Canadian Heritage committee  You're more than welcome.

Canadian Heritage committee  As I said earlier, does any other holiday represent first nations? There's Family Day, Christmas Day. Christmas Day doesn't reflect our culture. It's about Jesus and so forth. We weren't part of Jesus. We don't call it God. We call it the Creator, and we believe in that. I think

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, I agree. I would rather take [Technical difficulty—Editor]. I don't know if it's spending. Call it an investment. That investment is going to create a lot of opportunity, and I truly believe that. Whether it be.... I don't know what to say here, but if we recognize that, I

Canadian Heritage committee  My background is in economic development. I think the impact here, to go back to my earlier comments, is in the education system. We need to educate a lot of people out there. We're still not sending the message. Our facilities here, particularly the interpretive centre, can pr

Canadian Heritage committee  Exactly. They'll have a good opportunity to see what happened in history, to see the past. I think that's really important. They need to visualize it. That's where you can see the visualization of what really happened. It's a touching story. I cannot.... I keep saying to people

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. My wife and I feel that we're really blessed in acquiring these buffalo. I've never done a count, but I would say that since September, when we acquired them, probably about a couple of hundred people have visited. There's one visitor who everybody keeps commenting about o

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you to the witnesses for their comments. Through our experience I felt.... I was pretty well raised by my grandparents. I'll step back a bit here to let you know that both my parents spoke fluent Blackfoot. I'm the only boy in my family out of five, and my four sisters als

Canadian Heritage committee  Those are the experiences. It has an impact and it has affected our children. They want to speak their language, and both of us.... Actually, my wife is Cree. We'd like to teach my children how to speak the language, and not only them but our grandchildren. Thank you.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. Hi, there.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. I agree. I think that's very sad. I totally disagree with the position the Province of Alberta is taking regarding this situation, but I believe that the impact here.... As you know, there are certain incidents that are occurring in Alberta based on racism. Our fellow

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. First of all, I would like to say okya. My name is Carlon Big Snake. I'm a proud Blackfoot member from the Siksika Nation in Treaty No. 7 territory. Today I am very honoured to represent and witness a promising historical event for indigenous people and Canadians in