The role is to pass on the language, to carry on the culture, to teach those values. My society is a matrilineal society, so we were title holders to the land and protectors of the land, because we're like Mother Earth; we nourish.
Those are the kinds of things we have lost because of colonization. The role of the women has always been equal to the men. As I said, we were the inspiration for feminists because they saw that aboriginal women took an equal part in the decision-making process and in keeping the nation strong.