Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  A lot of services, for example, that are available in the province aren't available to a first nation. We're just now starting to make a little bit of a relationship with the province in relation to some of these availabilities to the community. For example, there are healthy liv

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In relation to the curriculum and some of the supports that are needed, I think the chief alluded to it a little bit in regard to the services that MFNERC is supposed to be providing. Funding was given, which I guess at the time was the Jordan’s principle program, that was suppos

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That would be the best thing: to train our own people to do it.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No. We have really good retention in regard to teaching. Even in nursing, for example, we have I think 10 nurses in the community, and eight of them are from the community, so that really helps with retention. We don't have the turnover that normally happens, especially in the me

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Also, there is a bit of a relationship between the University of Manitoba, Red River College and Assiniboine Community College. They'd be willing to come to the community if we had some way to work out a deal with them to deliver post-secondary courses on reserve.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I would just note that we do follow a governance model at the community level. The community is brought together. Questions are asked about what we should be following, and then the direction is given. That involves the parents of the community.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The elders actually have a room at the school right now. They are really involved with the youth. They're there through everything, for the whole day, giving advice to the youth and giving advice to the teachers. That model has been there for a very long time. You hit the nail

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. I just want to add as well, in relation to culture, that we do have a junior chief and council set up at the school. As well, there are land-based teachings that happen on a regular basis. They have a little powwow group as well, too, that is learning drumming and stuff like

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'd just like to add to that. I think it's investing in capital. We are so behind in capital at the community level. There hasn't been an investment in all areas for a very long time. Our school is very crowded for teaching our youth. It's an older school.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No, the local rural municipalities are quite a ways away, so it would be a good 45-minute bus trip for a child to go to that school, plus that school isn't very big. It's only, I think, up to grade 7. They bus their high school kids even further, which takes another hour.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'll just add to the chief's comments in relation to the barriers. The funding normally flows to the secondary organization rather than straight to the community, and this decreases the chances of our people within our community to access that training. For example, another orga