Fortunately, we are not involved in and do not participate in the Indian Act. You heard the chief's leadership last week saying that they want to be able to determine their own citizenship, and they should. It should not be a colonial structure that determines who their citizens are, who their people are. It should never have been that way.
Canada has ignored us for 150 years. In some ways, that's been a blessing, because we didn't have to be subject to that kind of meddling.