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Call Now For All The Details ho 1-800-661-6286 Invisible Fencing of South East Ontario General Delivery Kendal, Ontario LOA 1EO NCING INVISIBLE To participate in this section, call The Port Perry Star at 985-7383 Letters to the editor Open letter from Gary Edgar To the Editor: This is an attempt to 1) ex- plain my letter of last week, 2) explain the rationale for our ac- quisition of some waterfront property adjacent to our First Nation, 3) appeal to you for your support on this issue, 4) make some general comments about our past history and where and how our people intend to move forward. : 1) First I would like to apolo- gize for last week's letter in this paper, because as many of my friends (both Native .and non- Native) have told me, I am re- ducing myself to Mr. Aldred's level when I write vindictive statements and take cheap shots as I did last week. I know there are some who enjoy these face-offs, but I as- sure you that this misinforma- tion hurt me to the very centre of my being. This is not a pleas- ant task. I try to take issue with the misinformation, but wish- ing to fight back and protect our people from lies, I end up saying things I am sorry for after- wards. I can't understand why this person has chosen to show his ignorance on Native issues, but it's those of you who don't have the time to investigate or "read- up" on your own, who I fear may actually believe the inaccurate information and form mistaken opinions. : I can tell you openly and hon- estly, those who know me can also tell you that I always try to be up front and honest, almost to a fault. In all my years as a professional educator (over 30 years with the DurHam Board of Education: six years as a physical education consultant and 24 plus years as a teacher (mainly phys. ed) and also in all my years in sports (ball, hockey, track, basketball, volleyball. golf, curling as both a player and a coach) have I ever met anyone as vindictive as Mr. Joel Aldred. This man actually sent me an invitation to his "save the Is- land park" meeting which he has called and says he will chair. Can you believe he ex- pected our Council and former Chief to go to a meeting in such a situation? I can assure you that as the Chief of our First Nation, I certainly won't be there, nor will our Councillors. I only hope you, the public, will stay away in droves. 2) Rationale for Aquisition of Waterfront property on Provin- cial Crown Land adjacent to our First Nation: i) It is natural for Native people to be on and near the water. Our relationship with the land (and what grows from it), animals, sun, sky, wind and water is sacred. From these things put here by our Creator we get our spirituality. Because we have not had the water in our lives, much of the spirituali- ty and culture (which should have been passed down by pre- vious generations) has been de- nied to the Mississaugas of Scu- gog Island, a small group of Aboriginal people who seem to have been lost, not only to them- selves, but to the much larger surrounding non-Native popu- lation, who have been too busy with their own concerns to see or to care. We wish to gain back this missing link to our spiritu- ality. The link which I believe is a key in our healing process. Our people on the Scugog First Nation are committed to the development of a healing process (talking circles, sweat lodges, Pow Wows, visitations from other individuals and Na- tive groups, proper diet, etc.) and having the water nearby is essential in the healing process. This is happening with tremen- dous success (especially in the last five years) on First Nations across this great country. It's something our people desper- ately need : ii) To be land locked on an is- land while being expected to be- come self sufficient is an impos- sible situation. Two thirds of our membership live off the First Nation. In our economic development study and survey, done two years ago, over 80 per cent of that group indicated a wish to move "home" (Native people tend to have only one percep- tion of "home") if they could find employment here. We would like to give them that choice to either stay urbanized or to move home, where we can pro- vide at least some job opportu- nities. On anisland, at least some ec- onomic development should come from being on the water. We need the space required on the waterfront to develop eco- nomically and also to help us gain back the culture, tradi- tions and spirituality which we have lost over the last 125 years. Would this acquisition be a tremendous hardship for the non-Native population of Scu- gog Township? Please ask your- "rect answer(s) for yourself. self that question and answer it honestly in your heart. 3) An appeal for your support: In the preceding section of my letter I have attempted to give you an "Indian's point of view" about the need for me to be close to my Creator's natural phe- nomena. I ask you to try to walk that mile in my moccasins. I also appeal to you to come to the public meetings that will be held soon by the Government of Ontario through their negotia- tor for the William's Treaty, Mr. Alan Pope (former Minister of Natural Resources) in the "chair" for these information, question and answer sessions. I hope to see you there and I hope you will come with an open mind and heart and find the cor- A little about the William's Treaty (1923): Both levels of government (Federal and Pro- vincial) have admitted wrong doing in this treaty, which was written by lawyers of that day and signed by intelligent but il- literate Chiefs of the Mississau- gas and Chippewas Nations with an X on the paper, below words that none of them under- stood. The charge (by our law- yer, the honorable Thomas Ber- ger, former Chief of Justice of British Columbia and the law- yer who has helped resolve Turnto Page9 retiring. Calf . Chester Asling and Jane McGregor are pictured on their wedding day in 1882. Mr. Asling taught in Vaughan for several years and moved to Epsom in 1889, where he took over the store and post office. He took on an implement agency as well as the store and post office until rural mail came in 1917. Mr. Asling taught in Vaughan, Marsh Hill, Epsom, Utica and Manchester before retiring. Early records were not well kept in the schools so he had to teach an extra five years before From Page 6 in the Terry Fox Run, raising $3,600 for cancer research. Scott Wilson of Epsom showed his calf in the Durham 4-H Championship at the Beaverton Fair and won Grand Champion Philippa and Michael Read of Shirley Road had to get rabies shots after being attacked by a stray cat in their home. Although the couple's four cats had received their rabies shots, they were placed in quarantine for three months. i