I*AGE TWO
THE   NEW   CANADIAN
Wednesday. July 12,
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THE WEEKLY   HABIT
TOYO TAKATA
Perhaps. � it    w<is    the � sudden mushrooming of. birth annoum'o- -ments .'that brought  up thus subject  with which we are unavoid- ; ably hound to tread on the .thin-, : ner � O'pidenn'is  of  Nisei- toes, 'but ' nevertheless    we'll    chance  : tho -gauntlet of jabs and stabs- along ; with the crosejendo of pi'olosting catcalls ;and  hisses.;               ".   "':��
.An acquaintance of ours 'we've kho\vn for- so long;' that we just j can't remember from since when, ; mentioned that he :finds the- i blessed events- column in our ta- i bloid a soiirc.o of irritating hu- [ mom', lie can't understand; why "i all Nisei pare.nts- insist on tack- ' inp western or Kni;lish handles ; to their offspring. .;' ;          ; .'...'�-�.'/�
�Thoy  oan  find -a' "sti'v-kpile. of-': oxi'.oilotit .names to. tiuU tiio.ir <.nns ' aiid'-dauiifitei's 'wivliinit   ies'ortinjjr : to "�-.�the  loo voium"';!   l.indas.  Ca - ; �'rols iui<l Si;.>a.ii;i or \Vaynos. lie: raids and ;I)-Vu^ias'. he states:: He siigjit'sts' '-I IK it  they be .wore, ro.� . sourceful .:*:',d .coin a now  set "of ; nanios  thai, - i .-< . iihciu't i.oul 1 ' v" coin - , pliinonlary    I'o    thovr_.. Jat>ay.i'so surnaine,       .�-�'��� .;.'.."" ;�,'.    .       ' .       : .�    With   'his � \\-ti;v;'  aUviiys , been ; in accoi'd. : s<vr.eho\v �!V"r.j;'l.;,sh' f:v'st �� !KiH\es -just .d.;i ivoi c.lick ;' \yitjv Ja- . panoso    surna'ir.es.    P>\it    he ' has
.nanio's; to Smith; Johnson <>i'!.Ma-r- �; tin.   Ki|nal!y .as"nMicli  as' Hideo Jones   or   l-'unuko.   Niy]><>".n"al<l   is ( vf[attering; 'neither are their.;
out a:^ oxceUent:' ti.on..which;we liad'.uover a!�i>ut and ihoyinoye. we-'it,: tlie better it-, sounds.
.'-'He. says   (iial-  the-   Xi �produced', wilht'ut  'k�v.'\vi lo't  o.f "suit able. ria.^:es.   H ferring "to ;{he" s-n^rtevu/d'
that tiie N;se; have 'g:ver> ' lo. t.hem>c;ves. � NVj-y �:.>�. keep s-ich nair.es-'as Ka/. Vosh.'. M;i>s. Te-i'u. Tak.. a-:ut-'K:\"o for � b�.�.-.> and Yuri. M >K !hsa^ K->_::. av.'d S::"-mi for c1.rh--.. i^o i1;::^ f-�'.����h.
!o-  tho   Jap.i-o->:-'.  ,>;;-�::':��-�._>   :ha::
we
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soiM'n  to bo 'stuck. 1   ile pi'iints out thai Kn/.oV.Yuri   are- not; troublo-sotno  f<ir any-, ono   to   prono\n\oe  and   tho,y  are j as, �ple.asaiit..'sounding ias; l'-nglish! name?,  s'o. why  not 'keep, ..them.?
A ml ho. vlaims.. that Caucasians j "do ' find   tliese ; Nisei. names 'a'p.- j pealing   to.;tho   ear,   and  knows-(>no g'irl  who  is  so  intrigued  by j them'that    she., wants   borrow them . when she has ''children  of her- own.  .'�' ..'         ; .   ;   �'-..   .."�':�'' :
yf.lt'. lias .something.' an'd'..-:more.-'' o\-er,-.\\;o have to agree with him, \ Not   only'  is.:\this � sensible,   it's . sound and practical. It 'eliminate?.i the'- .need   of  having   two   ivume-s,-1 one   1-liiglish  and   one Japanese..'] Ihwihg   two.,. in;  in.,: some; cases.;! throe' 'names.-; is - burdening   the'] child;, speed'  and 'simplicity   .is the.  modern � trend",'..'"and".:'..'it:': out- i woiglvs.- ':iny   practical   advantage that   c.:i:v  bo .gained   by'..-o'w.v.ng more   than' ono   na'i^V.   Aiul   this' 'practice will most likely dio..o.ut. -�'  Ahhoiigh. we ".think tins .merit? con's'-deration; and   is.  oracrical..-. we  c'an'i -s;ee -Nisois^takihg t.his � as: it's okay -iVui-'wo-- wa;\t   t-v do-' �what   othor^s   do:'.   TJial's  0110   of ^n:r fault's, .weho ti'^'bridUni w;:h : voiwonti'^al rtriviahtios ";that   we; hesitate :to  do -a.v-a\   \\ith-. -   " :� �
�Like   a-T^ivdlo   e;v.a   t;.;r;\tah'e. ' .\v o.   f-'l'owf a   Wv'll.\\..T:'":r   ^r>>   ve. AN'e're   -h.o:T."-.oU   .in    by" cuvroiit tr-,'T'.�is   .ar.!.}" :\x-''o    :�.'-=�'.    w- ��.''     ^.'" ag:ii-:si  vhr tide.     -.-. .               . �
\ Ard w�v thi'h-c h's-ab^;/ : ;;:-v -�\'o 'h�:v;i;hy> -yoro -of a:- :r;4'v:.i;ui-;-a-ui "./>> -.if a sot-twitter!:. ''-'' ' .
