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               Are               you               in               a               rut,               bored               out               of               your               skull?

Do               you               want               to               make               a               real               difference?

Well               here's               a               cure               for               what               ails'               ya'               become               a               volunteer.

You               get               to               do               good               things               for               people,               enlarge               your               spirit,               and               do               a               bit               of               traveling               on               the               side.

It               was               in               July               when               I               volunteered               to               join               our               parish's               Legion               of               Mary               for               our               annual               mission               trip               abroad.

I               was               assigned               to               Canada               where               for               a               month               I               was               to               minister               among               the               Cree               Indians.

My               group               was               one               of               several               representing               the               Midwest.

All               of               us               were               to               meet               in               Minneapolis,               Minnesota               our               rendezvous               point               before               heading               off               to               our               various               assignments.

I               took               Greyhound               my               customary               mode               of               transportation               'back               in               the               days'               when               I               had               big               plans,               endless               energy,               moveable               parts,               but               no               money.

Since               then,               thank               God               my               situation               has               improved               considerably               I'm               please               to               say.
               The               bus               ride               from               Chicago               to               Manitowoc,               Wisconsin               was               slow.

It               stopped               in               nearly               every               tiny               town               along               the               route.

Hours               later               we               pulled               into               Manitowoc               a               small               lake               front               city               north               of               Milwaukee.

Two               nuns               met               me               at               the               bus               station.

They               drove               me               to               their               St.

Paul               the               Apostle               Parish.

I               spent               the               night               in               a               large               Victorian               house               adjacent               to               their               convent               in               the               back               country.

My               being               a               big               city               boy               the               quiet,               pitch               black               night               sky,               combined               with               noises               made               by               a               very               loud               assortment               of               God's               creatures               of               the               night               took               a               bit               of               getting               used               to               but               somehow               I               did               manage               to               log               in               a               few               hours               of               shut-eye               (sleep).
               The               next               day               was               Sunday.

After               Liturgy               and               a               hearty               all-you-can-eat               lumberjack               breakfast,               I               helped               the               nuns               load               our               stuff               in               their               car.

Once               loaded               we               started               the               long               drive               to               the               Twin               Cities               to               link-up               with               the               rest               of               the               groups.

The               drive               through               Northern               Wisconsin               was               breathtaking.

The               scenery,               the               rolling               green               hills               of               the               countryside               was               indescribable.

Thinking               back               on               nature's               beauty               one               can               easily               understand               why               some               of               the               world's               premier               writers,               artists,               and               thinkers               were               inspired               to               greatness               after               spending               time               in               the               country               far               away               from               the               madness               of               big               city               life.

Hours               later               we               arrived               in               the               Twin               Cities.
               We               spent               the               night               at               a               private               home.

After               breakfast               the               next               day               we               assembled               at               St.

Stephen's               Catholic               church               to               meet               the               rest               of               the               groups.

After               a               brief               prayer               for               a               safe               trip               we               boarded               our               cars               then               started               our               long               journey               to               our               mission               stations.

Our               first               stop               was               to               be               Winnipeg,               Canada.
               America               is               beautiful.

The               song               'America               the               Beautiful'               became               alive               as               we               drove               through               the               length               of               majestic               Minnesota…across               the               Mississippi               at               its               beginnings               as               a               tiny               river               as               wide               as               two               small               streams               joined               together.

I               looked               out               over               the               countryside.

Its               grandeur               further               enhanced               by               the               Handel               concert               being               played               over               the               radio               made               our               trip               all               the               more               memorable.
               It               was               sometime               later               when               we               drove               through               Fargo.

The               North               Dakota               landscape               resembled               Northern               Illinois-scenic               but               'flat.'               I               only               wished               that               we               could               have               spent               a               night               under               the               panoramic               big               night               sky               of               the               Dakotas.
               Our               caravan               of               cars               crossed               the               Canadian               border               without               much               ado.

We               arrived               in               Winnipeg               in               the               early               evening               hours               of               that               same               day.

We               bedded               down               for               the               night               at               a               small               motel               near               the               heart               of               the               city.

At               first               glance               this               city               appears               ordinary               like               so               many               North               American               cities.

According               to               Wikipedia               the               popular               people's               dictionary               Winnipeg               is,               "Located               in               Western               Canada               near               where               the               Canadian               Shield               meets               the               Prairies,               Winnipeg               plays               a               prominent               role               in               transportation,               finance,               manufacturing,               agriculture,               and               education.

It               is               known               as               the               Gateway               of               the               West,               and               was               historically               known               as               the               Bulls               eye               of               the               Dominion               and               'Heart               of               the               Continent,'               due               to               its               critical               location               on               the               Canadian               transportation               network."               It's               an               important               economic               center               in               Canada.
               Winnipeg               is               located               near               the               geographic               center               of               our               continent.

The               city               is               also               known               for               its               extreme               cold               weather.

Being               from               Chicago               I               know               what               cold               is               though               I               don't               think               our               winters               are               nearly               as               frigid               as               they               used               to               be.

It               is               estimated               that               this               city               has               a               population               of               roughly               over               700,000               people.

Though               small               by               big               city               standards               'Winnipeggers'               have               plenty               to               keep               them               busy               besides               work,               the               true               national               sport               of               Canada.

They               have               ice               hockey,               skating               and               other               outdoor               activities.

