Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 30, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free press tuesday june Indian Council sets precedent in child welfare Brosnahan most a a v by Maureen Brosnahan Winnipeg free press Brandon the Dakota ojibway tribal Council will celebrate Canada Day tomorrow by officially setting up its own children Aid society. It the first time any native group in Canada has won the right to control the destiny of its own children who in the past have often been taken from re serves and placed under permanent Wardship or in non native Foster Homes far from their families and cultural roots. The Council which represents eight Indian bands in Southern Manitoba will assume All responsibility for the welfare of Indian children on member reserves. The Transfer of responsibility recently approved by the provincial Cabi net comes after almost five years of hard work and planning by Doc chiefs and councils and provincial government officials. At first Many of the established child care agencies questioned the Abil Ity of the natives to handle their own child and family problems. The reason Why this has been dragging Long is there had been some apprehension but when the whole Council became involved it be came a Little More favourable said Isaac Beaulieu chairman of the new Doc Agency and a resident of the Sandy Bay Reserve. John Ross director of child welfare for Manitoba said the Council is the first group to obtain a Legal mandate to run its own Agency but he expects other Indian groups will also qualify within the next year. I think All the children Aid Socie ties Felt the time had come for a he said. The Doc which serves about registered indians says it is Well prepared for the task. It already has provided Basic social work training for 16 native people who will handle cases on the eight reserves which include Long Plains Dakota Plains Roseau River Sandy Bay Oak Lake Birdtail Sioux Sioux Valley and Swan Lake. The workers will continue on the Job training for the next two years. Tim Maloney executive director of the new Agency and a former Cas administrator in Northern Ontario says the 16 Are probably better equipped workers because they Are natives and understand Indian Cul Ture. The worker coming out of the University of Manitoba school of social work has almost no understanding of the native extended he said. In Many cases the worker would simply take the children from their parents or relatives and place them in non native Homes he said. Sometimes the parents would fight the action but finally in frustration would throw up their hands and give the social workers would take that As an attitude that they did t care he said. Meanwhile they would be placing children in the United states and in Europe for he said. A lot of Indian children were adopted by people who thought of in t that a cute Little child but that child wakes up at the age of 13 or 14 and asks who am sad results cited tribal administrator Alfred Everett said the failure of the Cas system on the Reserve and the sad results which appeared when adoptions and Foster placements broke Down was one of the main reasons for the native run Agency Beaulieu called some of the apprehensions of native children by the Cas almost like he said some children would be picked up by workers when they went into town with their parents. The children would be playing and the Cas would pick them up and cart them away he said. In Sandy Bay it became a constant he said. The thing that sad and real is that every extended family on these re serves has lost some be cause of the system Maloney said. This is the primary reason for the project. So Many children were lost in that Way. It very tragic and it still happen ing in Northern he said. Legal responsibility and guardian ship for More than 100 children already has been transferred to the Agency from the Cas groups in Western Central and Eastern Manitoba. The remaining cases will be transferred within the next couple of weeks. There Are already about 30 Foster program coordinators from left Isaac Beaulieu Tim Maloney Alfred Everett Ernie smoke. Homes on the reserves and the Doc expects no trouble finding others. We Don t see it As a difficult thing to he said. The difficult is that people often Felt that they native Foster parents could not meet the the Agency first year budget is but it May be increased de pending on need. In some cases where children Are already in Foster Homes on reserves a Transfer involves Only paperwork and reassigning a native social worker to the Case. In other cases children May be re turned to the Reserve from a non native Foster Home when the temporary custody order comes up for review. The Agency will operate under the the provincial child welfare act and local committees have been set up on each Reserve to handle cases and pres ent Progress reports to the bands and the tribal Council. The Agency has also contracted with the Cas of Eastern Manitoba for ongo ing consultative services for its first year and has hired a full time social worker who was with the Cas of Cen trial Manitoba. Being the first of its kind the Council expects to come under close Public scrutiny organizers