PASSING THRU
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'Horn .''��">. yeurs-airo.on gate   Indian   Ucsorvation. . 'Queen Charlotte  Islands,   Pr.   Kelly  (le-�scends'. froin/'lhe; reputedly  iv-�sl . intolligi-nt   of   I'acific, coast   Indians�the Haula 'tribe.    Ho .related jokingiy. that the' tribe; had at ''one. time terrorised iluvH. 'C. mainland, often' capturing .liiom-.bors i'f other:;tribes"ns slaves. .
.:   1 Becomes Leader
1U- receive i) ;h!s;'fonyiaV education .in" Sai'dis; [}. ('... in a humble Indian . residential, "..school..' from which  ho '�"" \vas-AO graduate 'later .as one of tho. first two. students. and   thenbc   to  outer   Chilliwaek; :High .^hooj;   : This, . at 'a /time when.- very few Indians "had p.ur-.sucd education ^oven of . a^public school levol. .          '.     .:
:- Fortunately. . just   about    the tinro   wlien   htv" gradiiatod   from high school !�T "whito nialo princ.in-aj n nd a � f e in ale t o ach e l- o, vi it tho 'i'o.sid.eniial -school .of   iiis. birth-' place. As 'a 'result, /he was .aske<l '{o;fill .their: pfaeo?.    '    ;   : .: ,' -
His leadership and. his educav tic.n were sooi'v recognized: by :his: peoplo  and in .no tvme,  he .was oloctod, a- chief councillor - of the e o ; n 'T. n n 1 1 y . ___.\ 1 1 h o v: g h � ac.e o rtl i n g to a : section, -in ;tho -Indian. :Act\ ho .eoiilil -n.-t   h<Vul   the   pos'5ti(>n ''tin :ho ;roached fhr> ago of "21. ho. was " ''neverth'elesA   chosen  as ;tho leader bv th>~- will of the poonlo.
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And by virtue .of the faet, that hp-
:is .also a hereditary chief, he en-
jviyod groat- prestige w-lrilo head-
iyjg   t];o- council  -of; ~ � iv.eu' a:id
ruling -tUo 'affairs  of his tribe.-:
Fivo -years   later;  in .1010.  lie
toft 'for   HartToy   H;�\Y H.   C. ;�b
> servo as a niission;Vr>- toaclior ";Us
V'oll as: a   pos(ma<tor  of  (ho \il-
lagOj. It -was -tlurijis;   (his   pvrit>d
.t-luit-ho hocasno fnlly coghi/ant of
Iho problems of Indfans.  IHe -Ko-
oatno involved in a Indian movo-
moi.it and. in 191 1. ho Vas picked
as  a  youncrest   s'pola'stnan   for. a
dole can" on  of  H.  C.   Imlia�<  vh<>
approached  .the-   provincial    ^ov-
oriimonr for  a   renio\;ti   of   Uu-ir
aboriginal  title.
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tual hope of helping the lot of his people by .becoming a minister ?ome day. He enrolled at Co-luvnbi'an College, a Methodist institution in Xew Westminster, H. C.. and, in lf>ltf, he realized hi? dream when he was ordained a minister. Subsequently, he immediately took over 'the charge ; at Xanaimo, where he spent the next 14 years.'�
Duriiig the interim., in 1020, he made his first trip to Ottawa as one of the represeiitatives to .])otition Parliament, on a title question. Leaving Xanaiino, he then hud a .'{ year'stint-it t Holla Cooia Indian Reservation. Travelling Evangelist
Then came. the. most interesting and adventurous period"'of hfs life. In 103-V he began to serve the Central Mainland
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; Marine Mission;of   the   United I Church   of  Canada,...    The   work--.took the form of evangelism by, : boat�a    70    ft.    Diesol-enginc.d-'..craft. �    ;',. -  .   ' -J  .-�'�'� v. ;     Troubling as skipper and  missionary,: he .made the rounds of
-  Indian  villages,  Jogging,  mining and    fishing   eamps,    canneries,; lonely    li�ht houses    and    many
' otlior isolated1 spots where minis-: try   was   needed.     \Vith -head-qua vt.ers    at    Ocean    Falls,    his 'itinei'ary.; ranged    fronv   Queeii ; Charolotte Sfnuid up to tlio Alaskan border, a round trip of 1100 \ miles    which    enabled    him    to |nrake;over .70 calls.    :./;-    �;,-., '�>      l-'tifortunateiy,   it   wvas   but   a year ago t }i a t the st 'raj n of his .';'� work began to show:on hiin, and : lu1 was forced to resign the Marino    Mission   "to    take    another. "� charge  at  Union   Hay.where  he '-. is,   actively   engaged �among ,.his' i pe<>p'e today. }lo\vcver. in' tribute -;. to.liis. untiring efforts in' ininisr' [ tering'; to/all'manner  of :p'6ople, i regardless of color or:creed, the ,i y.H.C.   soon   awarded   him   the :. honoi'ary " degree."-.,the   doctor-, of ; (iivinity. -     . .       '.'.    � .        �'   "" '"�'.