Home               to               the               Royal               Winnipeg               Ballet               and               various               cultural               centers,               it               was               the               only               city               to               have               hosted               the               Pan-American               Games               twice;               once               in               1967               and               again               in               1999.
               Canada               is               very               large.

The               logistics               are               staggering               in               their               immensity.

It               took               us               many               hours               to               drive               from               our               initial               border               crossing               point,               to               Winnipeg,               where               at               a               restaurant               on               the               outskirts               of               Portage               La               Prairie.

I               foolishly               let               my               stomach               overrule               my               brain               when               in               a               fit               of               hunger,               or               was               it               gluttony,               for               a               pancake,               bacon,               and               sausage               breakfast.

When               we               parked               our               car,               like               a               moron               I               accidentally               left               the               car               keys               in               the               ignition               then               locked               the               door.

Only               a               minor               miracle               enabled               me               to               use               a               coat               hanger               to               unlock               the               door               through               the               tiny               crack               in               the               upper               part               of               the               window               making               the               rest               of               our               trip               possible…duh-uh!

We               sped               past               Riding               Mountain               National               Park               past               mighty               Lake               Winnipeg               finally               arriving               in               early               evening               in               The               Pas               a               small               city               half-way               through               Manitoba               on               the               Saskatchewan               border.
               We               drove               through               The               Pas               and               up               St.

Mary's               Cathedral.

We               parked               our               cars               and               unloaded               our               luggage               at               the               rectory               building.

The               cathedral               staff               welcomed               up,               showed               us               around               the               place               before               escorting               us               our               assigned               rooms.

An               hour               later               we               had               dinner.

After               we               dined               we               had               a               meeting.

During               the               meeting               we               got               to               choose               our               assignments.

When               it               was               my               turn               to               choose,               I               used               the               time               honored               'enee-minee-minee-moe'               method               of               selection.

I               picked               a               place               called               Sturgeon               Landing               a               small               Native               village               on               the               Saskatchewan               border.

Throughout               that               night               my               restless               mind               replayed               the               actions               of               the               past               few               days               making               sleep               difficult.
               Early               next               morning               after               breakfast               I               said               my               Morning               Prayers.

Later               I               joined               the               two               young               women               volunteers               who               would               join               me.

One               of               the               ladies               was               a               nun               the               other               the               daughter               of               a               very               well-to-do               entertainment               executive.

Before               we               set               off,               we               did               some               shopping               to               stock               up               on               a               month               supply               of               food               and               other               necessities.
               It               was               when               we               entered               the               store               that               an               odd               uneasy               feeling               came               over               me.

At               the               time               I               couldn't               identify               it.

I               just               felt               funny.

I               started               feeling               depressed.

I               a               strange               sadness               come               over               me.

As               I               thought               back               there               were               only               two               other               times               where               the               Churchillian               "black               dog               of               depression               overwhelmed               me."               The               first               time               was               when               I               took               an               evening               seminar               in               Downtown               Chicago.

Unbeknownst               to               me               at               the               time               the               class               was               held               at               an               abortion               clinic!

My               wife               at               that               time               and               I               were               taking               a               course               on               Natural               Family               Planning.

The               other               time               was               during               the               Hippie               era               when               I               toured               San               Francisco's               Haight-Ashbury               district.

I               didn't               tell               the               two               women               about               my               sudden               mood               swing.

I               pretended               like               nothing               happened.

We               bought               what               we               needed               and               quickly               left.
               Again               according               to               Wikipedia,               "The               Pas,               Manitoba               is               some               630               kilometres               northwest               of               the               provincial               capital,               Winnipeg               near               the               border               of               Saskatchwan.

Known               as               the               'Gateway               to               the               North,'               The               Pas               is               a               multi-industry               northern               Manitoba               town               serving               a               district               population               of               over               15,000               (including               the               Opaskwavak               Cree               Nation…The               main               components               of               the               region's               economy               are               agriculture,               forestry,               commercial               fishing,               tourism,               transportation,               and               services-especially               health               and               education-The               main               employer               is               a               paper               and               lumber               mill               called               Tolko.

The               Pas               contains               one               of               the               two               main               campuses               of               the               University               College               of               the               North.

The               original               inhabitants               were               the               Cree,               who               are               thought               to               have               migrated               from               the               southeastern               prairies               5,000               years               ago.

'The               Pas'               is               a               derivative               of               the               Cree               word               'pasquia'               meaning               'wooded               narrows.'               It               may               also               originate               from               the               French               words               'le               pas'               -               'the               step.'"
               Years               after               I               left               The               Pas               I               discovered               the               source               of               my               uneasiness.

The               sadness               I               felt.

During               my               stay               in               that               city               hatred               for               the               Native               Peoples               was               so               intense               that               less               than               two               months               after               I               left               that               place               a               young               Native               girl               by               the               name               of               Helen               Betty               Osborne,               an               aspiring               teacher,               was               abducted,               drove               to               the               outskirts               of               The               Pas               where               she               was               beaten,               raped,               then               murdered               by               a               car               load               of               white               teenagers.

As               the               poor               girl               lay               in               the               snow               screaming               in               great               pain,               one               of               her               captors               a               young               man               took               a               screwdriver               and               stabbed               her               repeatedly               while               the               rest               of               the               onlookers               cheered               on               as               she               begged               for               mercy.

They               left               her               to               die               slowly               from               her               wounds               alone               in               the               freezing               snow.

Almost               immediately               after               her               rape-murder               the               'good               citizens'               of               The               Pas               knew               who               the               girls               killers               were               but               did               nothing               to               bring               them               to               justice.

