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. - Tekawenna.ke New Credit - Six Nations Reporter April 6-12 Nineteenth Issue Six Nations News ' (by 1/ .J.) ' ' ' Schomberg defeated Six Nations 6-4 F~iday night at Waterford, in the opening game. Six Natiqns Peev{ees defe~ted. , Schomberg 4-3 Sa:turday to tie the best-of-five Ontario l'linor Hoek,ey .A.~sociation series, ,at a game each, The next game will be played in Waterford ·. on Tue~4ay .night. Terry Gerieral, Stan Jonathon, Bric.Ii Martin and Robert Powless scored for Six Nations. Wilder, ~ibbs and Archibald replied for Schomberg, in the Saturday game. ' In Six Nations bantam action, Ohsweken downed Sour Springs 8-J Sunday after ·tying 2-2 Saturday~ Rodney .P9wl.ess and Rick Anderson scored thr.ee goals each in the 8-J win, and Steve Issaacs ;µid Jack Martin had singles. P3.ul Henhai,k got all three Sour Springs' goals. Arnold Anderson and Rodney Powless scored for Ohsweken in the 2-2 deadlock. John Squires and Paul . Henha,-..::c replied- for the losers, Sour Sprtns Peewees downed Jvia:rtin I s Co:--:--.ers 4-2. Terry General got three goals for the winners mid Robert Pm·,lE!ss had one. Pete Powless and Darryl Powless scored for Martin's. L_ggy 1,ifill,5_np;~n Hosillal Rumours ·0f the closing of L.W.Hospittl impelled the writer to interview the ' JVIedical .Supt~ Dr ~ J. G. Nicholas. To the point blank que stion, "Is L. H. Hospital going to be closed? " came the point blank answer "no, t h e hospital will not be closed. " That was .a relief ~ Th~ ' ho~pital was fa~ilt 41 ·years ago and during the inte:r.rening years, tremendous pro- gress has been made in the Health Services to the Six Nations·. Nciw we desire a contin- uation of progress. Time wi11 tell whether the pres ent change will accomplish that. We believe it will . . ; The only · c1,ctual changes is the discc::::.tinuance of in-patient services. Henceforth, all hospita.l cases will be taken to . Brantford Hospitals; misgivings regarding this plan were dispelled. For with waiting lists already in Brantford hospitals, Dr. Nicholas was assu~ed by a hospital sur.ey that hospital care will not be denied to Indians. He stated, 11 There is always a waiting list for those who can wait, there is e.lways an emergency bed for those who can 't; an emergency case is never turned away . " The re- sponsibility for the change rests 1;:t t:1 the Six Nations · Council, who were consulte~ and aware of the changes. What of ~he poor people who have no cars, no hospitalization? they become ill too. Dr. Nichol.as stated "we 1'rill get to them. Everyone has hospitalization, those who can, pay all hospitalization, those who can P!lY half, do so. Those who can't pay any - it f$. ail _paid for them." The · hosp'ital 'will remain open as a clinic for medical, dental and public h ealth ser- . vices '. ¼°ith hours from 8 to 5. The facilities will be used for the care of the aged, an increasing problem on the New Credit and Six Nat ions Reserve. The present staff which consists of 60 members, mostly Indians, will be considerably : 2duced. This will lessen the economy of the reserve - doesn't the council and the Indian Dept. care?. Dr. Nicholas stated "we are scouring outside hospitals for posit- ions. Some are being pensioned, some desire to stay home, some will continue on the staff .n This .is a .serious effect. The reserve economy may suffer •. All sala:ried nat- iv:is add to the social and economic welfare of the reserves, Cur native staff have .been th~ main stay and stability of the ho8pital, and we should have been training others; ' with the aged ·Qlso the old age pension previously going to the Indian home will li~e as not be deleted. · It takes 25 ye2.rs i'or us ~~o produce a r_,edical h .D. We now have three of them, all in t ·he U. S and all spec:::_alists 211.d to;: notchers in their professions. It causes us to ·. wo:nt'.er wh2re we -vould now be, h2..J they been en gaged here . . We have only ourselves to -b_ 1~ .. · ,_e.,_·_. 'both Councils have b8c:l c'. ":;:-e;lict in seeing to their appointments h ere. (cont 1d)