Lori Idlout at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

[Member spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]

ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑖᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ, ᐋ, ᐃᓘᓐᓇᓯ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᐊᖅᑐᓵᖅᑐᓯᒍᑦ, ᐋ, ᑕᒪᑦᓯᑦᑎᐊᖅ ᑐᓴᕐᓂᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᓵᖅᓱᓯ ᑐᑭᓯᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅᑐᓂᒡᓗ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᓵᕋᑦᓯ, ᐋ, ᑕᒪᑦᓯ ᑭᐅᖁᓂᐊᕋᑦᓯ, ᐋ, ᑖᓐᓇ ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕆᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑭᓇ ᑭᐅᖅᑳᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᖓᖅ, ᐅᓇ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖅ ᐊᐱᕆᒍᒪ-ᒐᒃᑯ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᑎᑭᓚᐅᖅᑎᓐᓇᒍ.

[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I thank all the witnesses. I like what I'm hearing, and the question I have is about the time before the missionaries came....