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up a scholarship fund to be presented annually to the best student at high school. ' The Sarcec women. one of the most active groups in Canada. last year catered to nearly 300 lndian and non-Indian guests at the annual hau- quet of the Calgary Council for Christians and Jews. It was Brotherhood Week and the council had decided to meet on the Sarcee reserve, In Quebec the Odanak Club on the Pierreville reserve organized a community library. enter- tuined themselves with a display of Indian dances. rented a playground and installed swings. Few clubs are more energetic than those in nor- thern and southern Ontario. Both these regions hold district conventions each August and each club sends delegates. 'l’hc Whitefish Lake Club near Sudbury has sponsored a weaving course: the Dokis Club near North Bay organized a fell-work count and the Garden Village Club near Sturgeon Falls planned a community leadership training course. Women from northern Ontario have also attended craft courses at the Quctico Training Centre at Ko- wenc, Wesl of Port Arthur. They have taken back to their reserves new skills and urc passing them on to uthcrs. Mrs. Agatha Naponsc of the White- fish Lulu.- reserve i~ it good example. A Home‘ mukct herself. she went to Utictico. becnmc so intercxtcd in wcuying thitt she attended another course, in Kingston. (ll her own expense. joined the hinlhury Wva-h' (iuild und planned a weav- ing mursc lttl‘ her fellow Indian women. [he \liistii'uum ('l':li m Hf. recently entered into an agreement with the Vancouver School litmril to have sewing classes conducted on the t‘cst‘t‘\t‘ lndiun clubs have also held sewing und mend- This little Indian girl “I! in lil'e a small doll heuelt as the cuddle; one drone-d in buckskins. This is I: bit at the hondicrolts exhibit at the Homemakers' Conven- tion. 20 Dicussion groups like these brought about o in lively exchange of ideas and suggestions amon delegates. ing bees and helped to buy radio and tclc sets for hospital patients; provided gifts to uating students: bought playground cquil held Hallowe‘en and Christmas parties Untl well socials for teachers; assisted nurses in t visited the sick and the shut-ins: catered to munin dinners and school lunches: on hockey teams and provided other sporix ment for youngsters: given money gifts [4 sick and the poor; and held baby illltl showers. The women raise money for their prom the some means as non-Indian women: lhc‘. curd parties. socials and dances. raffle oil II‘ or quilts. stage hinges and bazaars. put I‘ll suppers and operate booths at fairs, The success of Indian Homemakers‘ club pends primarily on good leadership. for clubs operate under severe handicups. HUHH most reserves are scattered and mcmbcis - 1ch many miles from meeting places. tindi place to meet is sometimes :1 problem too ()tlunuk Club reported recently it could not meetings in January or February "bccuim could not meet in an unheated hall." The Lorette Club. which has undertaken : successful projects. says that the average ix" mm: is 10 membersâ€"or one-third of thy membership. “No doubt it could be better. it spite of our efforts. we were unable in 1:l more. The problem remains the some: Hit. bring young people to the Homemukcrs' club our reserve is in the suburbs of Quch l our young people are attracted by all sort umuscmcnls. keeping them away from our in Inga. ' The difficulty of raising money on the rm. umong low»income families often limih Homemakers‘ projects. The seasonal nature of some types of ll“ L‘mPlOl‘mem â€"- berry-picking in summer or !I ping in winter, for exampleâ€"makes it hdrtl some clubs to keep going on a regular basis Despite these handicaps, he Homemnt clubs are growing slowly in numbers and nu hers, They are helping to develop commui leaders among Indian women. HOME AND COUN“