Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the opportunity to speak to that. The issues have affected our community in several very stringent ways. The community was one community, and it was severed at the time of treaty, when we were cookie cut into several distinct bands. There was a remnant that was processed under law and removed from the communities and therefore had to try to exist.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Good day. My name is Steven Bentley. I represent the Edmonton Stragglers, a historically removed band that was made up primarily of women and represents one of the earliest legislative removals using gender. We have a story that's rooted in Bill S-3 legislation and has harbingers for Bill S-2.