Big Chief Island

By R. C. May

It is 1980 and the United States has just beaten Russia, winning the Olympic gold medal in hockey. There is no question that people of the world have witnessed a miracle on the ice.

Carl White Hawk and Henry White Rock are worlds apart. Although their names sound nearly identical, their lives could not be more different. Carl is a communications major at Slippery Rock University and an elite hockey player who wants more than anything to add an exclamation point to the end of his college career by winning his final competition, the National Club Hockey Championship. Henry, the grandson of the chief of the Rocnaya Nation in Northern Canada, must prove himself worthy of becoming a brave by winning the Nations most important competition. But as they prepare for the most important day in their lives, Carl and Henry have no idea that their two worlds are about to collide and create new destinies for both of them.

Big Chief Island shares the tale of an elite hockey player and a First Nation warrior, as each struggles to understand their place in the world as forces beyond their control guide their paths.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Dec 11, 2017
• ISBN: 9781532034329

R. C. May

R. C. May was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and played summer hockey in Canada. He was a professional instructor at Ron Shocks hockey camp in 1979 and graduated from Slippery Rock University where he lettered four years in hockey and served as head coach from 1983 to 1986. May also produced the first radio sports talk show in Charleston, South Carolina at WIXR. He currently resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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PREFACE

I have been fascinated with Big Chief Island on Lake Couchiching (which translates to lake of many winds) in northern Canada for about fifty years. I slowly learned about Big Chief Island during the summers of my youth spent in northern Canada. There are things about the island’s First Nation religious burial grounds, that belongs to the Rama reservation, that would grab anyone’s attention. I became more and more fascinated with the area’s mystique and mystery with every summer I spent in northern Canada.

This novel is based on my experiences and the folklore I heard from both local people and from some of the Rama reservation First Nation people. During the summers of my youth, living in a cottage straight across from Big Chief Island, I would often canoe and sometimes fish around the island. Most of my life in Canada was spent attending, then working, at an elite hockey camp at the other end of Lake Couchiching, but there was always time to investigate my curiosities. R.C. May

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

F irst, I would like to say how important my parents, Nancy and William Jr., have been to me. My summers spent in Canada, playing hockey and working at an elite hockey camp, were second to none. My father, who passed away in 2013, believed in education and sports. He spent uncounted hours making sure that my sister (Cora), brother (William lll), and I had an opportunity to fulfill our goals. And it was not just his own children who my father was concerned about, but all children.

His years as a guidance counselor, teacher, and coach provided many children and young adults with direction and knowledge. His philosophies were simple. Like the one he had for backyard pickup games or at the neighbor’s outdoor hockey rink, Everybody plays or nobody plays. After coaching youth hockey for 12 years, my father became involved with starting high school hockey at North Allegheny high school. He was the head coach for the North Allegheny Tiger High School hockey team in 1976–77. It was the first time Tiger hockey would win the Western Pennsylvania Championship and the last year my father would coach hockey. My brother and I both played on that team and dad stayed involved in management with the hockey team and went on to coach the diving team at North Allegheny.

My mother always attended all of our sporting events, ready to patch us back together after our injuries. Her love was very comforting. She too, has a love for sports. In fact, at the age of eighty, she still referees both women’s field hockey and lacrosse.

And a special shout out and in a strange irony to my son Brandon, who played hockey and was a goalie for both North Allegheny and Slippery Rock, I can’t wait for us to go to another Pittsburgh Penguin Stanley Cup game!

A special thanks to Bill Barber and Jim Rutherford for agreeing to do cameos in my novel. My family has been friends with Bill and Jim for fifty years. True legends in the National Hockey League, Bill and Jim each have three Stanley Cup championships on their NHL hockey résumés.

To my teammates on the Slippery Rock State College club hockey teams, thanks for being the best ever. And, to the teams I had the privilege of being your head coach, at Slippery Rock University, thanks for being the best ever. I would also like to thank my Theta Chi fraternity brothers of the Zeta Alpha chapter, Slippery Rock University, for their support.

