Coming from Treaty 6, 4, 8, 10, and 1, we cover seven different tribes, but one thing we all have in common is our eagle staff. Our eagle staff is symbolic of our religion and our protocols. To us, it's most honourable. The eagle staff is front and centre within the Bold Eagle program. In essence, it's our way of showing our colours, just like the flags are there, and so on. In terms of reconciliation, what better way is there of showing you're accepting a culture than by publicly displaying, as part of a parade or a ceremony, that eagle staff?
I'm really for diversity. Other nations may have other ways of showing their culture, but ours is the eagle staff. It is the highest of honours.
Thank you.