{"id":6667,"date":"2017-10-12T11:17:28","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T16:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/?p=6667"},"modified":"2017-11-03T11:35:16","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T16:35:16","slug":"2017-cmu-distinguished-alumni-story-henry-neufeld-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/2017\/2017-cmu-distinguished-alumni-story-henry-neufeld-video\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 CMU Distinguished Alumni Story | Henry Neufeld (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ECYLskOdsTw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Henry Neufeld has spent more than six decades building positive relationships among Mennonite and Indigenous peoples.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Moscow, Russia and raised in Leamington, ON, Neufeld studied theology at CMBC.<\/p>\n<p>He and his late wife, Elna, began working as teachers in Indigenous communities in Manitoba in the early 1950s. From 1955 to 1970, they lived and taught 280 kms\u00a0northeast of Winnipeg in Pauingassi First Nation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6673\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6673\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6673\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/New.AlumniAwards.01.Neufeld.H-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Henry Neufeld\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/New.AlumniAwards.01.Neufeld.H-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/New.AlumniAwards.01.Neufeld.H-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/New.AlumniAwards.01.Neufeld.H-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/New.AlumniAwards.01.Neufeld.H-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/New.AlumniAwards.01.Neufeld.H.jpg 1122w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6673\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Henry Neufeld, 2017 CMU Distinguished Alumni Award recipient<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After serving two years as pastor at Springstein Mennonite Church in Springstein, MB, Neufeld\u2014who is fluent in Ojibway\u2014began visiting northern communities as a travelling pastor. Since then, he has made more than 600 trips. After 65 years, Neufeld\u2019s work still is not finished. This past spring, at the age of 87, he participated in Mennonite Church Canada\u2019s Pilgrimage for Indigenous Rights. Participants walked 600 km. from Kitchener to Ottawa in support of the adoption and implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know our celebration on Canada Day was for 150 years, but if we look only at the past 150 years, then we are doing a real injustice to Indigenous peoples, because they have been here for 10,000 or more years,\u201d Neufeld says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though our cultures are radically different, our backgrounds are radically different, we need to recognize and respect each other,\u201d he adds. \u201cIf we respect each other for who we are and what we have to offer, then we can prosper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neufeld has five children, 12 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. He attends Springstein Mennonite Church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henry Neufeld has spent more than six decades building positive relationships among Mennonite and Indigenous peoples. Born in Moscow, Russia and raised in Leamington, ON, Neufeld studied theology at CMBC. He and his late wife, Elna, began working as teachers in Indigenous communities in Manitoba in the early 1950s. 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