Thanks and praises to Hayley Angus for her great artwork on the book’s cover. Hayley is a graduate of the Kent State (Ohio) art program and currently lives in south Florida. She can be reached at [e-mail] and thanks to George Elliott Maier for helping me with his computer savvy and Web expertise. He can be reached at [e-mail] bio at about.me/george_maier He is a graduate of Penn State University and has a MBA from Tepper Business School at Carnegie Mellon University and currently lives in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.

To the First Nation of Canada and the Native Americans, you deserve all the respect and peace there is. Your religion continues to fascinate me and has shown me a new way of life.

Finally, to all those who have played at any level, supported the players, or who have just been fans of the greatest game ever, hockey, thank you and congratulations!

INTRODUCTION

S lippery Rock University of Pennsylvania was formally named in 1983. Before that, it was known as Slippery Rock State College. Because people are more familiar with name Slippery Rock University, I have decided to use that in my novel. I actually played hockey for Slippery Rock State College, but graduated and was the head coach at Slippery Rock University.

Northern Arizona University is a fine university in its own right. Nestled in the small city of Flagstaff, Arizona, its academic and hockey programs are outstanding. As a tribute to my nephews, Stan and Barrett Buckowich, who both played hockey there, Northern Arizona University also appears in the novel.

There are many different clues, twists, and turns throughout the novel. There are other times where characters have accents and the language of the fictitious Rocnaya Nation is spoken then explained in English.

CONTENTS

1.     GAME ON

2.     LIFE CAN BE SO CONFUSING

3 .     HOCKEY FRIENDS ARE FOREVER

4.     OFF TO MEET THE NEIGHBORS

5.     GOOD GUY GETS DISCIPLINED

6.     OFF AND ROLLING

7.     BRING ON THE PROS

8.     A SHORT VISIT CAN’T HURT

9.     MAKING PLANS

10.   GET OUT OF MY HEAD

11.   IT’S A GIRL

12.   NO I IN TEAM

13.   LUCKY THIRTEEN

14.   GAME OVER

1           GAME ON

MAY 12th, 1980

WAR MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM, BUFFALO, NEW YORK

12:59 P.M.

S lippery Rock University and Northern Arizona University hockey teams are doing their pre-game warm ups on the ice surface. They are getting ready to compete for the National Club Hockey Championship title. Neil Young’s song Harvest Moon is blasting through the speakers in the background. Fifty-year-old play-by-play man Ron Carson and recently retired NHL center journeyman Peter McDowell are sitting in the announcer’s booth ready to call the game.

RON:

Hello everyone, and welcome to Buffalo, New York, on this twelfth day of May. The American Sports Programming Network, ASPN, is more than thrilled to broadcast the National Club Hockey Championship to all of North America. We guarantee that this national championship title game between the Rockets of Slippery Rock University and the Lumberjacks of Northern Arizona University will keep you glued to your seats. I’m Ron Carson and I’ll be calling the game today. My partner adding the color is none other than cup champion Peter McDowell. Peter, would you please fill the viewers in on the club hockey tournament?

PETER:

I’d be glad to, Ron. Well, first, you might be asking yourself why ASPN is covering club hockey. Folks, it’s simple, there’s a ton of talent in college hockey throughout the United States. We just saw the United States win Olympic gold in hockey with the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s elite players. But it doesn’t stop there! There are many more talented college hockey players in the United States, and there is some real talent in Club Hockey USA. Some of these schools would like to join the NCAA, but because of the new law Title 9, a college or university cannot add a men’s sports team without having an equal number of women’s teams. This means these men’s club hockey teams cannot be sanctioned by the NCAA. So…Club Hockey USA has created their own national championship tournament. How big is Club Hockey USA, you ask? More then twice as many teams compete in Club Hockey USA than all of the NCAA division teams put together.

RON:

And these kids basically pay their own way?

PETER:

That’s correct Ron. Every player supplies his own equipment. They also have fund-raisers to round up the extra money their schools don’t have for club sports.

RON:

They love their hockey, and this is a first for Club Hockey USA and ASPN to be broadcasting the championship game. Before we drop the puck Peter, set us up with the players to watch.

