Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 22, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 local Phi i in 2001 aboriginal Day continued trom Page a1 for this Mother of being aboriginal Means being balanced with her other peo theres a lot of Good things and bad Blomme said after help ing conduct yesterdays Sunrise Cere a lot of aboriginal people dwell on the bad one of the very first lessons i had to learn when i started walking this Way was i had to love i had to change a lot of a lot of my i was a really angry thinking if not for residential but there Are reasons and purposes Why things happen to us in my name is carried on every four and weve All been heal we have the gift of and kindness kindness and Hon esty go with the you have to live that who was sexually and physically said returning to traditional ways has allowed her to move her residential school experience was tragically but she tries to remember that it was there she Learned to love Amanda Manitopyes growing up in Manitopyes was the Only native student on her bus and sat her friends were other ostracized aboriginal and by age she Felt i had no no i was a lost the 23yearold Mother of a three year said moving to Manitoba last fall was like coming i feel More were More now in proud of being its More acceptable because the majority Are she to have All this it just makes me have Manitopyes also found programs for single mothers and is getting her High school diploma so she can become a social i didst study my culture because i was she in going to my first sweat in two this morning i went to my first Sun Rise in taking ojibway classes in John Genaille Genaille said he often considers How far aboriginals have come and How far they can 70 years there Are big changes to the Willmar win Dows employee in 70 years there will be a big we should enjoy this Day to the who has lived across West Ern says racism is every were portrayed As people who dont who drink All the he adding there is some truth to the but he sees Days like yesterday As an Opportunity to show Case his culture and create a More harmonious were All part of the human Genaille one thing we always promote is by extending a hand in its a Way to better the Robert Asham growing up in Portage la Asham wanted to be just like every body instead he faced a lot of prejudice from students and you want the i wished i was it now in glad i said after battling alcohol and drugs and spending years in Asham feels Hes on the right largely because he has reconnected with his the change happened when i just accepted who i that it was of to have different to look at things from a different Angle than the Way i said who runs his own construction and renovation in pretty Happy where i am he said he likes the inclusiveness of aboriginal its a respect thing for we All bleed the same have the same things Laurleen Courchene Courchene sits behind a table arrayed with her moccasins and Bead work and talks about How ashamed of her culture she used to she remembers her school teacher was talking to me in eng Lish and i didst understand a word he the Only time i was not scared was when he because then i knew he want i promised not to speak my language because of How scared i she kept her and didst pass her languages on to her nine Chil now is trying to teach them Lon distance by she vows Shell learn Sioux before she in the Early you were put in jail for going to i was kind of scared to go we were told that Only evil evil pagans do she when she was about an elder taught her to make i finally knew where i was Courchene Speaks proudly of her 10yearold Blond who lives in the Northwest territories and is so preoccupied with looking More aboriginal he keeps threatening to Dye his he is already learning his grand mothers first and she be 3 Barbara Nep Inak the Jingle dance at a powwow at the Forks while celebrating National aboriginal grasslands tribe member Kyle of win displays his ceremonial headdress at photos by Jeff de Boot Winnipeg free press thu Justine Osborne Centre attended a ceremony to announce two recipients of a scholarship named for her late Helen Betty the recipients were Andrea Milvor left and Trisha Wayne of Zowacki Winnipeg free press litre air conditioning automatic rear defogger cloth buckets Low Kilometres 1998 Dodge Neon highline 2001 Dodge Carava v6 air Power Power 7 Luggage tilt wheel Speed control deep tint 2001 Chrysler Sebrin Gix 4 or air conditioning Power windows Power door locks Power mirrors Speed control tilt wheel player 2001 Chrysler intrepid conditioning Power windows Power door locks Power mirrors Speed control wheel 15 tires 2001 jeep grand Cherokee undo 4 wheel drive Osborne scholarships awarded the first two recipients of the Helen Betty Osborne scholarship were awarded Trisha Goulet is about to Start her third year of training As a dental hygienist at the University of Manito Andrea from Cross is completing her educational Assis Tance diploma and will then begin the Northern teacher education program through Brandon the Helen Betty Osborne memorial foundation was established by the provincial government last december to assist aboriginal students who Are pursuing a pos secondary Osborne was 19 years old in 1971 when she was abducted in the raped and stabbed More than 50 it took 15 years before charges were Shes very much a teacher Shes very much an educator said ramp staff Bob who led the homicide investigation and now Heads up the litre engine automatic air conditioning Power windows door locks Power mirrors up country suspension group Security alarm cloth seals native vets honoured with Ottawa Monument preowned vehicles Moo Bomi Mam caravan Cass sunscreen a 2000 Bomi caravan Cass in in u Alloy wheels 2000 Cavan Al 124 cruise bob6i caravan in command his full Iown it Couch try us Abb 3 rear learner in want inc tuns sport Alloy wheels Iff i Many caravan is Quad rear infiniti 1h7chivsuiintbjmb cruise inv Yamisi Abs 1197 void us if Waton cd he caravan Simi Whill Mivi rear Cass sport a 9499 Pembina Dodge Chrysler jeep new Vii Cut used Vinicur financing pull 300 Pembina 284665o lease 20 400 pm an via payment Security Deposit required at tone of Post get not inc udut Eum to Only 2001 Toon 00 i to dancing avar data in Tau olfactory rebates on to teatime o by Paul Samyn and Kim Guttormson Ottawa amid the whiff of Sweet grass and the beating of a ceremonial a new tribute to Canadas aboriginal veterans officially took its place yesterday two blocks South of the National War the eight metre Bronze and Granite Monument topped by an Eagle rising above figures of an inuit and a woman was unveiled amid the full pomp and ceremony of a brass honour guard and the laying of Adrienne Clarkson paid trib Ute to aboriginal people for two Cen Turies of military service on Canadas beginning with the great Warrior Tecumseh in the War of 1812 and extend ing through the Boer both world the korean conflict and peace keeping we should look at this Monument As bringing Home the memories and history of the veterans and the fallen who served with such honour and distinction in All branches of the armed Clarkson said at the dedication Ceredo part of National aboriginal we respect and honour these Brave the which is also adorned by a Wolf and has a dream of the National Inal veterans which helped raise funds for the it was a Long time coming and it certainly is said Willy a native who flew a medevac helicopter during the Vietnam i was not sure i would actually see the Day when it would finally get up but it is veterans affairs minister Ron who was part of the Wreath laying said he was truly moved by the ceremony and the memo it is something that i think tells us again about the tremendous contributions of our first nations and Metis peo he at National aboriginal Day celebrations at Winnipeg Indian and Metis Friendship donations were being collected at a Pancake break fast to honour Tommy Prince is Canadas most decorated aboriginal he was a hero in the Sec Ond world performing extraordinary acts of bravery with the devils he also served in the korean the which would be erected at the Corner of Selkirk Avenue and Tommy Prince is the second stage of a project to honour the War the first was creating an Cadet corps in his which is based in freight 1 ;