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
Ot'.tiy.iud fro-- pagy H �
'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
At
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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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