This               conspiracy               of               silence               to               the               knowledge               of               this               writer               still               grips               The               Pas               as               I               write.
               The               city               deliberately               hid               the               perpetrators               from               the               law               under               a               veil               of               silence               that               lasted               16               years               after               the               act.

Thanks               to               the               dogged               persistence               by               one               of               Canada's               finest,               the               Royal               Canadian               Mounted               Police,               years               later               the               murderers               were               caught.
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Osborne's               killers               all               received               light               sentences               and               are               more               than               likely               walking               the               streets               as               you               read               this               article               treating               the               awful               incident               as               though               nothing               had               happened.
               The               dead               girl's               case               is               but               a               single               incident               of               native               women               being               beaten,               raped,               and               killed               in               Canada.

What               I               felt               in               that               supermarket               was               a               veil               of               hatred               of               one               race               by               another.

I               only               hope               that               things               have               changed               by               now               but               I               doubt               it.

The               book               Conspiracy               of               Silence               later               became               a               TV               mini-series               written               by               Lisa               Priest               is               about               the               murder               of               Helen               Osborne.

While               I               did               watch               the               mini-series               on               television               I               plan               to               buy               the               book               sometime               in               the               near               future.

When               we               left               the               store               I               didn't               as               much               say               "Hi"               to               the               people               on               the               street.

Maybe               I               was               wrong               judging               them               as               I               did               but               being               ½               Native               American               myself               I               felt               much               of               their               hatred               was               directed               towards               me               though               I               felt               no               animosity               towards               them.
               We               left               The               Pas               on               a               red               clay               dirt               'road'               that               zigzagged               through               a               forest               so               dense               that               even               light               would               have               had               a               tough               time               penetrating               it.

Our               destination               was               the               then               almost               inaccessible               'Indian'               village               of               Sturgeon               Landing.

The               trip               was               rough               enough               but               was               made               more               arduous               when               it               started               raining.

Our               vehicle               became               stuck               in               a               river               of               thick,               brown,               mud.

We               got               out               and               starting               pushing.

Huge               other               worldly               looking               brown               bubbles               formed               and               gave               off               a               'pop-pop'               sound               as               they               slowly               burst               around               us.

They               gave               the               land               a               gooey               red               clay               look.

We               felt               like               we               were               pushing               a               broken               down               land               rover               on               the               planet               Mars.

As               we               sloshed               our               way               bursting               these               large               bubbles               some               I               estimate               to               have               been               over               50               plus/minus               inches               in               diameter-BIG!
               What               we               didn't               know               was               how               close               we               were               to               being               sucked               under               and               drowned               in               a               river               of               mud.

Fortunately               for               us               the               thick,               gooey               red               clay               was               only               waist               high               or               so               we               thought.

With               each               footfall               it               was               as               though               we               were               being               sucked               into               a               liquefied               ground               that               sunk               five               feet               from               where               we               stood.

It               acted               like               quicksand               though               it               felt               rather               therapeutic               swishing               around               in               the               thick,               warn,               wet,               red               clay               that               lay               beneath               our               exposed               toes               and               soles.

People               who               regularly               pay               exorbitant               prices               for               medicinal               mud               baths               would               have               given               their               'eye               teeth'               to               have               been               in               our               situation.

The               deep               thick               red               liquid               had               a               calming               effect               that               worked               like               clay               magic.
               The               rain               stopped               as               suddenly               as               it               started.

It               didn't               take               long               for               the               clay               to               harden               once               we               freed               our               vehicle               from               the               chocolaty               mud.

Soon               we               were               on               our               way               again               inching               our               way               over               the               logging               trail               coming               closer               towards               the               village.
               Hours               later               when               we               arrived               we               parked               our               station               wagon               next               to               a               log               cabin               church               whose               construction               would               have               made               old               Abe               Lincoln               proud.

Our               assignment:               to               reclaim               the               people               of               this               supposedly               violent               and               lawless               Native               village               back               into               the               church               of               Christ.

I               was               told               that               the               previous               pastor               a               priest               had               run               off               with               a               young               Native               woman               and               was               never               seen               nor               heard               from               again.
               What               happened               after               we               stored               our               stuff               and               toured               the               village               was               right               out               of               a               book.

As               I               walked               along               the               dirt               road               that               lead               to               the               main               part               of               the               village               some               Indian               children               ran               up               alongside               and               behind               me               and               started               to               pull               my               hair.

They               had               never               seen               a               mixed               person               of               Native,               African-American,               and               Jewish               heritage               before.

I               guess               they               wanted               to               see               if               my               hair               was               real               and               did               my               yellow               complexion               rub               off.
               Thinking               back               to               the               cathedral               compound               we               were               told               that               under               no               circumstances               were               we               ever               to               play               with               the               children               for               fear               of               loosing               their               respect.

To               the               Native               peoples,               the               majority               of               Sturgeon               Landing,               we               were               to               comport               ourselves               with               the               utmost               dignity               at               all               times               since               discipline               and               strictness               were               strong               signs               of               respect.

Pretending               to               ignore               their               barbs               and               pulls               I               introduced               myself               to               the               people               who               were               gathering               around               me               as               I               walked               through               their               village.

First               impressions               do               count               and               I               wanted               to               make               a               good               one.
               The               local               whites,               French               Canadian               and               English,               were               glad               to               see               us.

