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Local newshound interviews UBC losers. But the media was absent at the native students' protests against cutbacks on Friday, Jan 22.

Native

students

rally
Pick

Cutbacks

spark

call

for

"Parity,

not

parody

of

education"

education

act

of

funding

are

legislative

The PSEAP guidelines now,

qualified native students who re-

an-

group students in five categories,

aggression
ceive aid.

The

against native people, said leaders

As

spring

approaches,

young

hearts

are

Most of the speakers at the

VAN(CUP)—Federal
cutbacks
to
funded.
move that limits
the number of

other

politician!

poorer
conditions on reserves.
secondary limiting
education
funds,
a
the number of students

By Mike Gordon

native

government
has
prowith those currently
enrolled
get-

rally

called

the

government's

post-secondary

Vancouver

last

Friday.

About

100

people

against

Indian

the

affairs

and

tance

demon-

department

education

assis-

to...to...student

elections.

back

once

the

the

progress

native

people

again,

ment put a cap on funding, along

northern

with

development's "capping" of post -

further

AMS

Yes.

eagerly

executive

elec-

have made towards self-governfunding.
With
downtown

funding now limited, qualified stu-

ment and resource management,

tions

are

upon

us.

This

Wesdnesday,

Thursday

Fridey,

geers,

and

program
since
its
and inception
called for the resignation of
dents in lower priority categories,

in 1973. But in 1986, the govern-

of

turning

move a deliberate attempt to hold

awaited

ting guaranteed
vided full
financial aid through its
a
protest
in

during

strated

a

restrictions

in

1987

such

as

post-graduate

students,

jocks,

artsies,

DIAND minister Bill McKnight

"They

will be left out if the money runs

education

are

of

afraid

native

with

people

the

that

fartsies

and

intellectuals

every

corner

storm

the

of

from

campus

will

dry.
According to the ad-hoc native

student

rally,

group

recent

that

the

their

ways...

PSEAP

back

funds,"

organized

changes

in

guidelines,

or

E-12

meant

of

qualified

37%

we’re going to become stronger in

Circular,

native

said

are

cutting

Seul

Terry,

Colleen

the

a

very

serious

impact

native

people

striving

for

equal

place

in

this

a

on

said

Beverly Scow, coordinator for the

intern

campus

native

students'

ad

politicians west of Blanca.
Pages

Copeland,

Native

a

Education

student

Centre,

you

missed

students

union.

the

seven

last

your

there!

Exercise

exam-

elections,

chance.

right,

"It’s

not

very

much

than

welfare.

Since

you

enough

to

they

live,"

better

Get

your

out

demo-

and

vote,

vote,

just

vote. It's up to you!!

And

give

Copeland

don't

remember,

vote,

things

may

some

very

happen...

if

you

scary

you'll

get

says.
Though

enrollment

through

hundreds of chain letters in the
big

hairy

monsters

will

the PSEAP program has jumped
attack

indian

and

now's

mail,

native

six

sored by Employment Canada.

hoc committee on native education

concerns, and president of UBC

vote

says her education is being spon-

more

soclety,"

to

for some of the most powerful

cratic
have

eager

ine the candidates' views, so if

dian Chiefs.

at

"These cutbacks are going to

they

president of the Union of BC In-

applicants were denied funding in

the fall of 1987/88.

so

polls,

you

in

your

sleep,

or

from 3500 to 12,000 since 1977,
your cat may throw up all over

Scow said the hardest hit by the
cutbacks

mature

from

ary ed

00 stu

dents

re rou

ghly 1

, said E

of Firs

ns Hou

ardner

se of L
ing, 12
earn00 nati
ve stud
have t
ents w
o be e
ould
nrolle
d each
year.
A dele
gation
from
presen
the ra
ted a p
lly
etition
backs
agains
t cutto the
local
DIAN
D off
ice.
Directo
r of ed
ucatio
n
Ron P
ner sa
enid a h
igher
D
I
A
Ottaw
ND o
a told
fficer
him th
in
e orig
inal dr
of the
aft
PSEA
P restr
iction
withd
h
ad bee
rawn,
n
and w
ill be
revise
d.
"
e thin

from
men

the

t," b

ut th

con

open

e de

serv

part

ativ

e go

gs ar

en't g

of co

see "Native" page 3

from

your

favorite

sweater...

...aaawooooooh.

C

thel G

t Natio

ause

people

students go on to complete a post -

at UB

,
50 nati
N
a
t
iv
v
e
e
s
par
.
s
tudTe
o
ity

Som

and

mothers,

n.

f 54,0

there a

e bec

students,

single

ucatio

Out o

chang

be

page 1

second

reach

will

less than 2% of native secondary

oing

nstra

nts rap cutb
studen

ts, said

acks

Penne

r.

Scow

said, "
They'r
e basi
studen g tim
cally
e, bec
ts den
ied fa
sd
e in
uu
ofgthe
n
"
37
buyin

% of

Scow
said th
e grou
to net
p plan
work
ned
with o
t
h
e
r
n
dent g
ative s
roups
tuand tr
ibal co
across
uncile
BC an
effort
d Cana
agains
da in u
t the c
nited
utback
s.

to

ints

vern

-

men

t is

ing th

e con

sultin

g pro

For

cess to

more

Beverly

info

Scow:

on

Native

Student

Net

224-4005

Sharon Shorty: 524-0173

Vancouver,
Volume

70,

Number

33

B.C.

Tuesday,

January

28,

1988