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Octob

1994

A compelling book from the heart

‘What's painful yet humorous
and deals with Indian life on

these do not look like white-

brutal and its
The answer is Judy Smith is a

and the filth.

ing, the alcohol, the rapes,
saviours after Smith has exam-

nurse who has worked in the

reserves?

. No, not the most recent book
by W.P. Kinsella or an offering by
Native Indian guru Thomas King.
It’s the startling new book titled
Native Blood written by Castle-
garian Judy Smith and published
by Oberon Press, a first-rate press
ffom Ottawa.

*: So how did Judy Smith get to
know so much about life on
Indian reserves—enough to
write about that life in both its

Outpost Nursing program in
northern Saskatchewan and
Alberta since 1987.

As Native Blood so clearly
points out, nurses get to see
both the glory and the degrada-
tion of life lived in the great
Canadian bush.

Though Smith notes the joyous
moments, her book indicates she
was initially overwhelmed by the
degradation—the killing, the

That is not to say that this book
isn't sympathetic. Smith obvious-

ly loves
from where

with native peo-
ist...

ple and has a pro-
found respect for
those upon
reserves who live
decent lives. But

Gordon
as a nurse, day
after day, night Turner

after night, she had to deal with
what elsewhere might by labeled

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the de of life. Here on the
reserves, it is viewed as normal
and simply “what happens.”

The book pulls no punches. It
is critical, for instance, of the
Medical Services Branch of the
Department of Health and Wel-
fare Canada, which funds the
Outpost Nursing Centres and is
responsible for patient care.

It slams nearby community
doctors who will only visit
native communities if they can
make the same daily money
they would make in their own
clinics. It attacks do-gooder
whites who come from else-
where bringing their crystal and
silver tea sets into a setting
where no one will ever be able
to afford these amenities.

Policemen, other nurses, social
services, paramedics—many of

ined them.

Smith lays much of the blame
for the condi-
tions in these
Indian commu-
nities upon
white society
and the bureav-
cracies the Fed-
e real
government

has set up to help Indians. As
Smith indicates, much of the
funding that could help never gets
to the Indians. It is peeled off to
fund the massive government
agencies run mainly by whites.

However, Smith doesn’t let the
Indians off the hook either. Often
band councils are give lump sums
of money for particular pro-
jects—which never happen.
Some of the money goes into
other projects and some of the
money disappears. As Smith
demonstrates, Indian govern-
ments and leaders often are sim-
ply corrupt.

Don't be fooled that this book
is merely another tract about con-
ditions Indian reserves. It
deals wi ose conditions, but it
is a ni tive featuring one
nurse’s experiences and attitudes
as they develope! in several iso-
lated northern villages.

This house is not a home!

This narrative moves beyond
the sociological and into the
deeply personal response that
only literary artists can make.

Indeed, to make her points

more dramatically, Smith selects
images and techniques normally
used by writers of fiction.

The Castlegar Sun

“Hutchinson is organizing a

Women’s Agiow presents a speaker for your soul

Joyce V Widmer offers techniques to those in conflict

Submitted

Sr ern wil be lecharing ca

Are you walking alone in a wilderness?

The Castlegar Women’s Aglow group asks
local women this question, which, they main-
tain, has nothing to do with a nature hike.

The Agiow group is hosting a guest speak-
er during its regular noon luncheon, Novem-
ber 2, to which all Castlegar and area women

are invited.

Guest speaker Joyce Widmer, from Medicine

swered and

in Hay River.

She later married and moved to Medicine
Hat where she still lives today. Widmer has

— those times in Danes life
when it seems our prayers and hopes are unan-
things appear hopeless.

Widmer will also talk about conflict resolu-
tion for members of various boards.

A former Nelson resident, Widmer studied
at a bible college upon graduation from high
school, and then worked for Northem A ffairs

in the

been involved in the Women’s Aglow move- ® NS
ment for 10 years, and has also worked ssa
school trustee for the last six.

In other news, local members of the
group attended the Women’s Aglow
National Conference, held October 13-15.
Highlights from the conference will be
shared during the upcoming meeting on
November 2.

For more information about the upcom-

Come and see what they’re all about
Open: house at Kootenay School of the Arts

See NATIVE BLOOD 108

Get out those remotes

examination rooms. It now
a multi space

Construction is finished, the
paint is dry and students are set-
~tling into their classes. It’s time
for Kootenay School of the Arts
to host an open house.
The old Selkirk Health Unit,

for painting, drawing and art his-
tory classes as well as a jewellery
and fibre studio, the school’s
office and a library which con-
tains the 3,000 volume KSA
library collection.

The Kinsmen Club of Nelson

the condition that it continue to
be used “for the benefit and use
of the citizens Nelson.” In honor
of the Kinsmen’s efforts in pro-
viding the building, it is still
called The Kinsmen Building.
Kootenay School of the Arts
invites all members of the public
to attend the open house at the

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Last Thursday marked the date
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women added to the atmosphere.

A Dutch auction of contribu-

rivalry among the 52 women as

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musical selections. Later in the
evening Jeanette Harms fr:
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The theme .of next month's
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The building was a maze of
small offices, laboratories and

Woodward home for reading

The Kootenays is repleat with
talented artists and writers. Oppor-
tunities to take in their work locally
however, is often limited. Thanks
to the efforts of Kootenay School
of the Arts and a grant from the
Canada Council, local author Caro-
line Woodward will lead a day-
long workshop, November 5, and
give a reading later that evening in
the new Kootenay School of the
Arts building.

Woodward is the author of the
widely acclaimed mystery novel
The Alaska Highway Two-Step
published by Polestar Press in
1993. The novel was

sponsored the original con-
struction of the building in the
early 1960s.

new building, located at 503
Front Street, on November 4,
from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m..

The City of Nelson donated the
Property to the Kinsmen Club on

Local Writer
Judy Smith
will be launching
her new book
NATIVE BLOOD
Nursing
on the Reservation
Friday, November 4, 1994
7:30 p.m.

Woodward has been publish-
ing her work since 1968 in local
and national journals, magazines
and newspapers. She has done
readings across the country and
has taught workshops for Selkirk
College, KSA, Kootenay Lake
Summer School of the Arts and
the Sechelt Writers Festival.

Space is limited in the

Faculty lounge,
Selkirk College
Castlegar

Refreshments
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Woodward workshop, to be
held during the afternoon. Call
the KSA for more information
about registration.

for the Arthur Ellis Best First
Mystery Novel Award and led to
Woodward being interviewed on
CBC Radio's Morningside Pro-
gram, Daybreak and Almanac.
Woodward is also known for her
first collection of short fiction
Disturbing the Peace, published
in 1991, which has currently sold
out of its first print run.

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