Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. You know, I feel like I'm going to likely harp on the same types of messages. I've been able to connect with indigenous communities from across the country. This afternoon I heard from an indigenous leader who was from just outside Winnipeg. It's a very similar contex

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, I have one I'd like to showcase. Again, coming to the indigenous interpretation of conservation and the ways in which we assert our sacred stewardship responsibilities over lands and water, around the world, I see our story reflected in this conversation. One international

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In some of the work that we're engaged with.... I'll harp again, but not intentionally, on the issue of resourcing. We've seen a growing movement across this country. I mentioned earlier in my opening statement that there are guardians gathered here in Ottawa from across Canada

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. Where I'm from, “land back” has a different context. Where I'm from, our leaders are people who say we never gave up the land. We're not asking for our land back because we never gave it. In the work that I've been engaged with, and in the opportunities I've had to learn fr

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. Thank you. You're right. I come from a strong conservation background. I just want to maybe reorient your perspective around conservation, because while I come from a strong conservation background, it's from the perspective of indigenous communities. Our communities, when

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. Thank you and hello to Michael. I work for the Indigenous Leadership Initiative and our goal is to grow guardians across the country. Our goal is to have the role of indigenous protected and conserved areas firmly embedded within the way governments across this count

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Where I'm from our elders talk about how we've been on our land since time immemorial, so it's from before memory. It's from that relationship to our land that those rights then follow. As Mr. McIvor stated, those existed well before anyone from any other land came to this land.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Good evening. [Witness spoke in Dene Zhatıé and provided the following text:] Dahti Tsetso suzhe, si Tłı̨chǫ Dene ot'e, Lliidlii Kue gots'eh at'e, the Indigenous Leadership Initiative gogha eghalenga. [Witness provided the following translation:] Good evening, all. My name