They               bombarded               me               with               requests               that               I               pass               out               birth               control               pills               to               the               Indians               since               "they               multiply               like               rabbits."               I               quickly               realized               that               I               wasn't               'on               holiday'               but               on               the               front               lines               and               in               a               different               country.

When               the               work               started               we               did               bandage               wounds,               distribute               penicillin               pills               and               other               medical               items               that               we               had               in               our               medical               kit               to               those               who               needed               them.
               The               village               was               divided               in               half               by               a               raging               river               that               flowed               between               halves.

There               was               a               smaller               adjoining               village               for               tourists               on               fishing               trips.

The               tourists               lived               in               a               separate               compound               below               the               Indian               village.

The               tourists               and               locals               generally               steered               clear               of               each               other.
               Saskatchewan               is               'God's               Country!'               One               pretty               place               to               paint,               write,               relax,               take               pictures               in               and               the               fishin's               good.

If               you               are               an               avid               fisher               and               would               like               to               go               there               I               would               advise               you               to               contact:               Sturgeon               Landing               Outfitters-Mr.

Jim               Metz-Box               24               End               of               Namew               Lake               Road-Sturgeon               Landing,               SK-SOP               OHO-Canada               or               better               yet               send               him               an               email               at:               sturgeonoutfitters@sasktel.net.

He               also               rent               cabins,               motor               boats,               has               a               taxi               service,               and               a               candy               store.

And               don't               forget               to               bring               your               camera.
               My               work               was               going               smoothly.

After               a               few               days               I               came               to               this               conclusion:               problems               aside               the               place               was               a               virtual               Utopia.

The               people,               whites               and               Natives               are               just               plain               folks.

They               would               gladly               give               you               the               shirt               off               their               backs               without               blanking               an               eye               if               you               needed               it.

EVERYBODY               was               friendly               generous               to               a               fault.

Nobody               locked               their               doors               at               night               though               I               wonder               if               they               still               do               that               now.

The               locals               would               invite               us               into               their               homes               offering               us               food,               soft               drinks,               and               lively               conversation.

The               two               American               women               and               I               parted               company               a               few               days               after               our               arrival               for               professional               reasons.

Before               that               we               separated               the               sister               in               charge               divided               the               mission               duties               in               half.

I               worked               with               the               youths               they               worked               with               the               older               people.
               Sturgeon               Landing               at               that               time               was               accessible               only               by               a               rugged               logging               trail               during               the               warm               months               but               closed               to               civilization               during               most               of               the               year               reachable               only               the               local               bush               pilot's               airplane.

Our               bush               pilot               was               a               mild-mannered               French               Canadian               named               Lawrence               pronounced               'Laurent.'               During               our               off               hours               I               would               listen               to               him               tell               stories               of               his               daring               aerial               exploits               during               inclement               weather               when               at               great               risk               to               his               life               how               he               would               fly               'his               Indians'               to               hospitals               during               medical               emergencies.

His               courage               was               one               of               many               examples               of               heroism               in               the               then               isolated               village.
               I               saw               more               practical               Christianity               in               that               village               during               my               time               there               then               in               my               many               years               living               in               Chicago.

Loving               thy               neighbor               in               Sturgeon               Landing,               and               I'm               not               talking               sex               though               that               topic               will               come               later,               was               more               than               a               metaphor.

It               was               a               living               reality               but               speaking               about               loving               thy               neighbor               as               thyself               well               the               good               folks               at               Sturgeon               Landing               had               the               habit               of               taking               that               a               bit               too               literal.

What               we               would               call               'normal'               sexual               morality               was               near               to               non-existent               there.

I               once               met               a               woman               who               like               her               Biblical               counterpart               actually               had               seven               husbands!

I               met               men               who               had               more               than               one               wife               and               the               village               teens               didn't               see               anything               wrong               with               taking               sex               breaks               in               between               drinking               bouts,               work,               or               other               daily               activities.

To               them               sex               was               meant               to               be               enjoyed               anytime,               anywhere,               and               for               any               reason.

Whites               and               Indians               intermingled               sexually               on               a               regular               basis.

In               my               entire               time               there               I               rarely               ever               saw               depressed               people               in               any               significant               numbers.
               A               favorite               'game'               among               some               white               men               was               'Squaw               Jumping'               but               I'll               leave               that               to               your               imagination               to               figure               out               how               that               one               was               played…whoa!!

And               I               thought               that               places               like               that               only               existed               in               novels               about               18th               Century               British               sailors               being               stranded               on               lonely               South               Sea               Islands               or               in               early               novels               by               James               A.

Michener.

I               don't               know               how               Sturgeon               Landing               is               now               but               back               then               it               was               a               sexual               heaven               with               traditional               morality               taking               a               very               low               road.

The               place               was               wild               and               it               was               our               job               to               'bring               them               back               into               the               warm               embraces               of               Holy               Mother               Church;               yeah-right.
               Nearly               everybody               drank               to               excess               and               was               damn               proud               of               it.

They               turned               alcoholism               into               a               fine               art.

These               good               folks               could               drink               anybody               I               know               under               a               bus.

Me               being               a               scion               of               Chicago's               rough               and               tumble               Robert               R.

Taylor               Housing               Projects               I               felt               at               'home.'               I               am               no               prude.

I               really               wanted               to               work               with               these               people               and               do               anything               I               could               to               lighten               their               burdens.

