It's a difficult question to answer in that our communities are so diverse.
First of all, I'll start from where I come from. I am first nations and I come from a community called Lac La Ronge, which is more central Saskatchewan, but it used to be the end of the road, quite frankly.
In that community it's fairly mixed, meaning there are about 2,500 non-aboriginal and about 3,000 first nations people. It's a fairly modern community in that it's the centre of government for northern Saskatchewan. There are a lot of services that are provided to both the non-aboriginal and first nations people.
There isn't a lot of local industry. There is mining in the area where people do get jobs. There are obviously the government jobs and the support jobs that arise out of that. There is some tourism. There was logging until probably about four years ago. So really, in terms of an economic base, there is very little. It's almost self-supporting in terms of government services.
If we go a little bit further north from La Ronge--and you don't have to go very far north--a related community is Stanley Mission, which is actually part of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, of which I am a member. It's a community of about 2,500 first nations people and probably 100 non-first nations or non-aboriginal people.
There is no industry there; there is some tourism. There are still people who practise a traditional way of living, living off the land by trapping and fishing, but that's diminishing very rapidly as well. They do take advantage, again, of the mining industry that's in close proximity, so more and more people are employed there.
The people who are successful and come back to the community have done so through education. There are many local teachers who have gone off to Saskatoon or Regina to get their education degrees and come back to teach the children.