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•· ·-. Tu~A1 JENNAfCE Nei·J Credit Six Nat ions ReP'?E ·~er July 13 19 Thirty- Second Issue The North American Indian Club of Buffal o Tekawennake has been highly ccrnplioented. to receive information of this beneficient Indian Club in the UoSoAo The Horth American I nr.l i2,n Club of Bu.ffaJ.o has been inaugurated for some time. Mr. James riartin Sr. is tte president a •id_ IIrs. Gordon Farmer Jr. is the secretary. At present there are some 70 memb1?.rs from various reserves - Cattaragus, Six Nations, New Credit, Sto Regis, IIuncey, Oneida 1 Tonawanda and others. The club began as a social gatherir_g and rr.embers enjoyed conpani onable activities suet as bowling, dancing etc and :r.ov1 pa.rticipate wi t h a float in the Ind.ian 1ay Cele- bration. ·. In 1967 a definite constitution wn.s d::..~awn up and voted on Rn.d the club broadened out with a humani tc:.r ian project and instituted. an Indian Scholarship Fund. This · fund is utilized to c•,ssist vJOI thy India:1. s h: '.ents in higher education . The winners are de- cided by the ed~cational author i tieso ~!inners of the 1968 scholarships 2-re Vicky Ifartin, daughter of the late Garland Uart in,and Sheila Bennett, daughter of IIr • .: rlrs. Ke:i.meth Bennett of Cattaragus. Previous winners v1cre Thchell e BuL,ham 7 Alvie Thomas 1 Keith Doxdator and Joan Tobicoea Five Cent Ne,v Lacro ss8 _St e: -, 11 The oldest oTgani::;ed sport in North Am-::rica is rccogni c.; ed by this new Canada Post Office Lacrosse Stamp designed in :rell0w be:.ckground with orange and shades of black figu_reso Baggataway, mo:c -J cl a . bat -L l 8 training t::m spc., :r.!c for tribal warriors ( so it appears to outsiders) was pl;--,:r3d by Inc:>,.cv,s in ou.:r: country before Colur,1bus completE.d his fam- ous voyage to Hor ": '1. .Amc: i ca ii1. 1(92., :fo firmJ.y bel i evE; 1:lie game T t s 0, means of wo rkin~· cff exces r:; energ-y- 1vhich is prac- . ticed -~ o this day a 'I i:~.~:; 1-;2..s _10 ·>:,3_ c1 2, c.P.y 1 G vi s it to a Lo:1g~:::msc cerer.1ony largely attendeda . Co:.:e tl--.::.~ee o' (;::.o c1.c , 2.lJ. 1· ,Jre l' e&dy f or a c;.1ange " The you,.--ig people all went outside ancl particip2..i: r:d in a s tr ,,m10·_J_ 3 g"l.me of touch football 1 for an hour. The winning, :::::'.de we1·c ra1varded :,;_;_ t~".L dclj c i :n.s :: -::mies wh :i. ch all 2:1j oyecL 'The e lders wat ch- ed the enti~e tto ~2~d~~gs , 1,11 enterc::, t r, ok ths ~r s::ass cr.:.ietly, and the 7l~eting 2.ga.in proce'3ded in perfect ordero Today's Box Lac::.-osse: played in P.ncj_ozecl ac>enas, evolved from a native pastime in which a s :::any as one t >:msancl men playeJ. in a f ield somet i mes five miles in lengtha First day of sa.1 -:: for the k.cross .J st;,,mp lJas 3rd July 1 1968 . ,3our Springs 'fomen ; s I nst itute ITrs a Eldon Hill presided at t:t,::> July r:iee t ine of the Sour SpJ.'j_ngs 1Tomen' s Institute which was held at t:rn Temperance Hal.l ILRa 6 Hagersvillea The hostess was I'Irsa Peter Van eve .· J arni her asE, i stants w-~re Hrs. '.!ilfred Smith and Hrs. IIa Farmera The Institute opening ode was s1mJ ar.d al l in un i s on r epeated thennary Stewart Collect a" The roll call i·1a;:; a.nmrnred by each member stating a family tradition carried on in the home . The theme for the rneetj_ng w;:,,s the Twesdsmui1' History a lTrs. Peter Vanevery then gave the history of tbe Sour Springs 1!ome:1.' s Ins-ti tu.tea I ·i; 1-:::.s the first ~Jomen' s Inst a to be founded on the Six Nations Reserve a After much phoning and consulting with district directors on t~_ :., i ni t i ,.t i ve of Ilrs 0 ifilli am Smith, the fi:r·st meeting was held. at the home of I1rs . Ge0rge S~ith 1 Smith's Corners, on Nova 26 1 19240 Tfrs. Hudson Jennings, IIr sa J c Ca Hall, iii ss Rvelfson distric;t dire ctors of the · Burford area came to tLc meet ing in a phae+,on dravm by a team of horses and driven by Ilro Roy Schuyler, agricultural representative o-::: B:'.'ant County0 They came to install the officers and to se.:.: t hat the organizat i on started off on t he right tracka The · officers.· elected_ 1,1ere I-1:rsa ~Ii lliarn 8mi th 1 president ,!Irsa :Tilli am J a Eill 1 vice- president, Tirsa . Peter V-:'..ti 9Very 1 still act:i.ve in insti t ute work 1 ,vas elected Secretary- treasurera Plans were raade for the forthcomj_ng I-Iorneme}rnrs Co,1.vention which wi ll be held in · Ohsweken Con:.rnunity Eall o;.1. J1,1.ly 31 1 Au:,-, 1st &nd 2nd, I.Ira Don Cassie, Indjan Agent, was present ancl s t ated that his offi ce 1rnuld co-operate wi ·c~· the plans and assist ,·Ji th t he rece:i:)"cion of de l egat3s 'r,ho -., i 11 be att •c)ndj_nz fron other Ontario Reserves a Another meet i ng was s cheduled for J uly 15th to final i ze pl ans for the c01r1ent iona ( con-t'cl)