I               would               proclaim               the               Gospel               during               by               day               but               party-hardy               at               night               all               within               the               realms               of               reason               and               propriety               of               course.

I               was               there               to               reconvert               them               and               not               act               in               judgment               on               them               that               is               unless               the               situation               warranted               it               and               besides,               they               reminded               me               of               the               'old               neighborhood'               where               I               chugalugged               [drank]               many               a               'brew'               with               the               best               of               them.

It               was               like               being               back               in               the               'Hood.'
               A               strange               thing               happened               to               me               as               I               was               walking               home               one               night               from               one               of               my               'late               night               Catechism               classes,'               I               spotted               a               black               heap               of               something               on               my               doorstep               but               like               an               idiot               I               kicked               it.

A               second               later               the               'thing'               suddenly               stood               up!

It               was               black               bear               about               as               tall               as               me!

The               beast               reared               up               on               its               hind               legs               and               bared               its               claws!

I               ran!

It               ran!

The               bear               fled               to               one               direction               and               I               the               other.

I               don't               know               who               out               ran               who               but               I               do               know               this               I               didn't               come               back               for               hours.
               That               next               morning               I               told               some               folks               what               had               happened.

About               an               hour               later               a               jeep               load               of               some               very               drunken               'hunters'               with               faces               as               red               as               beets               pulled               up               alongside               the               mission               house.

They               were               going               to               hunt               the               bear               and               invited               me               to               join               in.

Seeing               their               smiling               red               faces               I               politely               declined.

These               guys               were               all               totting               shotguns,               rifles,               and               a               few               side               arms.

In               their               thoroughly               inebriated               state               I               didn't               want               them               to               mistake               me               for               a               bear               and               accidentally               fill               me               fulla'               holes,               skin               me,               then               hang               my               head               over               a               fireplace.

When               they               returned               later               that               early               evening               I               was               thankful               that               nobody               got               shot               and,               by               the               way,               they               never               did               catch               that               bear.
               Another               occupational               hazard               was               a               hive               of               angry               wasps               who               attached               their               hive               above               our               chapel               door.

We               had               two               doors.

I               avoided               using               the               one               next               their               nest               but               no               matter,               they               dive               bombed               me               every               time               I               passed               within               stinging               range.

I               was               stung               so               many               times               that               I               think               I'm               immune               to               bee               and               wasp               venom.

After               a               while               I               just               pulled               out               the               barbs               from               my               arms               and               went               about               my               business.
               The               Cree               Indians               migrated               to               the               area               thousands               of               years               ago.

French               fur               traders               and               other               adventurers               arrived               in               the               area               300               years               ago.

Soon               after,               Natives               and               whites               were               involved               in               a               lucrative               trade               in               beaver               pelts,               valued               metal               objects,               Native               women,               and               in               cheap               rot-gut               liquor.

Within               a               generation               the               Native               peoples               quickly               became               hooked               on               hooch               the               start               of               so               many               of               their               problems.

Before               we               arrived               we               were               told               about               some               high               school               kids               who               were               drowned               in               a               boating               accident               while               all               liquored               up.
               I               remember               one               time               after               I               had               just               finished               teaching               at               the               local               community               school,               one               of               my               students               angrily               confronted               me               outside               the               mission               house               with               the               intention               of               bashing               my               brains               in               with               an               empty               wine               bottle.

It               got               ugly.

He               called               me               out.

I               confronted               him.

After               he               called               me               a               bunch               of               not-so-nice-names               the               guy               took               a               swing               at               me!

I               ducked.

Too               drunk               to               actually               hit               me               he               hit               the               deck               instead.

Coming               to               his               senses               and               on               his               knees               the               poor               fellow               started               bawling               like               a               baby,               begged               me               to               forgive               him,               then               told               me               that               he               was,               "tired               of               being               a               dirty               Red               Skin."               The               next               day               when               he               sobered               up               I               gave               him               Freddy's               Short               Course               on               Ethnic               Pride               with               a               lesson               or               two               tossed               on               temperance.

It               seemed               to               have               worked.

I               had               no               more               problems               from               his               since               our               little               pep               talk.
               Far               too               many               Native               Americans               on               both               sides               of               the               border               suffer               from               low               self-esteem               which               spawns               chronic               alcoholism.

Self-hate               leads               to               a               sundry               of               other               ills               such               as               spousal               abuse               and               other               crimes               of               violence.

One               of               the               many               people               I               counseled               was               an               attractive               young               woman               who               was               married               to               an               abusive               husband.

I               really               felt               sorry               for               the               girl.

Her               eyes               swelled               with               tears               as               she               sobbed               out               her               story               of               how               her               husband               would               regularly               beat               her               after               heaping               torrents               of               verbal               abuse               at               the               poor               woman.

I               did               my               best               to               persuade               her               to               leave               this               guy               not               knowing               at               the               time               that               she               had               no               place               to               go               since               all               her               people               lived               in               the               same               house.

Not               having               sufficient               funds               to               leave               or               an               appreciable               amount               of               education               to               get               a               job               away               from               the               village               she               felt               trapped               and               alone.

In               a               sense               she               was.
               Many               young               Native               women               leave               their               reservations               for               the               city               and               become               prostitutes.

Many               are               raped               and               murdered.

During               her               impassioned               plea               to               me               for               help               I               was               so               angry               that               I               suggested               that               the               next               time               her               husband               physically               abused               her               she               would               try               my               mother's               cure               all               method               for               abusive               mates.

