BRETON, ALBERTA — “My name is Vant Hayes and I’m the only Black one left out here.”
Hayes, who says he’s 88 years old or “somewhere around there,” represents the end of an era in the village of Breton, 110 kilometres southwest of Edmonton.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc.
Hayes’ parents, Floyd and Elizabeth, moved their 10 children briefly to Kelowna, B.C., to find work, but returned to the homestead after the father died. “One guy came riding up on this big horse and he started yelling at her and calling her names. She came back with this big .43 Mauser and said: ‘If you don’t get out of my yard right now, I’m going to shoot the horse and when you’re running I’m going to shoot you, too.’Hayes spent years working on oil rigs but always came back to the farm. He hopes one of his granddaughters will carry on the family legacy.“You’re not going to have this Black history,” he said. “It’s not going to go on forever.
“I know we’re fifth and my kids are sixth generation,” she said, wiping away tears. “To me, it’s to know where they came from.”
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