.�.',. .         Careful  Man
'�'; � .   Dr.  .Kelly - i?   perhaps   not-, as
laconic, as  mos.l Indians seen} 'to
be. but: he is nevertheless ifot :;a"
'."'garrulous;' typo;    rather, --he    i?'
^ku.mble and unobtrusive,   ^'ow <>f
^loveiv.ont .a'nd   slow   of   s'peech;-
-  !\o ponder? and chooses hi?.words �carefully.' '     .-',",- ;'�''      :.-�'.   ' '� . �
'.'   " IV. � K'ejly  soii-'dr-d .with  a bit-!
" ter.'ivoto that-.both the ^t ate. and
�' * i'e -church nro . forevor. taking a.
�pa'ot":-^] ; atthuiio     to\vard     his
-   >W!'lo.; ih-> situation, which tends ' t;>-  hinder . tho;-i    fron>
Ten Niaei
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attending   Sa in Greenwood Jewel Theatrt-,_Rev.   F: �.Ft diplomas r.y,�i graduating N: valedictory   v ginia   Mura;-, prog-ram of h;. : tions,\ and,' a'. �'. The  award   , 'trine wa? give: shi.   and   CJo;>;
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Nobuko Shiy.dv :    Graduating Keiya Oye. J.> Imao,    Akio Murao, >iar'i:a:
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Uyeile,- Xobtik yoko Murao.
herein are jconta;-'necessary    VegaUv H is true  tha' : ..<. diaiv problon-> ar, complex, aiuLyot tliinking   tlia't   th .our country aiv-' ^ around at; the: sa;;-o tih-f. � compared' .to    thv ' Inaia'r*. thought that 'tho'l-t of.' Jaj,S; in Canada  is corniiaiativ^v j ter 'and   is ��.certnirhy far <::r
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.   As '.for ' (lie, � ar.^i.nliv.c:-,: -^
the ..Kskimp.   r.nt   being -ox^f
.: from   taxation   by   stature �
vote. 'and ;that-_.tho huiiar. ";.:.-
exempt from taxation by .jtv;-:
.may; not vote;ti".ho walv;;.':
.exemption,   Dr.- Iv^lly -felt-'.t
p' leased   about; -'such   cnnd.
franchise.-!! was hi? :i^pL'?:'c t'J
all' Indians sliou'd no ;*?nf:iv.:"'.
�ed' without  any strins? ru'i;'
to -the ng-ht t.> A-'te oiv -?. .-;-j
hasis   as   tho   rest -^f tho h:
adians.
'.AH .in^all. ;he"f-c;> �last sometln;^, has 'boon
iis'lied; even thoi^h .the .still stands. {';>r:furtht:r c-i
tion  at   the -.'next: s,>?:o:
Pa.rHament.   .
� '.. One. a:iioiKi;i;o:~t ^.';'h -fcel=;"tliat they h;r-v avvc much' .is  the �hWs'eu^..!" pensions. .  1 to e^u^^si/; ly   "that    :ho" , i^i-M.  r straight   in ..'-the '�/� '-yv?.; �v'; elderly. i:ii!:i'jt - j--:-^^'.
,:fshed    find   hr::x.    vv^:
to ;v,^o';>
ing. .,
tired jiorbap'-''/'"    ' ;;"'::^ -':''  \
uucs- -1 y.c ;'V.:'y.-so --'^ *.:".;:-s-' :'..i:v.os u as  t'o  s'l�'>"":��:.:  ;r';t  ���   "".i\e   '.''.-^
h-% Xat':ve A'oic-"-,  the -official
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aTi ,->f;"ho Native Brotherhood j -H. <.". T->'r" w'h:eh, \\-:-  is  �>:��' of \ -�� d: ;��.;'-.��.;"-rs.- A'.-y:>-/-' in  .a^   od:--�! a"  that, the hi-iia.:; .Ac.:.' .--huht -"'"   l^o   w:tv-d "off   tlie   statute.' ".'-��  '}�- s-'-'yve?  oy.^y  as  a  yof-or>-:; that  h-.'iii"a:\< aye'-:?n :nfor:-:'r ��:�'.�'-.�   Pr; .Kelly, however:  a-i-"�-..": �;".:�". I'y.dian* are r;ot o.v.he
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