Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I've tabled a document called “Dene Principles & Values”. That should answer your question regarding the collective stewardship role that we play. We also disagree with transboundary agreements between provincial or territorial governments. All aboriginal people have a colle

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  On the comprehensive land claims policy, there was a review done some time ago on it, but there is no flexibility in the policy itself. For governance, for example, it's more like municipal powers. If you look at the 10 principles that the federal government came up with in its e

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  —to allow first nations their self-determination.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It's based basically on a lot of the agreements, the impact agreements that came out. Voisey's Bay is one of them. There are the Mackenzie Valley one and the Norman Wells pipeline and so on. We have a draft. What I'm tabling is not that draft, mainly because we do not have a fina

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'll show you a picture of a moose here, a golo. If you're in a white institution, you learn from paper, not from your own environment. If you say the same thing out there, it takes on a whole new meaning, because it doesn't just mean the moose itself but the environment it lives

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. Okay. Anyway, in the last 50 years, I've been trying to separate the aboriginal culture from the white culture. We need to have our own institutions. I know that the terms “amalgamate” and “incorporate” are used; that language is in a lot of the government-driven policies.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Creator and Father, we thank you for this day. As we acknowledge gratitude for the circle of life and for all creation, we ask that you bless the company gathered here today. Light for us a path that leads to harmony and balance amongst all your children. We humbly seek your gu

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I welcome you to Yellowknife, committee members. I will begin. I'd like to table some documents with you, Madam Chair. I've worked with Dene Nation for many years. One of the things we've developed is called “On the art of stealing human rights”. It's