The               ASAHGM               [Anti-Spousal               Abuse               Hot               Grits               Method]               is               a               favorite               among               some               women               of               color               where               I               came               from               when               dealing               with               wife               beating               husbands               and               boyfriends.

Remember               the               famous               R               &               B               singer-turned-minister               the               Reverend               Al               Green               aka               Al               Grits?

This               gruesome               grits               'cure'               works               thusly:
               ·               Wait               until               abusive               husband/boyfriend               is               sleeping.

·               Put               on               a               pot               of               grits               and               bring               to               boil               ·               Tie               up               sleeping               husband               ·               Pour               hot               grits               on               sleeping               husband               ·               Voila!

No               more               abusive               treatment               or               husband;               which               ever               comes               first-take               your               pick.

·               Run               like               hell               if               he               unties               himself!

My               Mommy's               'heat               treatment'               has               never               been               known               to               fail.

LOL!
               Historically               Indians               don't               view               spousal               abuse               as               individual               problems               but               as               indications               of               failed               communities.

Spousal               abuse               and               excessive               drinking               are               but               two               of               the               many               problems               confronting               Native               Americans               in               Sturgeon               Landing               and               at               other               reserves.
               I               read               somewhere               that               the               nefarious               drug               trade               has               reached               the               reserves               (reservations).

Motorcycle               gangs               including               the               Hell's               Angels               make               regular               stops               to               reservations.

Though               extremely               dedicated               the               RCMP'S               (Royal               Canadian               Mounted               Police)               are               severely               understaffed.

When               I               was               in               Sturgeon               Landing               we               had               the               services               of               a               single               officer               who               not               only               covered               our               village               but               villages               in               an               area               that               back               in               the               U.S.

would               cover               an               entire               county               some               the               size               of               a               small               state.

Somehow               they               manage               well               with               the               limited               resources               allotted               them.
               Gang               activity               is               no               longer               relegated               to               inner               city               neighborhoods               where               I               grew               up               and               worked               in.

Now               there               are               numerous               Native               American               gangs.

Sexual               licentiousness               has               led               to               rapid               increase               of               STD's               (sexually               transmitted               diseases).

As               I               mentioned               earlier               when               I               was               there               we               were               issued               bottles               of               penicillin               pills               to               pass               out               to               infected               persons.

Since               I'm               not               into               medicine               I               don't               think               I               distributed               any               medicines               but               deferred               the               matter               to               sister               whom               I               think               had               medical               training.
               On               a               more               positive               side               Namew               Lake               is               Nature's               perfect               drinking               fountain.

The               crystal               clear               lake               water               brimmed               over               with               cool,               clear,               fresh               water               provided               me               with               an               abundance               of               'free               samples.'               I               remember               on               one               occasion               when               I,               along               with               some               of               my               students,               got               in               a               row               boat               and               headed               out               into               middle               of               this               lake               when               I               took               the               glass               I               had               brought               along,               dunked               my               glass               in               the               water,               and               started               drinking.

It               tasted               soooo               goood!
               I               never               drank               water               near               the               shore               for               fear               of               contamination.

The               water               near               the               center               of               the               lake               was               so               pure               that               you               could               clearly               see               and               count               the               rocks               at               bottom               of               the               lake               and               spot               schools               of               fish               of               varying               sizes               swim               by.

The               fish               seemed               so               close               you               could               almost               touch               them.

When               it               came               to               drinking               water               we               would               pour               what               we               needed               into               a               large               pot,               boil               it               for               30               minutes,               let               it               cool,               and               repeat               the               process               two               more               times;               only               then               did               we               consider               it               potable.
               It               was               the               scenery               that               really               awed               me               most.

Sometimes               at               night               I               would               go               outside               and               lie               on               the               ground               and               look               up               at               a               sky               so               big               so               majestic.

The               stars               above               seemed               as               though               the               entire               sky               was               awash               with               bright               dots               of               varying               sizes               and               colors.

It               was               a               sight               I               never               seen               in               my               life               until               then               as               well               as               now.

Think               of               a               sky               so               bright               with               stars               of               every               size               and               description               that               defied               counting.

Since               we               were               so               far               North               the               Aurora               Borealis               [Northern               Lights]               could               be               seen               in               all               its'               glory.

It               was               as               though               God               had               taken               a               huge               white               and               gray               blanket               and               draped               it               across               the               sky               with               the               stars               and               planets               serving               as               a               backdrop               to               a               drama               that               was               unfolding               as               time               measured               on.
               What               are               the               Northern               Lights?

According               to               Nordlys               Northern               Lights               'the               Northern               lights               originate               from               our               sun.

During               large               explosions               and               flares,               huge               quantities               of               solar               particles               are               thrown               out               of               the               sun               and               into               deep               space.

These               plasma               clouds               travel               through               space               with               speeds               varying               from               300               to               1000               kilometers               per               second.

But               even               with               such               speeds               (over               a               million               kilometer               per               hour),               it               takes               these               plasma               clouds               two               to               three               days               to               reach               our               planet.

When               they               are               closing               in               on               Earth,               they               are               captured               by               Earth's               magnetic               field               (the               magnetosphere)               and               guided               towards               Earth's               two               magnetic               poles;               the               geomagnetic               South               Pole               and               the               geomagnetic               North               Pole."               In               short,               the"               Northern               lights               occur               as               a               result               of               solar               particles               colliding               with               the               gasses               in               the               earth's               atmosphere."
               During               daylight               hours               we               were               blessed               with               dandelions;               billions               of               em'               that               blanketed               the               ground               outside               our               mission.

