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(This $2 charge does NOT apply to Visa and MasterCard charges.) |__VISA Action Ads Deadline “Word Ads” WEDNESDAY CASNEWS 12 Noon Tuesday SATURDAY CASNEWS 12 Noon Thursday Classified Display Ads “Boxed Ads” WEDNESDAY CASNEWS 11. a.m. Tuesdo: SATURDAY CASNEWS 11.a.m. Thursday ORDER BY MAIL Print your Action Ad on o separate piece of paper ond mail to: pao ie Bo: ty ads under op propriate heedings ond te-determnine page location HUMAN RIGHTS ACT By BARBARA TANDORY Special to the Castlegar News Castlegar had a unique spring festival a little in advance of the calendar season. Selkirk College’s main campus became a forum for international speakers and artists at the Spirit of the Barth festival held March 7 and 8. An expression of ii | and related the two-day event carried one big message from its organizers at Selkirk College and sponsors from elsewhere in the community — that mankind must look both forward and back in time to avert a feared planetary disaster. Representatives.of the two Indian cultures native to the Kootenays were the most forceful speakers at the festival, and they shared the podium with academics and spokesmen from other ethnic groups. Prof. Glen Eyford, a Louapeg of international at the Uni set the tone in a keynote address titled Olea Balance — Paytnership for the Future. The reality, he said, is an imbalance, both socially and ecologically, that points to a need for a major re- evaluation of how human beings view themselves and their natural world. “One of the common phrases we hear today is that it’s time for a new world order,’ said Eyford, noting that the slogan has been around for about 100 years and reflects a far more ancient sentiment. “Mankind has always yearned for a new world, for Utopia, for the New Jerusalem,” he said. Eyford commanded Selkirk on its thriving international education department — which has grown to more than 100 students, mostly from Asia — and said it was a step in the right direction. “The most effective thing is cultural development.”” Stronger criticism of the education system came when Indian speakers took the floor. Wilf Jacobs, a former chairman of the Kootenai Indian Band in Creston, charged that education forced on his people by the Canadian government had seriously threatened the cultural distinction of the tribe and disrupted its family and social structure. “Tam a product of the residential school structure,”’ he said, noting that for the eight years of Wilf Jacobs, a indian band, March 20, 1991 NOW AVAILABLE issues with Marilyn James of th 4 of the Arrow i fersen ion band at Selkifk College's recent Spirit of the Earth festival In Castlegar. . comnews photo by Borbore Tondory strenuously working with the local community college — the band is part of the East Kootenay College system — and encourages its young people to stay in school The band, composed of five tribal communities, has a population of 1,500, out of which 50 young people are enrolled in secondary schools. Jacobs, a strawberry farmer by occupation, said that through education native people are learning all over again the knowledge and wisdom and nature that was part of their cultural heritage. He said that schooling he was kept from his home, then to attend high school but soon dropped out. “It was very difficult to hold a textbook in one hand and make a fist of the other,’’ he said. Now in his 50s, Jacobs said he completed high school as an adult and went on to college. Despite his bitter school experience, he said his band is is more it than ever to prepare for the ecological disaster caused by unchecked economic growth. The other native speaker, Marilyn James of the Arrow Lakes Indian Band near Colville, Wash., delivered a condemnation of the white race and its educational system. **I hold the education system 100 per cent responsible for me standing here and not speaking my native language,”’ she said. ‘‘Education dealt a really critical blow to my people. It was the education system that took my mother from her home, that locked her in dark closets for speaking her native tongue. That’s one generation ago, just one.”” A forceful and articulate speaker, James directed angry accusations at the audience which lightly packed the college auditorium. **You wouldn’t be inthe position today if it wasn't for the (past) oppression of my people,’’ she said. Yes, you've benefitted. So until you realize that fact, you can’t go nowhere. You can’t effect change." people choose committed activism for a single cause rather than work for the rain forest one day and protest cruelty to animals the next. But in her parting words, she issued another stern warning: ‘‘We’re your indicator species. We're you're canary. And when we’re gone, you cnn tee your butts goodbye.” James represents the Lakes Indians in Washington state who returned to the Kootenays int years ago to seek for an ancient burial ground at Vallican in the Slocan Valley. Last summer, the band abandoned its plan to pursue a land claim for a large