For me, that's where I received my philosophy and values, which I find very useful to where I'm at today. Unfortunately, when we were under the Indian Act we were governed by the Indian Act, which allowed us to be in poverty. Now that we're under treaty, almost ten years come May, it's very difficult to get out of bad habits. How we were taught to be governed under the Department of Indian Affairs is very top down, whereas our traditional way is from the grassroots up. So it's very difficult to make that transition. In a nutshell, that's my personal experience.
On November 30th, 2009. See this statement in context.