Thank you, Madam Chair.
[Witness speaks in Cree]
All my friends and relatives, I'm happy to be here, thanking the Algonquins on their unceded traditional territory lands.
[Witness speaks in Cree]
I am from a small reserve called Little Black Bear in southern Saskatchewan, Treaty 4 territory, and we're Cree Nakota back home.
It's a big honour to be here today to talk about racism and discrimination. I say good afternoon to you all.
We always talk about acknowledging people as friends and relatives, as indigenous peoples. I want to share our world view with you. In our world view, when it comes to racism and discrimination, we don't see colour. In our world view—and I want share this with you because it's very important—when we go to ceremony, we don't see black people, white people, yellow people, or red people. We're the two-legged tribe.
When we go to ceremony, we acknowledge, of course, the Creator—