Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 21, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 local Winnipeg fuel 2001 special report in Aborio Mikil aboriginal Day continued from Page a1 freed will attend meetings in Alberta where she will continue to push her accountability Agenda and fight the system she believes has seen much of Ottawa spending on natives line the pockets of chiefs and band Ive heard of Bank tellers flabbergasted at the Money that some chiefs and band councillors have in their per Sonal says head of the Manitoba based first nations account ability freed is part of a new generation of grassroots activists pushing for changes in aboriginal changes Nault is hoping to implement in an overhaul of the Indian the Capa prepared by Jeremy has added ammunition to feeds arguments about inequity on the study argued there is a new class of politicians and senior managers at the top of the aboriginal pecking order who control their communities Economy and the study noted these elites tend to collect higher salaries and Bene in Stark contrast to the in a More troubling Hull argues that chiefs and councils Are Likely to use their status As elected representatives of an impoverished minority to bar gain both for improved funding and relaxed accountability hulls study challenges the traditional native protest that More Money is the key to solving the Royal commission on aboriginal peo released in recommended More than billion in additional fed eral spending Over 15 the findings suggest that additional funding by itself will not address the inequities found within the aboriginal particularly those living on he census which forms the Back Bone of hulls makes painfully Clear How far the provinces aboriginal population still needs to go to catch up with the rest of Manitoban i Manitoba natives have a much greater dependence on government sup port such As employment insurance and welfare than the rest of the in 31 per cent of aboriginal income came from government pay ments compared with 15 per cent for the total i the number of Reserve residents on welfare has in about residents relied on by that number had risen to a figure projected to i while the proportion of natives with High school diplomas or pos secondary education has risen dramatically since their education still lags far behind Ive heard of Bank tellers flabbergasted at the Money that some chiefs and band Council lors have in their personal accounts Leona head of the Manitoba based first nations accountability coalition the rest of the As of the last census in no aboriginal Manito bans were still More than twice As Likely As registered indians to have completed pos secondary i the majority 55 per cent of aboriginal families in Manitoba fall below the poverty line compared with 22 per cent for the rest of the last week at a University of Toronto convocation Matthew Coon National chief of the Assembly of first gave a chilling account of challenges facing his in Manitoba and our people Are not Only the majority of the we constitute three quarters of the prison population even though they Only represent on tenth of the general Coon come they and we Are not deviants and criminals we Are economic and political sees signs of Progress and the Promise of better Days for Abo the government believes it is important for the country As a whole not to let first nation people fall behind any fur ther and to Start to play catchup and i think that is important and reason enough to Nault said in an the Chretien governments throne speech made aboriginal issues a priority with commitments to improving every thing from health to economic Nault insisted taxpayers and aboriginals got Good value for the billion invested Over the past 10 he noted that important but costly infrastructure such As sewer and water systems didst exist on Many reserves when he was first elected in virtually every Reserve at least has a first phase sewer system along with a this is about communities having the kinds of structures in place to build an Economy to do business and to have some say and authority in their daily lives Indian affairs minister Bob Nault they and we Are not deviants and criminals we Are economic and political prison ers Matthew Coon National chief of the Assembly of first nations help for by Kim Guttormson Tuxedo Quality foods Corner of of Aston Grant 1853 Grant Avenue Kenaston City wide service 9873830 store hours modest pm Stii toys i Holiday 1 june 17lti thru june we Reserve the right to limit delivery service 9873830 Best Price of the year saving fresh chef style toe rib roast mini carnations r Large carnations i i no Nihmy i think there is every reason to focus at least on some of the accomplishments and the visions for the future that our younger people have Wayne president of the aboriginal Council of Winnipeg Range of other improvements from mod Ern band offices to efforts to Spur aboriginal entrepreneurial providing education on reserves Doest come cheap it costs Ottawa More than million annually to operate a single Reserve he in fairness to aboriginal i think in the past 20 years people have made huge Nault but in the next he makes sure not to sugarcoat existing does that mean we Are still a Long Way Back of faults plan to help natives catch up with other canadians includes a rework ing of the Indian which governs every aspect of Reserve this is about communities having the kinds of structures in place to build an Economy to do business and to have some say and authority in their daily the minister faults proposal has been met with howls of protest by first nations Lead ers and branded As a Sham by Coon Wayne president of the aboriginal Council of sees the War Between Nault and chiefs As part of an when you look around there is not a whole lot to what with the third world conditions which still exist on reserves and those living on skid Row Manitoba aboriginal affairs minister Eric Robinson ongoing play that is part of a codependent weird relationship created by the Indian but when Helgason looks past the Indi an act debate to Success stories of Urban aboriginals and those like freed advocating for he sees a brighter Helgason says he will be drawn today to Winnipeg aboriginal Centre where 100 former dropouts will be awarded High school i think there is every reason to focus at least on some of the accomplishments and the visions for the future that our younger people Helgason Manitoba aboriginal affairs minister Eric Robinson one of the first natives to begin advocating for National aboriginal Day 20 years ago takes a More Basic View of the event which comes on the longest Day of the when you look around there is not a whole lot to what with the third world conditions which still exist on reserves and those living on skid Robinson More than 40 per cent of Manitoban think the government Hast gone far enough to reach an under standing with aboriginal according to a Survey by the Canada West All four Western provinces have a growing awareness that the aboriginal population is a very important segment of the Popula said Loleen director of research for the with All the dynamics put together theres a growing awareness How important that demographic is to the especially of Manitoba and the Canada West foundation conducted an omnibus Survey ear Lier this questioning people in Alberta and results Are considered accurate to within percentage it has been releasing data from the Survey since the information on three Abo Rigina related questions coincide with National aboriginal Day Berdahl said the response of Manitoban is in line with other except in the Case of whether casinos provide a Benefit to aboriginal while per cent of westerners strongly disagreed with that 44 per cent of Manitoban Berdahl says that Likely because of the recent debate about aboriginal casinos in the there was also Little difference Between the views of Rural and Urban although the results did skew along the lines of the political party 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