Acres               upon               acres               of               yellow               topped               green               stemmed               flowers               could               be               seen               for               miles               in               every               direction.

It               was               as               though               the               entire               province               wore               a               butter               yellow               coat               so               thick               as               to               hide               the               ground.

Before               going               north               I               read               in               a               book               about               Russia               describing               how               farmers               in               that               country               would               make               an               excellent               dandelion               wine.

Reader               if               you               want               to               make               your               own               dandelion               wine               please               type               in:               Dandelion               wine               recipe               and               take               things               from               there.

During               my               stay               up               north               I               never               broached               the               subject               with               my               Native               friends.
               Outside               of               the               occasional               violent               act,               somebody               was               stabbed               to               death               a               week               before               we               arrived;               life               on               the               Reserve               was               pretty               quiet.

But               we               did               have               our               share               of               mad               moments.

A               week               into               my               stay               some               of               my               students               tipped               me               off               as               to               where               and               when               a               gang               of               bootleggers               who               would               make               there               next               rum               run               near               our               village.

I               told               the               'Mountie'               policing               the               area.

He               alerted               others.

As               these               thugs               were               unloading               boxes               of               illegal               liquor               to               sell               to               our               people,               swarms               of               RCMP'S               charged               down               the               hill               and               busted               every               one               of               these               bums!

It               was               a               scene               right               out               of               the               annuals               of               the               Wild               West.

That               raid               brought               their               illegal               operation               to               an               immediate               halt.

And               who               said               missionary               work               was               dull               and               irrelevant?
               The               only               thing               I               just               couldn't               get               used               to               was               outdoor               lavatories.

It               was               the               smell.

Now               I               know               why               they               call               those               stinky               structures               out               houses.

Thank               goodness               for               Mr.

Crapper               the               guy               who               invented               flush               toilets.
               Bathing               in               a               river               is               fun.

You               never               have               to               worry               about               leaving               bathtub               rings.

Every               morning               I               would               go               down               to               the               fast               flowing               river               and               bathe.

When               I               finished               I               would               roll               over               on               my               back,               and               for               the               fun               of               it               let               the               fast               flowing               current               carry               me               down               river               like               a               log               then               swim               back               to               where               I               started.

That,               parasailing,               and               scuba               diving               are               my               ideas               of               having               fun!
               When               I               was               studying               Scuba               diving               my               future               dive               instructor,               a               racist               who               didn't               care               too               much               for               people               of               color,               told               me               that               my               body               appeared               had               some               sort               of               natural               floatation               device.

He               was               right.

This               natural               endowment               would               save               my               life               twice;               once               in               Lake               Michigan               when               I               was               hit               suddenly               by               a               big               wave               that               sent               me               down               30               feet               to               the               bottom               after               knocking               the               air               out               from               my               lungs               and               another               time               in               the               Pacific               Ocean               on               the               Big               Island               of               Hawaii               when               a               fish               almost               as               big               as               I               was               approached               me               and               got               aggressive.

Ain't               it               grand               knowing               that               in               all               probability               I               won't               die               from               drowning?

LOL!
               Most               people               are               vaguely               aware               of               the               socialist               'Cradle               to               he               Grave'               mentality               prevalent               within               the               Canadian               welfare               system               so               I               won't               go               into               that.

I               don't               know               that               much               about               it.

But               I               will               say               this;               the               Canadian               government               prides               itself               on               taking               good               care               of               its               Native               peoples.

Compared               to               the               U.S.

system               of               neglect               and               abuse               they're               right.
               Native               Americans               are               camera               shy               to               the               extreme.

Sorry               to               say               I               have               very               few               photos               of               the               people               to               show               for.

Respecting               their               customs               I               left               many               potential               prize               winning               shots               deliberately               slip               by.

The               two               young               teen               aged               girls               resting               peacefully               in               a               straw               manger               (Two               Girl's               in               a               Manger),               the               dance               party               at               the               Recreation               Center,               and               even               of               the               villagers               themselves               who               were               quite               reluctant               to               let               me               take               their               pictures.
               During               the               day               we               would               make               home               visitations,               listen               to               any               problems               or               complaints               our               clients               presented,               perhaps               pray               with               them,               and               try               to               provide               them               with               workable               solutions               to               life's               many               mine               fields.

Nights               were               our               time               off.

During               those               years               I               was               an               avid               partygoer.

During               the               night               I               would               party               hardy               with               the               young               folks               but               carefully               avoiding               any               of               their               vices.

I               was               there               to               teach               and               live               the               Gospel               not               get               drunk               or               get               'laid'               though               both               were               easily               attainable.

If               the               Boss               (Jesus               Christ)               loved               to               party               no               way               was               I               going               to               be               different.

Christ               attended               social               events               on               a               regular               basis               since               that's               where               the               action               (sinners)               was.

I               wasn't               going               to               stay               in               the               mission               house               either               reading               a               book.
               Manual               dexterity               isn't               my               'thing.'               The               entire               Industrial               Revolution               could               have               easily               passed               me               by.

Case               in               point:               one               night               after               we               made               a               large               tub               of               cherry               Kool               Aid               for               the               kid's               lunches               next               morning,               I               accidentally               knocked               over               the               kerosene               lamp               on               the               table               shattering               the               glass               and               slashing               kerosene               all               over               the               wooden               wall!

