I come from a family who are interactive with the Métis, the Dene and the Inuit because our traditional territory went from Yellowknife all the way to the Arctic coast. Sir John Franklin was actually guided by our famous Chief Akaitcho up and down the coast, to Fort Chipewyan in Alberta.
The indigenous organizations in the north have been working together. We've had partnerships of Inuit and Inuvialuit. We actually have one partnership, The Northern Aboriginal Services Company, which is the Yukon Indian Development Corporation, Nunasi, the Inuvialuit Development Corporation and Denendeh Investments, working together for the last 30 years. We maintain all the telecommunications infrastructure in the north.
The residential school had some bad parts to it, but it also had some good parts to it. Those of us who survived have engaged to be very good friends, not only in family, but also in business relationships. A lot of the principles we learned have been taken from the teachings of our elders, like how we have to treat each other as human beings and work to benefit our friends, our relatives and our families.