Vice-Chief David Pratt at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

On April 29th, 2022. See this statement in context.

April 29th, 2022 / 1:45 p.m.

First Vice-Chief, Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, Assembly of First Nations

Okay. I'll try to get it under 45 seconds.

First of all, thank you for that question.

I do want to say that the traditional healers, the elders in our first nations communities, do a lot of great work that's recognized. I know that they've done some excellent work in terms of healing.

I don't want to share too many stories here because of the time factor—and there's not enough time—but there are numerous occasions when there are no healers, and the elders—

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