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village of Port Carling. Since his mother was
married to a white man, she was banished
from the reserve, lost her status and his parents
were not accepted by society. In 1985, when
laws were changed, his mother regained her
status and the Chippewas took in the family,
an affirmation of their identity.
But it was the formative years, growing up
on the edge of Port Carling near the dump,
that forged Bartleman's love of books and
learning.
"My brother and I would chase trucks up
the road to the dump because the wealthy
people of Muskoka threw out good junk,"
he said. "We would run to the dump and it
became my. first library. 1 found books and
comic books and I could read when others at
school couldn't. It made its mark on me"
An avid learner who performed well in
school, Bartleman credits his time working
for the chairman of the board of Pittsburg
Paints, for moving his academic career along
a solid path.
He worked for many years in the Canadian
foreign service before his appointment as the
27th Lieutenant governor of Ontario in 2002,
a job that tcx)k him to remote reaches of On-
tario where he witnessed the self destruction
of native communities.
"In the north 1 saw Canada's Third World,"
he said. "There were so many overgrown
cemeteries with fresh graves and crosses, cov-
ered with children's toys and fishing gear. The
chiefs were upset as there were 300 deaths re-
lated to violence and suicide. Children hated
themselves and each other and would burn
schools and act violently out of despair."
Those communities lack funding for books
and sporting equipment and funding for edu-
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cation is less per capita than anywhere else in
the country. However, his campaign through
the Lieutenant Governor's office to obtain
books and set up libraries in native commu-
nities was an overwhelming success. Librar-
ians, teachers and community newspapers
backed the initiative and soon garages at OPP
detachments across the province were loaded
with donated books.
A transport company delivered 850,000
books to a hangar at Downsview airport for
transport to the North. The OPP stepped in
and auxiliary officers were helping sort books
and soon libraries were created through the
1.5 million books captured in Ontario and
Quebec. Books made their way to children in
• Nunavut and Grenada as well.
Through his initiatives to improve the
lives of young native people sprang summer
camps, twinning programs and a book club,
Club Amick, which serves 4,200 children in
K to grade 6 who live in 35 fly -in and remote
communities in northern Ontario They re-
ceive a new book and activity -oriented news-
letter four times per year.
"Poverty is one of the great obstacles to
education and there is no money for books in
these communities," he said. "A native airline
has volunteered to fly books in to communi-
ties every three months and literary prizes,
my greatest legacy, are being offered with
winners getting cash prizes and trips to the
Pow wow in Toronto."
The stories of these young native writers
are often tales of isolation, loneliness and
alienation but the writing serves as an outlet.
Natives, Bartleman asserts matter-of-factly,
are at the top of the list of discrimination and
are not part of mainstream society.
"Governments can't do everything but ser-
vice clubs can bring a human face to issues,'
he said. "It would be great if service clubs
could help. You could have Goderich look at
twinning with a troubled community."
Students hold
concert to raise
awareness
Donny Scott
signal -.star staff
Ontario Students Against Drunk Drivers
(OSAID) is getting their message out; drunk
driving isn't safe or appropriate, and they're us-
ing music to do it.
Phoebe Aitken, a GDCI student and member
of OSAID, explained to The Signal -Star that
drinking and driving is a serious problem in
Huron County, and that, to try and stop it, the
anti -impaired -driving program is going to try
and give residents something to do locally on
a Friday night, as well as a new way to raise
money with the live concert.
The concert, which will be held on May 22
at GDCI, will start with the `softer rock' and
end with the louder, harder rock according to
Aitkens. The featured acts are Blind Eye Era,
Boy in December, Remember Us Always and
Odioum.
"This is the first time we'll be doing some-
thing like this;" Aitken explained. "It's a new
and different way to raise money and to pro-
mote our idea." .
More information about OSAID can he
found at www.osaid.org/.
Tickets arc $5 at the d(x)r. or can he purchased
from OSAID rneinbers until the the event.