With all due respect to the national indigenous governing bodies, the bill as it sits right now.... Those are the people who determine the fate of our language. They hold the fate in their hands. I can be a little bit outspoken. That's not 100% popular with people who are in a political position when I'm coming from a spot that is right here. This is what I was taught to do. What happens to the people who run afoul of the powers that be?
This is why I support the idea of a Canada council for indigenous languages. Let's talk about that. Let's put some land aside for us to be able to take our children.... When I take my children out to teach them my language, I take them out to my community's trapline. It's the difference between scholastic knowledge—knowing it up here—and knowing it in here. That's a big concern for me.