Yes, I mingled. At the time we got our treaty status back, in the nineties, that's when my grandmother was quite ill up in Churchill. As I recall, or from what my mom said, the hospital was saying, “Well, your grandmother obviously has to be a treaty Indian. Where is her card?” It ended up taking the family 10 years to prove the bloodline to the government so that they could get status back. Once my grandmother got her status re-established—and it wasn't Bill C-31—then we got our card.
I do remember getting my card and not wanting it.