You need to approach the elders in a good way. You need to ask them.... See, when I want an elder to help, I go with tobacco because that's the way it's done. If I want an elder to take part in Kim's family because she's going to have children, then I go with tobacco and I ask the elder to help. Not every family is going to do that every single time it has a child. There aren't elders for every single family. Our people just don't have the resources with the elders anymore because of residential schools, because of the sixties scoop, because of the ongoing taking of our children. There needs to be a way to promote the teachings, the language, and the medicines by society at large for the native people. I think....
On November 23rd, 2017. See this statement in context.