said. The first year is really the test for us because there Are a lot of in admitted Everett. We Are constantly being watched by people who wonder if a group of Indian chiefs can do it. So far we Haven t had to ask anybody to bail us he said. In Peg students totals tops students at . John Raven court school have won the University of Waterloo National Junior mathematics contest for the fourth time in five years. Winners on this year team were Marc Baltzan Thomas Gratzer Philip Kim and Jeff Swail All Grade 11 Stu dents this year and Andrew Lau who was in Grade 10. Coach John Barsby said the test consisted of 30 multiple Choice questions which students had an hour to answer. St. John Raven court also placed second in Waterloo Euclid mathematics contest. Team members included Baltzan and Kim plus Iain Luke Vincent Massey collegiate placed fourth in this contest with a team of Sandra Bannatyne and Rama us brahmanism both in Grade 11, and Jones Young a Grade 12 student. Subrahmanyam also recorded the highest individual score among the competitors 135 out of 150. St. Paul High school was fifth with a team of Brad Febroni de swerhon and Bob Taylor All in Grade 12. St. John Raven court also finished first in Region 7 of the annual High school mathematics examination for Canada and the . Region 7 includes Manitoba Saskatchewan North and South Dakota Minnesota and Iowa and had about contestants Barsby said. The . John team included Gratzer Kim and Luke. Vincent Mas sey finished second with a team of Bannatyne Subrahmanyam and Young. Disabled plan transit seminar Manitoba league of the physically handicapped will hold a free Public workshop on transportation and the disabled Friday and saturday. A panel discussion Friday Between 7 and 10 . Will focus on the need for improved provincial government action to meet the transportation needs of the disabled in Rural Manitoba. Saturday seminars Deal with Licens ing registration and insurance rates of private Van taxis and issues in the operation of Handi transit. Registration will begin at Friday and . Saturday at the Norquay building auditorium 401 York Avenue. City Calendar plug in inc. Video group will hold a meeting at 8 . Thursday at 175 Mcdermot Avenue. Plug in inc. Distributes xeroxed documentation of gallery activities including photo graphs and critical or review coverage on a regular basis. The pan am diving club will accept registrations for its summer diving program at the Pool 25 Poseidon Bay. Classes will be offered in All Levels of learn try dive As Well As competitive diving beginning monday. The Manitoba safety Council needs additional instructors for several courses defensive driving farm safety motor cycling and babysitting. Training and honorarium will be provided. Contact Evelyn Sutton or Alison Smith at the Council 202-213 notre Dame Avenue. Weather religious conference set Winnipeg will Host one of 22 conventions slated this summer by Jehovah witnesses at Points across Canada. About people Are expected july 9-12 at the Winnipeg convention Centre. More than Are expected to attend the series of conventions which end in late August. The theme of each convention will be kingdom loyalty said W. Bodner spokesman for 23 local congregations. The need to develop the Quality of loyalty has never been More apparent he said. Disloyalty to marriage mates and family to employers to government and even to god has increased at alarming rates. This convention will help All who attend to cultivate the godly Quality of our mistake a Story yesterday said wrongly that Winnipeg consultant Michael Decter had indicated that new jobs were created in the province in the last four years. In fact an estimated jobs have been a Story in some editions Friday wrongly said Premier Sterling Lyon had called the Manitoba federation of labor annual Brief to the government an attempt to hoodwink the in fact the statement was made by Jim Armit communications officer for the Premier. Deaths classified death Winnipeg area forecast sunny today with brisk southerly winds this afternoon. High near 29. Low tonight near 17. Mainly sunny with the Chance of an afternoon thundershowers tomorrow and a High near 28. Extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba sunny thursday and Friday scattered evening thundershowers saturday. Temperatures above nor Mal readings of 25 and 12. Northern Manitoba Cloudy periods with scattered afternoon showers thursday sunny Friday and saturday. Tempera Tures above seasonable values of 23 and 10. Northwestern Ontario isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers thursday sunny Friday and saturday. Temperatures above Normal readings of 23 and 12. Temperatures Canada and the world National Victoria. Vancouver. Calgary. Edmonton. Reolena. Winnipeg. Thompson. Kenora. Brandon. Dauphin. Thunder Bav. Toronto. Ottawa. Montreal. Halifax. International Chicago. Minneapolis. New York. Boston. Amsterdam. Athens. Berlin Helsinki. Lisbon. London. Madrid. Al 22 23 26 25 24 23 20 24 33 25 31 27 27 22 27 28 32 27 21 35 19 19 24 16 27 12 13 9 5 7 14 11 13 is 17 12 16 15 13 1 19 21 20 17 9 22 12 11 is 11 13 Mai. Man. 21 14 24 14 14 Paris. Row. 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