PETER:

The two big scorers on both teams are the team captains. Both captains lead their respective teams and conferences in goals, assists, and total points. The ironic thing about these two center icemen is that they have completely different styles. Captain Carl Hawk wears number sixteen for Slippery Rock University. He’s a great story in his own right. Carl was hit in the eye with a hockey stick when he was just fifteen while playing in Canada at the Pro-Am Developmental Hockey Camp. Doctors told him he would never play hockey again, but with two eye surgeries and hard work, I can honestly say he’s one of the best collegiate hockey players in North America. Hawk has a 3.5 GPA and stays focused by taking extra classes in karate and yoga. He told me that these classes have helped him with both concentration and balance. Hawk is a distance swimmer and he is also in the weight room five days a week as part of his workout regime. Hawk has great skating ability and soft hands. For those of you who don’t know what soft hands are, well…that’s a good thing for many reasons. Having soft hands means a player passes and receives the puck well and excels at stickhandling. Carl Hawk will be skating all over the ice and even play defense on power plays. The only negative thing about Hawk is that he sometimes can get double vision. It happens as a result of his eye injury. When I talked to him about his double vision, Hawk said that it is rare for it to happen. He also told me that only a hard hit to the head or extreme exhaustion can bring on the double vision. But because he stays in great physical condition, don’t look for exhaustion to be an issue in today’s championship game. Hawk will be facing off against lucky number seven, Bingo Bob Bonshire…I love that name. He’s the captain of the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks, and there is a great story about how he got his nickname Bingo from his grandmother. Bonshire told me that when he was a kid, he called his grandparents in Vancouver to tell them about his pewee hockey game. Before he had a chance to tell his grandmother about his game, Bonshire’s grandmother told him that she had three bingos at the bingo parlor. Then Bob told his grandma that he had four goals in his game, and his grandma said, ‘I guess you outdid me by one bingo, Bob.’ So the nickname stuck, Bingo Bob,…and boy can he get a lot of bingos. He’s a big kid. Came down from Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada. Bonshire’s father worked for Trans-Canada Railroad and met his mother on the Putuca reservation just northeast of Vancouver. Bingo Bob played junior hockey for the BC Whalers before coming to play for the Lumberjacks. He plays a north–south, physical game. He hits hard and will check anybody with the puck, anytime!

Ron and Peter look down from the announcer’s booth as the Slippery Rock hockey team makes a circle in front of their net. Twenty-year-old senior Carl Hawk skates into the middle of team’s circle and heads directly to Blinky, the goalie. Carl taps Blinky’s goaltenders pads with his stick and talks to the team.

CARL:

Okay you guys…we’ve come a long way to put ourselves in this position. We play our game, and we protect Blinky in the net. Remember, Bonshire is number seven and he’s their big man. Defense, let’s stay all over him.

ROCKETS TEAM:

Yeah, let’s get’em. Let’s do it. One more win!

CARL:

One, two, three.

ROCKETS TEAM:

Let’s go Rockets…Rock on.

Slippery Rock breaks their circle, and Carl’s line mates skate toward center ice as the rest of the Slippery Rock Rockets skate to the bench. Carl takes his stick and taps Blinky across the pads again, then skates towards center ice. At the other end of the arena, the Northern Arizona hockey team is gathered around their net. Twenty-one-year-old Bingo Bob Bonshire skates into the huddle.

BINGO BOB

: Lumberjacks…we’re here to win. Remember, number sixteen is Hawk. Stay on him, and hit him every time he has the puck. Everyone ready?

LUMBERJACKS TEAM:

Let’s go. Let’s win this.

BINGO BOB:

One, two, three.

LUMBERJACKS TEAM:

Let’s go Lumberjacks.

Bonshire leads his line mates to center ice. The rest of the Lumberjacks players skate to their bench. The referee is standing at center ice ready for the opening face-off. He blows his whistle. Hawk and Bonshire meet at center ice. Ron and Peter call the game for the television broadcast.

