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ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ
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ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÛ ÜÛÛÛÜÛÛÜÜÜ ßÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÜÜÜÛÛÝ Ûß
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Mo.iMP ÜÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ßÛß
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ß ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß
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ÜÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÜÜ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛßß
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ÜÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÛÛÜÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛ ßÛÛÛÛÛ Ü ÛÝÛÛÛÛÛ Ü
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ÜÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßÛÜ ßÛÛÛÜÜ ÜÜÛÛÛß ÞÛ ÞÛÛÛÝ ÜÜÛÛ
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ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÜ ßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÜÜÜß ÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛß
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ßÛÜ ÜÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßßÜÜ ßßÜÛÛßß ßÛÛÜ ßßßÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßß
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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Native People in Modern ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [Society ]
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[ ]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed: 11/94 # of Words:946 School: ? State: ?
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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On Thursday February 4, 1992 I went to Native People Center of Toronto.
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My assignment was to interview a Native person and find out how Native
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people live in modern society and is there any professionals among them.
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That was my first time in Native People Center and to tell You the truth I
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was kind of surprised to see that old building and that cafeteria inside
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where the Native people who live on the street (or at least they looked
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like they just came from there) can have a cup of coffee. There were also a
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couple of showrooms with paintings and a secretary behind the front desk. I
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tried to talk to the secretary and ask if she could give me any hint how to
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find the right person because I really didn't feel like talking to the
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people in the cafeteria (that would not help my assignment in any way). The
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secretary first said that there's nobody in the center who could help me
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because all of the staff is very busy and I would have to make an
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appointment. When I asked her for the appointment she said that nobody
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takes care of interviews in the center. Well I was lucky there was another
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woman passing by and I asked her for help. That lady's name is Fran
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Longboat and as found out later she is a pretty well known person in the
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whole Toronto Native community. Fran said that there are quite many Native
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professionals in the city and she tried to call a Native lawyer to make an
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appointment for me but the person wasn't there. Then I finally got a
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business card of a person to interview, guess who? -- A cop! OK I went down
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to 40 College street and asked for Bob Crawford.
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Bob met me very gladly and said that I came in the right moment because
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he had nothing important to do and he agreed to give me an interview. We
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decided to go to the cafeteria located in the same building and have a cup
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of coffee.
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I didn't have a tape recorder on me and had to write the main points
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down so I can't provide the exact words of Bob but I'll try to do my best.
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My first few questions were about Bob's past. He is an Algonquin from
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Goldenlake. Bob spent his childhood in Pembroke, Ontario. Bob has never
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been in a reserve. At 16 years of age he started to live separate from his
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parents. He has been 24 years on the force and did all kinds of police
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work, he was even working as an undercover cop for 10 years. Since 1989 Bob
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is working at 40 College and he is the head of Native Liaison department.
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This department is taking care of education of police officers and also
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other people like TTC workers, Bank workers, School staff, Students how to
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interfere with Native people. Bob also is a kind of chancellor for Native
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people who get in trouble and helps them to return to normal life. Mr.
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Crawford is married on an Irish person and has two daughters.
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On my question if Bob knows many professional Native people, he said
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that he does and gave me an example of John Kimbell who is the first Native
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orchestra conductor he also said that there are 35 Native police officers
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on force right now.
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Bob said that there are not too many people who are educated and have a
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job among Natives and most of them who come to the city end up on the
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streets. Bob said that this happens because it is very difficult for them
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to live a normal life. Many of them were taught in white schools that
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Indians are bad and they forgot their culture. It is very hard to believe
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that you can reach something when everyone has a definite stereotype for
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you, a stereotype of a man on the street. These people don't have a
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culture, traditions, their lives are broken.
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Native culture is playing a very big role in Bob's life. He strongly
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keeps all the Traditions. And believes in them. Even one of his doughters
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who is half Native keeps the same religion. He told me a true story that
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happened to him last year. Bob had a cancer and his life was in a real
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danger. But before he went for the operation he visited his relatives in
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the reserve. The old people gave him some natural medicines and said that
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if he will believe that he will survive he will survive. The operation took
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14 hours. During the surgery one of Bob's lungs collapsed and the doctors
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started to lose the hope but he survived. Now Bob believes two times
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stronger than before because he knows that it really helps.
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Well lets come back to the Native people who come in town. Most of them
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are very poor and can't afford any high education unless the reserve helps
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them. But the reserve has a very little of money for education they have to
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spend money on rent, food, medicine, etc. So even if they want sometimes
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they still can't go to study.
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So it is not easy at all for Natives to live in the modern society. And
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no wonder we see so many lost people on the street. I am enclosing some
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information about New Aboriginal Peacekeeping Unit of Metropolitan Toronto
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Police which was designed by Bob Crawford. I hope that this idea would
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help.
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I am also enclosing the business cards of Fran Longboat and Bob
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Crawford. 2
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