territory, claimed by the Kootenai band in a parallel land claims and decided in the fall to seek jurisdiction over the numerous local burial sites, among which the 20-acre Vallican site is prominent. AD speaker, John Forks, reiterated the native people's beliefs. ‘*The human being has more than adequate power,”’ said Semenoff, a founding director of the Fructova Environmental Centre and member of the USCC CG for World Di: and Peace. ‘‘It needs will. In order to save the planet, we must prepare to live with the rest of God's creation.’” One critical comment from the audience sufraced during the two-day event. “*Those of us who care about the environment have to operate in an atmosphere where there is no concern for the environment,”’ said Frank i a local i “I've never heard any education coming from this college,”’ he said, referring to the issues surrounding the expansion and modernization of the Celgar pulp mill. “And where was Castlegar? Behind Celgar."” The organizers of the event said they considered their effort a success. Margaret Hill, a teacher at Stanley Humphries secondary school, said she’s pleased everything came together after nine months of planning and preparation. “*It's intriguing how the format has changed from a multicultural trip to the tropics to a festival which focuses on internationalism, environmental concerns and women’s issues,”” she said. Hill served as one of the presenters, along with Student Executive Council president Jeff Legatt, student-activist Steven Stephenson and college president Leo Perra. Major funding fof the event came from the Canadian of Grand James then softened her message, that education enabled her people to pursue rights and environmental activism. Her advice was that Agency (CIDA), Selkirk College, the Castlegar and District Arts Council and Castlegar school district. Castlegar women now have own association By JUDY WEARMOUTH Head Librarian The women of Castlegar have a new group to join. The Castlegar Women's Association had its inaugural meeting in the Castlegar Library earlier this month, with a turnout of approximately 15 people eager to share information and ideas. Chaired by Tish Lakes, the gathering represented a good mixture of age groups, interests and concerns but the main point brought out was a—common__ perception of the inequality that still exists between men and women. The group wants to make Women more informed about their status by’creating a single in- formation outlet, which provides the overall picture, rather than the multiple agency situation which exists in Castlegar at present. To make an immediate start on an information campaign, association is planning a series of speakers to be held in the meeting room of the Castlegar Library. At the first of these, on March 21 at 7:30 p.m., Martia Brandis will talk about her non-traditional work ex- perience. She was the first jour- neywoman carpenter in B.C. and she sits on one of the advisory commit- tees to the federal Treasury Board as committees. Her presentation is sure to interest men as well as women. A lot of women are unaware of the bias that works against them, such as in the field of pensions, for instance. A woman who has never worked or contributed to a pension scheme may get a nasty surprise when she finds her husband’s pen- sion either eaten up by hospital bills or dying with him. Unless she goes on welfare, she could be An things women do. Daycare for young children is notorious for being poorly funded and jobs in this field are lowly paid, reflecting society’s assessment of their importance. In large corporations, women with equal or superior qualifications to the men they work with are often paid less or denied the chance for advancement. The intensity of their battle for equality often detracts from their ability to perform the job. ‘The somber of women in non- anxiety to help women move away from the poverty line was a common feeling, along with the desire for ition of the i of the well as other federal and p is still low. To quote the latest of the labor force but they account for only five. per cent of the engineering force; 99 per cent of secretarial jobs in B.C. are held by women; women make up 98 per cent of dental hygienists and assistants but only nine per cent are dentists. + In 1970, women in B.C. earned 57 cents for every dollar men earned; 18 years later, that figure had clim- bed to just 62 cents. Another strong concern was the attitudes of young women leaving high school. Despite the women’s , a lot of girls outlook from the economic services branch (which uses 1988 figures) women in B.C. make up 44 per cent are still poorly informed about their bodies and how to deal with social relationships. As a general rule, young men are still not being educated to respect women as equals. In dating games, the conditions are still 1950s vintage. And older women would like more options. Ontside of the family, volunteer work is often the only social contact for single women. 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