for its projects in eluding recorded tapes of texts for Blind students. Admission to a lunch is baking Flowers and boutique items will be for Sale. Ladies facial Bair removed permanently by latest electrolysis Short wave method safely quickly the Dermie Institute 4oo Boyd bldg. Portage at Edmonton 942-4110 established 1949 its Here a. 0. Smith natural Gas Pool Heater for above ground swimming pools North West wholesale is. Phone 942-0137 Indian women want better family life Robin Toma writes in Hospital room wonderland of Home too much for Indian Edmonton up what happens to an Indian woman rejected by her family and her race the Story of Robin Tom a has Many twists and currently rests at an Edmonton Hospital where the 22-year-old is being treated for a tubercular land. Fast 5 Safe Way to clean your fridge. An old fashioned cow Brand baking soda wipe clean surrounds your food with country freshness. Removes Greasy film kills odours and leaves behind no odour of its own harsh smelling soapy cleansers Moo pc out. Safe wholesome cow Brandi handle it. Just a sprinkling on a Damp sponge. And cow Brand is yours at an old fashioned Price. The cow Brand fridge cow Brand baking soda she is trying to Start a writ ing career working from her Hospital bed on poetry and Short stories. She also draws generally illustrations for her written work. A Canary helps to keep her company. Robin has been in the Hospi Tal since Christmas. It s a familiar spent most of her childhood in hospitals. Born in Ingenita . 200 Miles North of Prince George in an area accessible Only by boat or plane miss Toma is a member of the Sekhani tribe a mixed group of Cree and Tarltan Indian. She has t been fully accepted by her family since she was two or three years old. That s when she had her. First Accident a broken leg. The injury was noticed Only when her leg started to swell badly. But in an area visited by a doctor Only once a year gangrene had set in by the time medical help arrived. After an argument with her father Over the chances of curing her with Indian medi Cine the doctor moved her to Hospital in Prince Rupert. Tuberculosis had set in and Robin was kept in a full body cast for most of the time. She stayed in the Hospital until she was 11. She went and Forth be tween the Hospital and a nearby residential school for the next two years. At 14, she went Home. 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My father was ashamed of me. 1 read too much and All i could do was arithmetic and writing and Reading none of the skills that were important to finally the inevitable clash occurred and Robin ran away to Prince George where she stole a was caught. Some time later Robin was picked up by two policemen. She pulled a knife and slashed one of the policemen. I was Lucky. I just Cut his uniform. He had been slap Ping me around and calling me a liar and when we got to the police station i was Union Robin was sentenced to two years on probation. She says both policemen were Dis missed from the Force. I stood it for a while but one Day i went to see the pro Bation officer and got lost be cause i did t know Vancou ver that Well. Finally i said to Heck with it and stuck out my thumb. A week later i was in there was another knifing incident in Toronto. Robin said a Man grabbed her from behind late at night and she stabbed him. She called an ambulance. It came with the police and she was in court again. But her Case was dismissed. The first thing she did on leaving the courtroom was to buy some Flowers and take them to the Hospital. The Man was a Little sur prised. But we talked and i told him he should be More careful about grabbing peo life since that time continued As a series of institutions jail probation even the men Tal Hospital at Essen Dale ., after a suicide attempt. But finally a lady be friended me. She was quiet and Well to do and her Hus band was in the masons or something. I could t believe she could be interested in me. But she came and visited and sometimes we just sat to Gether. We did t even have to talk to relate to each other. It really intrigued last year miss Toma went Home again but that did t work out. Her father was dead. Finally my Mother told me she thought it would be better if i left. I went to Prince George and started drinking like there was no tomorrow. I was going to hell. I got into trouble with everybody. But i woke up one Day and thought to myself who Are they to push me around with my mind Why should i be put she has finished Grade 12 and now is interested in going to school. But i Don t want my writ ing to become a supervised of thing. If i do go i Don t want to be mentally regimented into thinking other people s thoughts rather than my she is also working on a biography of her father. He was a Man Well Worth knowing. I admired and respected him. We kids still walk in his Shadow although he is Long gone. He walks and lives with me every minute. Ultimately i have to be something More than just an Indian with an education. My father thought i was useless and he s still wailing and watching to Sec to make my Bombay up the state of Adhya Pravesh in Central India has its own version of the women s lib movement. The women of Adhya Pra Desh do not speak of Niale Tyr Anny. They Are still absolutely Loyal to their husbands fathers and Brothers. There is not even a hint of revolt in the air. What they want is just this More schools for girls cloth sugar wheat vegetable Oil and other household articles at cheaper prices a network of co operative stores and police action against Boondas Street ruffians who molest women. Recently hundreds of women paraded the streets of Bhopal Indore Gwalior and other cities in Adhya Pravesh. They shouted slogans asking the gov sunlight Jamaica leaves .suiul.iv. July till United 136 Illic. At. 774-3571 Ern ment to yield to their de mands or quit. But that was about the Only militant tiling about the women of that stale. After the six hour Demon stration the women returned to their Homes to Cook and sew. Mrs. Savitri Shukla 39, one of the participants said we do not wish to imitate Western women. Even the women of Bombay Are not our models. The Genius of Indian women consists of moderation. 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