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4 Eskimos Visit Reserve (continued) At New Central School, the Eskimos found a few old friends. Dr. Jerry Harwood and Miss Nina Burnham 7 Dr. Harwood 1 s assistant who have both travelled on medical missions through Eskimo land in the past summers. Aids Understandin~ Al Simpson, a former Brantford man and distric.t superintendent of adult education for· Eskimos ( department of Inchan affairs and northern development) said the tour is of valuable assistance in broadening the understanding of the Eskimo. "These people will go home wi th their stories of the southern lands and tell their frienus. This way, we can educate so many people. If a government man were to go north, it woul d take at least three years just to learn the language, ,i he said. "Besides that, the g0vernment man would be trying to communicate his ideas of the south. This way, the Es~imos will get the Eskimo vers1on of what things down here are really like. It's a different bsll game, 11 he added. During the dinner at the Anglican Church at Ohsweken, the Eskimos were welcomed in Mohawk, · Cayuga, Seneca and Onondaga languages, none of which they understood. They did, however, recogniz e the smiling faces and warm handshakes • . Most of all, home ·gqt 2, little closer and at the same time a little farther away when two young Tndian boys staged an impromptu and jovial boxing match during a tea break at the New Credit Reserve o The one-round event attracted the attention ·of every Eskimo in the building and thoughts of home seemed to grip_everyone as they smiled and watched the two children. The tour ended with tho benediction del ivered by Canon W. J. Zimmerman at Mohawk Chapel. A service was delivered in Eskimo and in English. Saturday, the group began the iong flight home. 11 I'm sure they are filled with enough· sights and sounds and now stories to tell their fellow Eskimos for a long time, 11 said Nr. Simpson. · · Six Nations Council Meeting_,_ F~b. 6 1 196'2_ ( continued from last week) A .letter from DoR. Cassie , Supt •. Six Nat ions Indian Agency, dated 22nd day 6f January 19,69 • . · . · Re~ R.C.M.P~ Barracks 1 Ohsweken Thi::, office has been advi sed through Regional Director, Ontario, by copy of letter A/Chief, Engiriee:r;ing and Construction, Ottawa, that authority is granted to . transfer RoC-.M.P. Barracks to the Six Nations Band, providing the band council agrees to assume responsibility for future maint enance and upkeep of the structure. That the .rental for the R. CoM.P. Barracks .be as follows: Upstairs $125.00 monthly; Back downstairs ~;100.00 monthly; Front downstairs $75.00 monthly, including all utilities, water, hydro, heat~ Carried. That the first _.f'.loor of the . workshop at the Lady Willirigdon Nursing Home be rented to ,Howard · and James Skye to be used for lacing of lacrosse sticks for a period of three months, commencing April 15, 1969 or shortly thereafter, free .of charge, and rental to be arranged thereafter. Carried. · That this council approve the recommendations of the Planning and Development Com- mittee that William L. Sears and Ass~cia tes Ltd •. Consul ting Professional Engineers be hire,d to carry out a planning s tudy or the village of Ohsw.eken at a total cost not to exceed $3,000 . A general descr iption of the work is as follows: I~ Prepare a planning questionnaire suitable for house to house canvassing by local people. 2. Tabulate results obtained from questionnaire. 3. Develop a major roads plan complete with policies. 4. Develop the basis of an official plane 5. Prepare a :heighb6urhood plan for the residential neighbourhood. 6. Prepare a staging plan. All the foregoing work to be carried out under a normal Association of Professional Engineers contract basis at a scale 11 fee schedule. Carried. That this council approvo the request of the Six Nations Fire Department to have a Safety and Fire Inspection on the Six Nations Reserve sometime in April 1969 and that the council sponsor a Fire Prevention ·week in conjunction with the .fire inspection. Carried.