Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  It's very hard for a family to receive housing, especially the young ones, because the older ones don't want to move out of their homes. We are only given a limited amount of funding for housing to be built. As a matter of fact, in my community I'm only allowed one house every

Status of Women committee  Yes. There was education training available to many people, and the aboriginal women had a hard time trying to access the program because they didn't meet the criteria. We all thought it was going to be a good thing, especially for aboriginal women, because then they can have th

Status of Women committee  I think it's very important that we be given the opportunity to realize our own education, because we know what our people want.

Status of Women committee  Well I guess it's hard for the women to find employment because they have children; they believe that men don't have children. So I guess that's one of the reasons they're not employed. For the women to work, it's very difficult because they also have to go home right away to loo

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  Yes, go ahead.

Status of Women committee  No, I don't think they would like the shipment of crude oil into our community. We are teaching our children our ways of life in the bush, and they feel that once the women teach it our children will grow up to be stronger and they won't have to depend on social welfare. They wil

Status of Women committee  It has its challenges, but certainly I've helped many first nations leaders, chiefs, and councillors who would like to run. I always tell them it's very hard, but you can do it, and I'll be there to help. I've been there to provide any kind of assistance I can to every woman I've

Status of Women committee  I go to the elders. They are more understanding than anybody. They go out of their way and they tell you what you're doing is good. Don't let anybody bring you down, but continue doing what you're doing, and that really helps. That's one of the reasons why I persevere.

Status of Women committee  Absolutely. It's very hard to lose a child, and to lose a loved one.

Status of Women committee  In one of the meetings I had with the chiefs on missing and murdered women, all the women chiefs in Manitoba asked the men to be supportive of that effort. But for us, we had to be more aggressive on what we would like their support to be. We just said, “What if it was your daugh

Status of Women committee  I'm one of the longest-serving women chiefs.

Status of Women committee  Thank you.

Status of Women committee  All right.