Within               seconds               the               entire               wall               of               the               former               priest's               house               was               in               flames!

Thinking               fast               I               lifted               the               tub               of               Kool               Aid               and               doused               the               flames.

Immediately               the               fire               abated.

The               next               day               we               made               another               batch.

To               our               surprise               the               wall               wasn't               stained.
               Sunday               was               our               big               day.

Usually               a               priest               from               The               Pas               would               come               for               Confession               and               Mass               both               of               which               were               celebrated               in               the               Cree               language.

Not               having               a               head               for               languages               I               followed               the               services               as               best               I               could.

In               that               regard               I               did               much               better               with               Spanish               when               I               was               in               Mexico,               the               subject               of               an               earlier               article,               than               in               Cree.
               Whenever               we               held               services               our               little               church               was               packed               with               people               who               would               literally               walk               miles               to               attend.

One               time               during               a               rain               storm               as               I               was               standing               in               a               shelter               near               the               door               of               mission               house               waiting               for               the               water               to               subside,               I               saw               two               small               boys               and               two               men               carry               on               their               backs               the               church               organ               which               they               stored               in               their               homes               for               safe               keeping               after               the               priest               jumped               ship.

They               had               carried               the               heavy               thing               for               over               three               miles               over               the               foot               bridge               in               the               pouring               rain!

How's               that               for               Faith!
               One               of               the               highlights               of               the               trip               was               the               wild               spin               we               received               after               our               bush               pilot               offered               us               a               ride               in               his               airplane.

The               guy               performed               all               sorts               of               loop-de-loops               and               other               acrobatic               stunts               with               his               plane.

For               fun               he               would               buzz               homes               and               boats               on               the               lake               from               the               air;               that               guy               performed               more               stunts               than               professional               stunt               persons               did               in               'Flyboys'               that               movie               about               combat               flying               during               the               First               World               War.

Naturally               I               had               the               time               of               my               life               with               him               doing               'loop-de-loops-               hundreds               of               feet               in               the               air-yippee!
               The               day               before               departure               I               persuaded               my               students               to               throw               a               party               for               the               entire               village.

When               all               was               ready               we               were               missing               one               key               person               the               drummer               for               our               band.

After               waiting               for               about               an               hour               for               him               to               arrive               I               decided               to               go               and               get               him.

I               wasn't               too               thrilled               about               hiking               across               that               wobbly               foot               bridge               in               the               middle               of               night               to               fetch               him               but               I               did.

When               I               arrived               at               his               cabin               the               guy               was               so               'zooted'               (drunk)               that               I               had               to               carry               him               on               my               back.

Half-way               across               the               bridge               he               said               he               had               to               'pee.'               I               had               to               wait               until               he               finished.

Standing               alongside               to               keep               him               from               falling               into               the               river               below               in               the               middle               of               a               bridge               with               a               full               moon               in               our               faces,               his               long               stream               of               urine               could               be               seen               for               miles.

The               scene               was               embarrassing               and               I               started               'cussing.'               We               made               the               crossing               but               I               had               to               lug               (carry)               him               the               remaining               ½               mile               or               to               the               Community               Center               where               the               dance               was               being               held.
               When               I               got               there               I               was               so               pissed               off               (pun               intended)               that               I               tossed               his               drunk               a**               into               the               arms               of               two               of               his               friends               who               drug               him               up               the               stage               and               placed               him               behind               his               drums.

Luckily               for               us               the               local               Mountie               a               pleasant               but               no-nonsense               guy               who               chaperoned               our               dance               so               that               nobody               get               rowdy.

The               dance               was               a               success               and               everybody               had               a               good               time.

We               didn't               serve               alcoholic               beverages               only               soft               drinks               and               there               was               plenty               of               food               for               all.
               In               retrospect               our               efforts               at               re-Christianizing               the               village               was               a               resounding               success               despite               the               very               short               time               were               there.

During               that               time               we               able               to               gain               a               great               deal               of               respect               and               admiration               from               our               Cree               brothers/sisters.

We               had               made               provisions               for               a               regular               priest               to               follow               through               with               what               we               started.

When               it               was               time               to               leave,               the               same               Indian               children               who               had               earlier               yanked               my               hair               were               running               after               us               as               we               drove               off.

They               beseeched               us               to               stay               with               them               forever.

The               good               people               of               Sturgeon               Landing               didn't               want               us               to               go               but               we               had               our               own               lives               elsewhere.
               There               was               no               way               I               was               going               to               drive               all               the               way               back               to               Chicago-no               way.

When               I               returned               back               to               The               Pas               I               quickly               called               their               tiny               airport.

I               made               my               one-way               reservation               back               to               Chicago               via               United               Airlines.

I               was               in               luck.

The               next               morning               someone               drove               me               to               the               airport.

My               flight               made               a               single               stop               (Minneapolis)               before               making               its               way               back               to               O'               Hare               International               Airport               in               Chicago.
               When               I               got               back               home               I               settled               back               into               my               familiar               routine.

I               wrote               to               some               of               my               former               students.

They               never               returned               my               letters.

I               still               miss               them.

Reader               if               you               want               to               learn               something               about               some               the               stuff               I've               mentioned               please               search:               Nordlys               Northern               Lights,               Lisa               Priest's               superb               book               'Conspiracy               of               Silence'               and               the               website:               www.geocities.com/waabzy/native.






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