Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We're like those ghost busters, those old monster stories. All the time, they always “boo” something at us and try to make us scared. If they came down to meet the band councils, they would have people there who would know who's a relative. They can figure out how many people th

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Hello, and thank you again for receiving us today. It's a pleasure to see you again. I was amazed to see, the first time I came here, how complicated it seemed to be to turn the boat around. Today I'm back again, and I can see that it's still complicated. As David said, in Dec

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's what they were in my family. My own kids were playing with their own cousins who were status. We have the same grandmothers, but we have an uncle instead of an aunt. They were the same kids, like “I am more Indian than you are,” exactly like Rick's. You try to explain that

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I even went through that. When my mom got it back in 1985, I was on the first citizen code they had on the reserve. I was one of them. After that, I got status, and my daughters are under the code now. Try to figure that out. I'm going to slide out and then pass the puck back t

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In my case, I would go back to what I said previously. We were waiting for a call to sit with people to talk about that. The first call we got was to be here today, so someone, somewhere, lost the puck. We end up here today finding lots of blind stuff, such as how come nobody

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'll keep going in English. It's not been too bad so far I guess. In my own case, I got a phone call last Thursday asking me to be here today. Then I called David, and I started talking to David about what we were going to do. For me, in my mind, it was like the start of the ma

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. First, I want to thank the chief, lawyers, and also the judge who took care of that case. It was kind of a funny.... Excuse my English. Sometimes it might be difficult. I learned it on the ships, and I cut some words off. It was funny back then. Sometimes we woul