In my understanding of the research that I've done, in large part—and I said this in my presentation—generally speaking, access to supports was not equal. But there were indigenous veterans who did receive supports, and, by and large, they were people who were participating willingly or unwillingly in the assimilation agenda. They were people who were willing to, potentially—as I believe it says in the initial veterans report that you have for this committee—move to a specific community, willing to enfranchise and lose their status. That can be a disconnect from culture, from community.
On the other hand, if veterans did not choose to give that up, to leave their communities, then they didn't receive supports and they were cut off. They had to rely on their Indian agent for information of how to access benefits and pensions, and that was often not forthcoming. I think that's a real issue, for sure.