Science and Research committee  [Witness spoke in Plains Cree, interpreted as follows:] Yes, you are correct. That's our way of thinking. The other thing that I can say is the French, for example, the way I understand it—the people who are here—have a different way of learning, a different way of thinking in French.

Science and Research committee  [Witness spoke in Plains Cree, interpreted as follows:] Again, what I want to say is that if you look for examples, this is the first time that we've actually had Cree being spoken in this House of Commons. This is where we are slowly getting used to hearing the Cree language being spoken.

Science and Research committee  [Witness spoke in Plains Cree, interpreted as follows:] On indigenous knowledge, a lot of people on this land have different ideas, different systems of learning. Here we have the Nakota, the Cree, the Ojibwa, and here we have these other people who come from different countries; they all have different knowledge and they have different ways of transferring knowledge.

Science and Research committee  [Witness spoke in Plains Cree, interpreted as follows:] The first thing that I would say is getting along together and building good relationships with both sides—western and traditional knowledge. Both sides have a lot of knowledge. They have a lot to offer. How we speak and how we acknowledge other people....

Science and Research committee  [Witness spoke in Plains Cree, interpreted as follows:] One thing I can say is that I have gone to university. In university I gained a lot of western knowledge. I went to a residential day school. From there I went to teach at the universities. They way I see it, what we lack at university is the teaching of indigenous knowledge.

Science and Research committee  [Witness spoke in Plains Cree, interpreted as follows:] Greetings to my elected leaders, family and relations. I greet all of you. The Creator gifts us another day to speak on another important topic. Integrating indigenous knowledge and science in policy development couldn't come any sooner.