RON:

I thought it was interesting that Hawk had the Rockets in a organized circle at the net.

PETER: Ron, one thing I know for sure is that hockey players are creatures of habit. Hawk has it in his blood to circle the team because that’s just what’s in him.

RON: So Carl Hawk and Bingo Bob Bonshire meet each other at center ice for the very first time.

PETER:

Yes they do, and this is the final college hockey game of the 1979–1980 season. The outcome of this game could change one of these center men’s lives forever. There are pro scouts in the stands and many eyes from all over watching both Hawk and Bonshire. So the best way I could sum up the start of this game is that this is a big game in more ways than one.

Down at center ice, Hawk and Bonshire tap each other’s shin pads with their sticks. They square off for the face-off. The referee drops the puck. Carl wins the face-off back to his defensemen.

RON:

Hawk wins the draw back to…

MAY 12th, 1980

ROCNAYA NATION, NORTH ONTARIO, CANADA

1:10 P.M.

Sixty-two-year-old Chief White Rock walks into the middle of a circle of knee-high lava rocks about sixty meters in circumference and spaced a half meter apart. Fifty meters to the south is an extremely large tepee that he calls home. The Rocnaya Nation, well over 5,000 souls strong, surrounds the perimeter of the circle of rocks. The Nation watches intensely as a ceremony starts in the middle. A small, rectangular, black table with a shiny, polished top sits low to the ground. The rock from which the table is made comes from their sacred burial island that is Big Chief Island. It is made from a single lava rock and is over 3,000 years old.

The sacred table is used in religious worship to call upon the Rocnayan spirits to come to their physical world. The sacred table was also once the home of a clear, brilliant, shiny, portal rock that the Nation’s first chief used to communicate with the creator and the spirits. This special and sacred rock is called the Fire White Rock. The Fire White Rock is responsible for giving the sacred table its power to communicate with the spirits. Chief White Rock, with his long, gray hair that blows in the faint breeze, stops on one side of the sacred table. He signals to five selected warriors to stand across from him on the other side of the sacred table. Chief White Rock talks to the five warriors and speaking loudly so that all Rocnayan’s can hear.

CHIEF:

Today one of you will become the newest brave of the Rocnaya Nation. We will call upon the spirit of the first chief to choose the two warriors who will compete. The winner is the Nation’s newest brave. I don’t have to tell you five warriors that this is the highest honor that a warrior can receive. Now, let me see your spirit markers.

The five warriors each hold up five objects representing the spiritual relationship between themselves and their names. The chief starts at one end and looks at the first warrior’s spirit marker.

CHIEF:

Yellow Snake, the fang of the snake.

Chief White Rock moves to the next warrior.

CHIEF:

Black Feather, a black feather.

Chief White Rock continues addressing each warrior in turn.

CHIEF:

Running Deer, a deer’s antler tip….Sleeping Bull, the tip from a bull’s horn….Henry White Rock, a white rock.

CHIEF:

yelling with authority. Warriors, put your spirit markers in your spirit pouches.

The five warriors put their spirit markers in their brown leather spirit pouches with leather tie straps on the top. The pouches are identical in appearance, representing that in the eyes of the creator, all Rocnayans are equal in life.

CHIEF:

Council members, you may enter the circle of rocks.

Eleven braves, ages forty-three to seventy-two who are standing just outside the circle of rocks, walk to the sacred table after witnessing the beginning of the ceremony.

CHIEF:

Council members, it is now time to gather the spirit pouches. Elder Council Two Eagles and Elder Medicine Man Silent Bear will bless the warriors and their spirit pouches. When this is completed, Two Eagles will mix and put the spirits pouches on the sacred table, one by one, side by side. Two Eagles and Silent Bear, do the honors.

Two Eagles steps forward and takes all of the brown, identical-looking leather spirit pouches from the five warriors. Chief White Rock kneels at the sacred table. Two Eagles holds the leather spirit pouches up to the sky. Silent Bear blesses the five warriors by putting medicines from his spirit pouch on their shoulders. Two Eagles then opens the five spirit pouches, one at a time and Silent Bear puts medicines inside of them. Silent Bear ties the spirit pouches, one at a time, by wrapping the leather cord which is threaded through the top of the spirit pouch. After each individual spirit pouch is tied, he hands them back to Two Eagles. Two Eagles then mixes the spirit pouches in his hands, looks over toward the sacred table, and nods yes to Chief White Rock.

