You're absolutely right. Terrible things have happened.
Our job is, first, to ensure that those kinds of things don't reoccur and, second, to be a partner in success and a partner when it comes to finding solutions.
We're not asking the government to do our job. We'll do it because we're near the community. We're asking the government to support us so that we can make sure we no longer suffer these injustices or problems like the ones you just pointed out, because we're regressing at that point. But our communities can't afford to regress.
The government must understand that we can't regress one inch. That's a problem for communities like ours.
Give us the opportunity to advance and we'll advance, but certain actions, sometimes taken by governments, force us backward. When we regress, we need time to come back and we lose what we've acquired. When we lose what we've acquired, it's a major loss for the community, and we often can't get it back. It's lost forever.
We're requesting support for what we have, that we be assisted in growing and developing, and that we be provided with the tools to continue. That's what we're asking for.