The Yukon Sisters in Spirit project isn't directly funded through NWAC--we're funded by other means--but we had been working with them prior to everything in regard to sharing research, and we're trying to almost copy their project and make it at a grassroots level.
Currently they only have six Yukon women in their database, and we have discovered 29. We're just trying to relate to what they have found so that we don't duplicate the work, and to bring back to our community what they have found in working with families and family gatherings in order to restore our people.
Because of the lack of funding, they're not able to continue their research. We have been working in the Yukon, but it's hard to bring it back to NWAC. It's been difficult for our project on some levels. It hasn't completely stopped it, and it won't, but there are some negative effects seen in the Yukon.