CHIEF:

Let the spirit of the first chief come to us.

Two Eagles lines up the spirit pouches on the sacred table. The chief takes out his spirit pouch from his leathers. He opens the pouch, reaches inside, and takes out a handful of sand from Big Chief Island. He then drizzles sand onto each of the warrior’s spirit pouches. Chief White Rock sets his spirit pouch on the ground. He looks up to the sky and yells out a quick chant to welcome the first chief to the circle of rocks and ask for his guidance.

CHIEF:

Aho meta Monta tu ti uga weten.

Chief White Rock firmly grabs the sacred table on both sides and then slants the sacred table forward. Three spirit pouches fall to the ground. Two spirit pouches remain on the sacred table as if to defy gravity. Chief White Rock brings the table to an upright position.

CHIEF:

yelling at the top of his voice to the Nation. The spirit of the first chief is with us and he has spoken.

The Rocnaya Nation cheers loudly as Chief White Rock picks up one of the two spirit pouches from the table. The Rocnaya Nation quiets. He opens the spirit pouch and allows the spirit marker to fall onto the sacred table. A white rock makes a crisp tap on the sacred table.

CHIEF:

The spirit of the First Chief has chosen Henry White Rock.

A loud roar comes from the Rocnaya Nation, which now waits with anticipation to see the second spirit marker. Chief White Rock holds up the second spirit pouch as the Nation quiets. He opens the spirit pouch, turns it over, and a black feather flutters onto the sacred table.

CHIEF:

The spirit of the first chief has spoken. He has chosen Black Feather.

There is some cheering from the Rocnaya Nation, but it is mostly whispers that can barely be heard. Chief White Rock picks up the white rock and puts it back into its spirit pouch. He picks up the black feather and puts it in its spirit pouch. Chief White Rock holds the spirit pouches up for the Rocnaya Nation to see. The whole Rocnaya Nation sings out a chant of safety and wellness for Henry White Rock and Black Feather.

CHIEF:

Henry White Rock and Black Feather, go put on your war paint and pray to the spirits. We will start as soon as the council decides on your three tests. Henry White Rock, Black Feather, go now.

Henry White Rock and Black Feather leave the circle of rocks and head toward their respective tepees. The chief turns to Two Eagles and Silent Bear.

CHIEF:

Two Eagles, Silent Bear, quickly bring the sacred table to my tepee, time is short.

TWO EAGLES AND SILENT BEAR:

Right away.

CHIEF:

turns to the rest of the council. To my tepee.

Chief White Rock and the nine council members walk south toward his tepee with Two Eagles and Silent Bear following close behind with the sacred table.

WAR MEMORIAL

1:30 P.M.

Carl has a towel in his right hand and is sitting between two line mates on the Rockets’ bench. He takes his helmet off and wipes the sweat from his face with the towel. Sixty-two-year-old head coach Ted Vaughn, is standing on a bench behind the team. He looks down at Carl.

COACH VAUGHN:

Get ready Carl, we’re going to change lines…it’s almost time.

Carl nods his head yes.

ROCNAYA RESERVATION

1:30 P.M.

Henry White Rock is sitting all alone in his family’s tepee. He sits behind a small, wooden bench on which rests small pans of face paint. Henry slowly glides his index and middle fingers, of his right hand, across his forehead, putting on the last of his war paint. These two long, white stripes that extend across his whole forehead represent the longevity of chiefs with the White Rock family. As Henry’s hand moves slowly away from his face, his war paint is complete. There is one red stripe that goes from cheek to cheek, up over the bridge of his nose. This red stripe represents the blood lost from the Rocnaya Nation in their wars and conflicts. Henry also has a green stripe on top of a black stripe that travels from one ear down past his chin to the other ear. The green stripe represents his commitment to protect the land that belongs to the Rocnaya Nation. The black stripe means no fear of death. The flap to the tepee opens and Two Eagles enters. Henry does not move. Fifty-five-year-old Two Eagles is standing behind Henry.

