And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 14:03:19 -0400
From: Lynne Moss-Sharman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: "What about the other 364 days?"
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What about the other 364 days, says native
The Vancouver Province
June 22, 1999
Suzanne Fournier,
Staff Reporter The Province
The support of government and corporations that marked National Aboriginal
Day yesterday should be available to young aboriginals all year long, says
a B.C. native leader.
A host of aboriginal and Metis organizations, as well as Scotiabank, B.C.
Hydro, the federal government and the provinces celebrated the day with
festivities and awards.
"Of the 169,000 status Indians in B.C. only 40,000 live on-reserve, yet
urban aboriginal people are marginalized both by our own people and
mainstream governments," said Viola Thomas, president of the United Native
Nations.
"We're glad to celebrate National Aboriginal Day, but we'd also like to see
attention to helping aboriginal youth every day, because they're most at
risk, and we want government to address the erosion of our rights,
especially the marginalization of off-reserve people.
"It shouldn't be just one day a year that corporations and government are
interested in us."
In downtown Vancouver, festivities at the Roundhouse Community Centre
focused on young aboriginals, a rapidly growing section of the aboriginal
population.
A play performed in dance and drama by 19 young Okanagan natives in the
Rainbow Productions Music Theatre honoured Clarissa Hunt, a 17-year-old
Vancouver student whose suicide and the grief it caused in her community
were reported in The Province May 17.
Thomas said young people are the future of First Nations but they also face
huge risks and challenges, with higher rates of suicide, substance abuse,
school dropout levels and unemployment.
B.C. Aboriginal Affairs Minister Gordon Wilson noted "the province,
municipalities, businesses and other agencies are building new
relationships with First Nations," and called on "everyone in B.C. to gain
better understanding of aboriginal culture."
But Thomas pointed out not a single aboriginal person is employed by
Wilson's ministry at the policy or management level; in fact, the
ministry's only native employees are receptionists.
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