Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 14, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba free August housing plan for Reserve surprises band Leader Dave Johnson pwt press by Bob Lowery Winnipeg free press Pukatawagan the new Federal native housing program will give Resi dents of this Remote Northern in Dian Reserve Homes with full basements for the first time in chief Mathias Sinclair of the Mathias colomb Indian band said his people first Learned of the new plan Dur ing a meeting with Brian direct to general of Indian affairs for Mani Toba this under the new reserves in Remote areas will receive Federal Assis Tance of per House instead of we came to the meeting ready to dig our heels in and not to permit any House costing less than and having full basements to be built on our we were ready to take fewer houses and get the Quality we Sinclair it was quite a Shock to learn that we could get even More than that under the new Sinclair said the band was also glad to receive a commitment from Veinot Arrow spark Indian Days the Pas a flaming Arrow fired from the Bow of chief Charlie constant signalled the opening of the 15th annual Opasquia Indian Days Here the other major event was the arrival of 15 runners who completed a we Klong run from Winnipeg to the the purpose of the Marathon was to raise Money for the Pas Indian bands new indoor ice great response constant said there was a great response to the runners along the we expect a Good amount of Money was but we Are still totalling up the pledges and today the first Lap of the Opasquia International Canoe classic is sche total prize Money is for the 96kilometre run in three Day laps of 32 Kilometres other feature competitions include the world flour packing Competition which takes place Eagle and Hawk awards Are also awarded for the Best showing in a series of 20 traditional Indian these events include knife and Hatchet throwing and Spear throw that a Long delayed water Supply sys tem would be completed in that water line has been quite d Sinclair up to now the Federal department of Public works and Indian affairs have spent on All Treyve done is to Lay about half a mile of the for the Reservoir is Only half in the intake pipe is out in the theres no pump or he out of Money Sinclair also noted that another Trench had to be filled in again because the project ran out of according to Veinos report to the band Sinclair said a resubmission to fund the completion of the system is before the Federal Treasury the submission covers laying an other Quarter mile of instal lation of the pump and pump House and a purification Public water stand outlets and a heating system will also have to be Sinclair expects the additional construction will Cost Between and because of Veinos Assurance the permanent system will be in place next Sinclair said the band is permitting the department to install a temporary water line for the our Council just would not accept this before because of the attitude of the their engineers told us that the temporary line was going to be there was no consultation whatsoever and we were expected to rubber stamp the Sinclair visit historic this visit of Veinot is historic be cause its the first time an Indian affairs official of that calibre has taken time to come and find out what we really want and t Sinclair said unemployment among the reserves approximately Resi dents averages about 90 per the annual social assistance budget is about and half of this Money is paid to people who could work if jobs were Sinclair said the band is trying to exploit the reserves employment potential in logging and lumber he said that to upgrade the facilities in these industries the bund is planning a number of band works he explained that under the new contract agreement negotiated with the department earlier this funds allocated fur welfare can be re Chan yelled into development projects which create dancers Julie left and Kathy compare their costumes with a doll in traditional serbian pavilions capture Rich history by Bob Armstrong the casual observer May wonder Why a country smaller than has three pavilions at but the casual observer May not know that Yugoslavia is a rather re cent nation formed after the first world its name meaning Southern Fol Lorama Talent Montene and Alex Ander the greats Home Are All parts of the country and each area has its own language and in the the town i come from there were 56 said Milorad mayor of the serbian Pavil Ion at the Sargent Park Serbia is the Southern portion of Yugoslavia and for centuries it was an autonomous Serbia has been embroiled in wars and conquests for centuries and As a result has a culture influenced by Many the dances and language Are influenced by the who ruled Serbia from the 14th to the 20th left their Mark on the culture As the serbs have and musical ties with other slavic a the religion is greek orthodox and the language uses the greek similar to ukrainian and the music has slavic influences As the band at the serbian Pavilion plays polka but they also serbian songs which get the crowd dancing the a greek Dominic mayor of the croatian says we dont like the name Croatia was the first of the slavic countries to become roman Tomic because it is closest to As Croatia has always used the roman through the Croatia has been involved in Many both roman a and Serbia invaded Croatia trying to establish links to the Adriatic said one of the Pavilion he weve never had Trou ble with the northernmost of the yugoslav has its Pavilion at 95 Mcdonald slovenian culture has been influenced More by Austria than the other said Pavilion coordinator Stan the Pavilion has three dance groups with about 45 performing Folk dances of he the Pavilion has several specialities in including whole Young pigs barbecued on the grounds every after two pigs have been cooked every but they have disappeared so fast that four will be cooked Vrsnik with three pavilions representing a relatively Small they Are naturally Small most 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