TWO EAGLES:

The council is out. Get ready Henry, we’re going to the circle of rocks. It’s almost time.

Henry nods his head yes.

The whole Rocnaya Nation remains crowded around the circle of rocks as Henry White Rock and Black Feather make their way to Two Eagles. Two Eagles is standing in the middle of the circle of rocks and starts tying the same leather strap to the left wrists of Henry White Rock and Black Feather. Black Feather’s war paint consists of black circles around each eye and a black stripe on both sides of his face from his ears to his cheeks. He towers in stature over Henry White Rock. Two Eagles signals for Silent Bear to enter the circle of rocks. Silent Bear leaves Chief White Rock’s side and walks over to Henry White Rock and Black Feather. He checks the knots that Two Eagles has tied.

Silent Bear looks at Two Eagles and nods his head yes. He then nods yes to the Chief. Chief White Rock nods his head yes once to Silent Bear. Silent Bear’s attention goes back to Henry White Rock and Black Feather.

SILENT BEAR:

Black Feather, Henry, listen to me closely. This is wrestling…no punches, no hitting, and no kicks of any kind. To win, you must have the other give up or pin the other inside the circle of rocks. If I say stop, both of you must stop and we will start from standing. Do you understand?

Black Feather and Henry both nod their heads yes.

WAR MEMORIAL

1:41 P.M.

The scoreboard reads zero to zero with 5:41 left to play in the first period. The action is intense as Carl gets checked hard from behind into the boards and his head thumps off the plexiglas. He falls to the ice and sees a Lumberjack’s player with the number thirteen skating away. Carl gets himself up off the ice and quickly skates over to number thirteen and swats him with his hockey stick across the back of his legs. The crowd notices the action between the two and the arena get extremely loud. Carl can be seen saying something to number thirteen as they push at each other. Ron and Peter continue commentating to the TV viewers.

RON:

And for the second time today number thirteen, Swazi, checks Hawk hard into the boards, and now they’re having some words…they look like they’re done talking and are now skating away from each other.

PETER:

Hawk better keep his head up because on the Lumberjacks’ bench they call number thirteen Kamikaze Swazi…and I can already see that when Hawk is on the ice, both Bonshire and Swazi are on the ice to double team him!

ROCNAYA NATION

1:45 P.M.

Black Feather is on top of Henry White Rock as they wrestle on the ground in the middle of the circle of rocks. Black Feather has Henry in a choke hold.

SILENT BEAR:

looking on. Henry, do you give up?

HENRY:

muffled. No.

Black Feather keeps a choke hold on Henry. Henry is able to use his right hand on Black Feather’s arm to break free from the chokehold. Henry stands up with his back to Black Feather as Black Feather gets off his knees. Black Feather twists Henry around by pulling on the leather strap. He grabs Henry’s left leg with his right arm and slams Henry’s back to the ground. Black Feather is on top of Henry, chest to chest, as Henry focuses on Black Feather’s war face.

WAR MEMORIAL

1:45 P.M.

Carl’s back is slammed to the ice near the Rockets’ goalie. Number seven Bonshire is chest to chest on top of him. Ron and Peter commentate on what they see.

RON:

Hawk is leveled again…this time Bonshire puts Hawk on his back. Doesn’t look like there’s any penalty called on the hit.

Carl looks at Bonshire and sees two helmets, side by side, with two Bonshire faces looking back at him. Bonshire gets up off of Hawk and skates away as Carl lies motionless with his back on the ice. The referee blows his whistle and stops play.

PETER:

Hawk is not moving. This is not good news for Hawk and the Rockets…look out…here we go. Hawk’s line mate Steve Sullivan is in Bonshire’s face right now. Sullivan is the enforcer for the Rockets, but he’s not near the size of Bonshire.

Bonshire and Sullivan