Just to carry on with that, a lot of aboriginal women when they lose their child or they go into jail, they don't know their culture. If they have that while they go in there, they can start learning how to deal with why they're hurting. Like Ruth said, there are seven generations. I could be the fifth generation and I don't know that because I don't know what's hurting me inside. I think a lot of it has to do with learning about our culture and where we come from and how we can present that for our own well-being. Before when I was inside—and I'm still on parole today, and don't get much help.... If I reach out to Elder “Holy Cow”, then that's on my own. But I don't have anybody coming to say, “Odessa, how's it going? Do you want to do this? Do you want to do that?” I think when women get out of jail they should have that support there for being aboriginal.
On February 6th, 2018. See this statement in context.