I sit here today by myself. I'm honoured to answer the call and the invitation. However, behind me, there's a lot of wisdom from elders, technicians and engineers. A lot of what we work on is blazing trails for indigenous.... We don't want to be marginalized anymore when it comes to industry. A lot of the stuff that happens in our traditional territories has us sitting on the sidelines, looking in. To be here and speak with my feather hat, as hereditary chief.... I've crowned chiefs. I gave a feather hat to your Prime Minister Trudeau. I was also part of the crowning ceremony for AFN's national chief Cindy Woodhouse at the beginning of this year. I was part and parcel to all of that.
To speak for all treaty areas.... They have different needs, and there are different environments. However, the engagement process we have is always traditional. We go in there and ask the elders for their permission first. For anything to do with buying pipelines or being part of that, we go to the ceremonies and the elders, and we ask them whether it's right and okay.
Thank you.