Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 27, 1989, Winnipeg, Manitoba The province Winnipeg free press september Page 2 Julian provincial editor grisly discovery distresses tribal elders by John Lyons Winnipeg free press Whitefish human remains unearthed Here recently were the second such disco very within Days in Manitoba and Northwestern such grisly re main fairly archaeologists despite what Are Proba Bly numerous Small forgotten native burial before Contact people tended not to Bury dead in a Ceme Small burial Sites would be scattered throughout the country Manitoba provincial Archeo Logist Tony Buchner the remains found 60 kilo metres South of were Unco Vered during landscaping at the local powwow grounds elder Domenic who owns the area where the disco very was said no one had any idea the Bones were warriors even my dad didst know about he never mentioned it to pay Pompee they must be from a Long time speculation abounds that the site May not have been a burial one Rumor Points to a Long ago dwelling that collapsed on its in Hab while another Points to fallen warriors from tribal wars hundreds of years Ive heard a lot of stories of what May have you cant go on said band Liaison worker Richard in interested in How far Back the remains will take that what science will Tell Ontario provincial police in near by Sioux Narrows sent the three bodies to the pathology department of the Centre of forensic sciences in Toronto for a spokesman there said the re Mains have yet to be its not she for testing to reveal that such Bones Arent human at but mistakenly identified animal a different path was taken after a similar discovery at Manitoba Sioux Valley Indian visual inspections and interviews with band elders led to the belief the remains were of natives who died Randy free press construction discovery of human Bones caused great distress to Sioux who avoid disturbing Bones of the disturbed Bones reburied with reverence an estimates Bones very by Randy Turner Winnipeg free press Sioux Valley Indian Reserve human Bones found Here by construction workers May not have been those of native but elders of this Reserve did not take any some of the older Guys went Down to the site and took tobacco and said 83yearold Eli former chief of the Sioux Valley Indian they have prayed to the spirits that nothing bad will come because this was an along with other Reserve became uneasy when workers unearthed the Bones of five bodies while building a Road about 40 Kilometres West of tribes of the Sioux nation consider buried Bones you dont move said chief Robert there not to be to disturb one of or to pick up the would be bad the which locals Here believe to be about 100 years were reburied in the Reserve because a rough wooden casket was also found in the archaeologists speculated that the Bones could have belonged to but Reserve residents say the presence of Turquoise beads among the remains indicates native some elders were upset to hear the Bones had been they feel the remains should have been reburied in a Safe location adjacent to the what worried the people was the Bones we rent left said Allan another former band they have a deep feeling regarding the spiritual aspects of the when you disturb the you disturb the Don a minister on the said the Bones were scattered and so band members decided to Bury them in a Safe we Felt we should Bury them in our own so that what we the minister added that native grave Sites Are susceptible to such accidents because they were nomadic people who rarely marked burial they would dig anywhere in the Olden Taylor before the arrival of Europe the Sioux did not Bury their bodies were placed on a platform or in a a great Many native tribes exposed the de ceased to the wind and the rain and the Environ said Bev professor of Archeo logy at Brandon the Sioux believed thid would allow the body to return to the environment from which it Between 1850 and Laurie spokesman for the depart ment of heritage and rec the Bones have since been reburied at an anglican Ceme Tery on the Streich because theres a lot of sensitivity about finding remains like we consult with the local band or native organization to see what they would like although both the Ontario and Manitoba remains were uncovered during such disco veries Are Streich a lot of the time when these things Are found its because of say of in Northwestern Archeo logy spokesman Noella Gawryluk said there has been Only one other Case in recent years of human re Mains being found during construct that occurred near fort where a Hudson Bay cemetery was in archaeologists have Little input when such a find is Gawryluk Ontario provincial police investigate and turn the matter Over to a officials at Whitefish Bay Are waiting for studies to be done on the remains found Here so the Bones can be one of the things elders Are concerned with is the disturbing or desecration of burial grounds or in Dian Bird the elders want to see the Bones Are properly we will let the matter lie until we get the re Mains Back from we dont want to do anything further until we get direction from the chemical dealers expect to fold rather than pay costs of safety by Bill Redekop Many Manitoba farm chemical dealers will leave the business rather than conform to costly new safety rules set by Ottawa last the Western fertilizer and chemical dealers association pre Ottawa has Given the Industry until 1995 to put Concrete diking and containment beneath tanks and loading so spilled Chemi cals cannot damage soils or the containment that could Cost upwards of with other new would mean Chemi cals stay on site and Are retrievable in the event of a spill or most tanks and loading areas now Are on sprinkler systems also by Manitoba 120 who employ about 600 peo will have to meet new Ware housing which include sprinkler systems and fire by All dealerships must be fire coded so the nearest fire department knows in Advance How to handle a fire or Many dealers will simply leave rather than make the Large invest Dave of cd executive some dealers wont want to stay in the Industry and some wont be some dealers wont be Able to afford to stay Able to afford he Wowchuk would not predict How Many will but said dealer ships have already fallen 15 per cent during the last two most dealers Are trying to Cooper ate with the Federal Wowchuk if we major it would have a Public he new facilities being built already have to conform to such after Ottawa approved new safety standards in in the United governments have begun auditing plants for dealers Are randomly selected for Cor drillings in their Yards to Check for any sediment of pesticide or said Jim executive Vic president of National fertilizer solutions association in Man the United states is Well ahead of Canada in implementing Cement containment at a Cost of 000 to per he Boillot added that the handful of chemical dealerships he saw in Manitoba would not pass standards of some american speaking to a convention of the Western Canada fertilizer Asso said the Industry must Dia Logue with equal footing government regulation is not necessarily bad and it will put everyone on an equal he he said nitrates found in ground water Are a big concern in the United but most of the nitrates Are from sources other than he we should All be aware of the substantial emotionalism that has invaded this it is an Issue that is easily placed before the Public in a Twenty second news he Portage la Prairie couple identified As Accident victims a Portage la Prairie couple have been identified As the victims of a single vehicle Accident sunday of Portage ramp said Alfreda Hope and Douglas Mark were killed when the truck in which they were Riding went out of control and into a the Driver of the Randall was taken to Portage general police said the Halfton truck was southbound on provincial Road 430 when it crossed the Centre line and went into the police said the Accident is still under deaths classified death Chester Chet of 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