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3 Indian tribe thrives despite sub- zero weather You probably remember reading about the group of 150 Cree Indians of the Ermine Skin band under Chief Robert Smallboy who left the Hobbema Reserve in Alberta last July for a wilderness a::: ea 84 miles west of Rocky Mountain House, to escape the drunkeness and its attendant evils that had crept into their oil- rich reserve. '.:.Te; re relieved to report t :i.a t despite the sub--zero weather 7 and the coldest winter ever, . the band is thriving. 11 '-le don I t feel the cold 7 n said the Chief. The president of t he 'fos tern Canada 1'1ission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints visited the group last Thursday. Their only lack was for hay for their 40 horses which had been turned loose on the Kootenay Plains nearby. The president of the mtssion has already launched a campaign f or hay for their horses. A school on wheels is dso being made ready by the Indian Affai rs Branch to aca·ommodate the children of the group • . 11 tJe did not ask for any help," sa:i.d Chief Small boy. "For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteou.s 7 and his ears are open unto their prayers." 1 Peter 3: 12. U. C. W. Meeting The G:rand River U.C., ';. met at the manse in .Ohsweken, last Tuesday evening for their January meetingo The ma::.n routine was the election of officers. ~£::-s, Kenneth. Welch presi ded and Mi ss JJorothy Martin recorded the minutes. The results of the election were as :ollows: ' :-~ -; " PY1t, -· Miss Dorothy Mart in 1 Vice-Pres. - Mrs. Joyce Hill, Secretary - Mrs. Gerald Beaver, Treasurer -· Mrs . Berenice J ami eson, Card secretary - Miss Barbara Martin, Cooking 'nvenor -- Mrs. Lily Lickers. Por the future it was decided to hold the n~ee tings on the second Tuesday of each month c The next meeting will be at the home of Ki.ss Dorothy Martin. At the conclusi on of the meeting Mrs. '.Jelch served a delicious lunch., Grand River Euchre Ladies high score Dayna Jamieson Ladies lone hands - Velma Johnson ;:.,adies l ow s ·~ore Alice Marar-le Door pr ize was won by N e.w Name - Same Company ( place) Mens high score - Clara Hill(taking man' s Men's l one · hands Orval Englisli Men's low score - Stanley Greene Alice Maracle The British American Oil Company Ltd. as of January 1, 1969, will be known as G~lf Oil Canada Ltd . all across Can~da and the United States. All the locations and phone numbers will remain the same~ products now Gulf Oil Canada Ltd. Plan Talks on Customs and I ndians Sour Springs store are the proud sellers of B.A. _ J-.fa.shingt~ ( CP) Jan. 18, 1969 Canadian and United States government officials will meet soon in an attempt to resolve a dispute between Ifohawk I ndian and the Canadians Custom Service. James M. Hanley, a Democratic party member of . the U.S. Hous e of Representatives, said Friday. Hanl ey , from Syracuse, N.Y. 1 had interceded in the case at the request of Leon u11enandoah 7 chief oi the Iroquois Confederacy, who lives on the Onondaga Reserve near Syra cuse. The Mohawks are part of the confederacy. The Mohawks, who live on the St ,, Regis Reserve, had protested the recent imposi- tion of duties by Canadian customs officials on goods the Indians buy in the U. 3. and -·_ '· t ake to Canada. The Indians say the action violates the 1794 Jay Treaty. The reservation is sit- uated partly in Ca:n da and partly i n the United States. Lacks Approval The Canadian government has said it never ratified the treaty between the U. S. and Britain. Hanley said a sidelight to t he controversy was revealed by Robert Pennington of the U.S. ·Indian Bureau's division pf special projects. Pennington found that U. S. I ndians lost their right to duty- free passage as the r esult .of negotiations which ended. the War of 1812. He said that provisions of t he 1812 negotiations deleted the provisions of the Jay Treaty in question, but that t e U. S. subsequently passed legislation guaranteeing free passage for Canadian Indianso He sc:::.~d Canada apparently had not adopted similar legislation to give the same treatment to American Indians .