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Eississauga Indians out from the shadows (cont'd) The hissis saugas gave always been known as an industrious people quite capable of look- ing after themselves. The band members of today are c2.rrying on that tradition. All are employed and the band t s welfare costs are nil. L'"ny are busily engaged, in their off:' hours, building thcnselves modern housing , Nany-new houses have been built in the past few years and more than a dozen are under construction. A :;:: 500,000 program will rebuild all the roads on the reserve but the program threatens the shade trees which now line the roads. Top priority hos been given by Chief King to the :!)rovision of a new c01;munity hall, needed to replace the aging, former army barracks building which has served the pur- pose for 20 years. The 48-year-old f ather of 11 children is· proud of his } 80~)le -but insists that they help themselves. He refused to dole out wholesale housing grant s which are available under a federal Iridia.n · aid program. The program provides that an Indian, with the approval o-f his band council, may re- ce:rve :a fJJ? ·:,000 federal grarit to build a new house. PBu.f', 11 Chief King said , "I put my foot down. If you build the whole thing for them they don 1 t apprecide it. 11 He 'convinced the bnnd council to give members only '.'.,, 2,300, not only insuring that those rece~vingthe' grants have to help themselves but also getting three housing starts from-cfoe grant~ 11We "told our people th2.t if they were willi ng to help themselves we were willing to hel-p · them, that all they were going to get was ';i,2,300 and the rest was up to th om. 11 Like residents of many urban communities, some of their land is in the shadow of the plan.s for a Government agency. Ontario Hydro is seeking a 900-foot wide right-of-way across the reserve to carry power from its new thern:al electric generating station near 3t. Thomas. The Hydro proposal will necessit3te the moving of several houses and f ar m buildings which lie in. its path. Hydro has made no offer for the property but ,Chief King is de- termined that the 10 families directly affected receive ad ,,quate compensation. He is also seekin6 a royalty from Hydro for the band funds. Hith the help of the group of residents in the factory on the reserve' as . a 02.sic i ndustry. generation a chance to carr;r on the traditions ployment for band ·memoers and provide the band new tm,m he hopes to establish a pottery A pottery factory will give the younger of their people, provide additional em- with a steady income, Chief :ling said. By comparison wi th other bands, the Liss"issaugas are poor. ":Jut the money they have is directed toward the needs of the people. :A ~;;6, 500 Government grant to the band was u s·ed to buy a new fire truck for the tovm of Hagersville and under agreement with the town the reserve has full fire protection. . . ;,. ~~:.--k ;~ ~~ ;~ ;~ ~H, ;d,7, ;o, ,~ ;o~ ;:. ,, ;, ;H, ~. ~, ;d~ ,. ;, " ;, 0~7, Coming Next '."eek Staff: A letter from a Teen. New Credit : W. LaForn1e, :; • Sh.sn t z Six i\Jations! i1 . & i." . Jamieson .Sour S~"lrings: G. Lewis Typist: R. Jender Production: : Smiles and chuckles To ~/horn This :;:ay Concern I'd like to announce the 19th anniversary of rr.y parents on Yarch 26, 1968. Their names are l,r. & Hrs. Albert Smoke. Please wish them lots of love and ½est wishes from all the kids. •;Je hope t hey have a hundred more.