I think that's something we have to seriously consider—some of the supplies to environmental groups purchasing properties on behalf of indigenous tribes in the United States, or renters who want to turn over some of their former lands to tribal lands.
What I envision in the trust would be a federally legislated model that individuals would be able to get a tax credit for making contributions to. It would allow individuals to turn over their lands and properties to individual first nations. In lots of cases there are lots of hard feelings between the neighbours, and that would help alleviate that by creating an atmosphere of goodwill and co-operation.
One that I'm most familiar with is the land board out of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They help facilitate lots of tribal groups to purchase lands back and to negotiate all of the ins and outs, because it is pretty complex when you're dealing with an individual who has one set of appraisals and another set of expectations. How do you bring the partners to the table to have an agreement that everyone would be able to live with in the future?
What I actually envision is a piece of legislation, which the federal government would pass, that would work responsibly with first nations here in this country. Of course, part of that would be looking at the examples in the United States. That's the primary area I would look to, to help reconstitute lands that were ultimately taken away from us. In some cases, it's having willing partners and willing sellers.