There's the geography of the whole thing. Our district of Tsi Snaihne and the district of Kana:takon have water on the northern portion and then land on the southern portion. The only way to get there is through the United States, with all the border restrictions during COVID. Prior to COVID there wasn't a problem, because we didn't have the border restrictions, but we really were exposed to a lot of that.
Thankfully, we have a great community. Everybody steps up and volunteers. If you want to talk about supplementary things we did to navigate COVID or anything that came up, I can tell you that our people really step up.
Right now, we're really suffering from COVID fatigue, because we couldn't get that outside support. Many people just don't understand how Akwesasne is built until they come down, tour Akwesasne, see the border and see all the difficulties we face. Our people are waiting for answers, trying to figure out how to do it.
We've been accustomed over the years to saying, “Okay, we'll pick you up by boat on Cornwall Island, bring you by boat to Tsi, let you do your thing, and then take you back.” American customs and people in Washington, and sometimes people here in Ottawa, don't understand what we're faced with until they come and see what's happening in Akwesasne. Often we're forced to do things ourselves—