Honestly, the effect on the community has been awe and disbelief: Is this really going to happen? It's something that would be so meaningful if it happened. A lot of the things we have tried over the years haven't happened. There are always good intentions, good intentions, good intentions, and then the door is shut and the intentions are gone, but if we were to have something like this happen, the fact that we're supported in something that means so much to us would mean something to us.
It's not so much about reconciliation. It is reconciliation, but it's also recognizing that our history has to be back here where it belongs. Sure, it's all over the world and it's there, but it's not shared. It's not back with our people. It's not just for the Mi'kmaq people, but for all first nations in all of Canada.