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•' . \ 2 Six Nations Council Minutes Con 1t (36) Moved by Leonard Staats and seconded by Enos WFliams, that this council is not in a1reement with the resurvey of Glibe Farm Indian Reserve No /4.0 B, as con- ducted by R. T. Mccurdy , Department of En~rgy , Mines and Resources ottawa. Carried. (37) Councillors were requested to contact 5 delinquent hydro users re outstanding hydro accounts. (38) Nine applic2.tions for hot sing loans :'!rere approved the total amount being , 25,200.00. (39) Moved by Ranson Jamieson and seconded by Wm. R. Longboat, that this council approve the request of the .Arena Committee to level the hill behind the old dining hall at the fairgrounds , Ohsweken, and shove the excess dirt toward the horse barns. Also to erect a CASH Reporting Thermometer i n the Six Nations War Memorial Park. (41) Moved by Leonard Staats a nd s econded by Enos 1-Hlliams that this council grant the request of Miss V. E. Nadas Ma ster of Soc isl Services Sheridan College of applied a rts and Technology, Brampton Ontario, to have a group of students in the Social Service 8lass sit in on one of the Band Council meetings during the fall school term. Carried. (47) Moved by Mrs. Rena Hill and seconded by Leonard Staats, that this council disallow the Dunnville Consolidated Telephone Company the right to install their cable on the Six Nations Indian Reserve a nd that Richard Isaac, Chief Councillor, he given the authority to negotiate the tele:Jhone problem with the Dunnville Consolidqted Telephone Co. and the Bell Telephone Company. Carried. All other business b:ii ;y: :-. C' com;0lished the council adjourned until Thursday August 1, 1968 at 10 A.M. Tekawennake has bee n extremely µ l eased to receive a copy of the minutes of the Counc:U and to pass on to its many readers main items of interest to the local community & those away from home are all in:'-;s:r.ested to. M3.ny thanks Eds. Indians problem same as anv low income group Chief Virginia Summers of the Oneida Reserve near London, Ont., was inter- viewed when r;' ·;;, ,·,.-i.;t ,, ·,_. ' ,x 'l. ::. n c,:1ncat e n c:-inference :: n otta a recently. Chief Summers sees the problems faced by her pe ople as those of any low-income group. She said the birtges _ problem for Indian people is education. They have to make their own decisions lJut at the same time they have to be educated to make the right decisions. !'"'rs. Summers took her e/3.rly educ tion off the-Reserve, attended High School in St-. Thomas and took teacher training in London, Ont. She taught two years in a federal Indian ~chool. She and her husband moved back to the Reserve to live. In 1966 1~s. Summers ran for election as Chief of the Reser:ie and became Oneida I s first woman chief. J.1..1:rs. Summers has a kindly manner, 'a gentl e dignity and staunch common sense and humor. 11 I think the reserve system is here to stay, 11 she said. 11 Not everybody can live and be happy in a n ur'oan area. 11 "I ' m hoping that the new housing project we have on our reserve will prove an incentive for young people to stay. 11 11 We need youpg leaders because if all our young people move off t !· e reserve 1i'Je 1re going to be stuck for leaders when all us old fogies die. 11 "For myself, I t ' ·ink the Indian is gradually getting to the point where he can look after his own affairs. Some g;roups are more advanced t han others." "But there's the danger of pushing thine;s too fas:t. 11 Possibly one of our giggest problems is that our own people are critical of any mistakes 1Ne in the adminis- tration are ma.."l{ing. Like anythi ng else you learn by experience and if you never make a mistake then you never know whether you 1ve done right or wrong. New Minister is Appointed to the Grand River Parish Rev. Kenneth J. Welch of Belleville has assumed ministerial duties for the Grand River Parish of the Unite.d Church of Canada. Born in FJallacetown, Mr. Welch farmed there for 15 years. From 1961-1964 he did lay supply work in Tobermory and Ameliasburg, and continued an arta course through Queens University. He received his 1)achelor of Theology degree this spring. He was ordained in M1y in Windsor. Tu'.fr" Welch is married and has t wo sons. The family 1Nill reside in the manse in Ohsweken.