AJ Felix

Nêhiyawak Elder, Sturgeon Lake First Nation

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Interview Summary
Start Time	End Time	Topic
00:14	04:46	How were Chiefs selected in the past before the treaties? Hereditary Chiefs qualities/gifts in Chiefs
04:47	06:56	What was the role of the Women’s Society in the past? women’s roles in decision-making and ceremonies qualities/gifts in women for leadership roles
06:57	11:49	How did the Aboriginal people sustain themselves before treaties? responsibilities in hunting, harvesting, medicines “kindness, helpfulness and sharing”
11:50	29:17	How did this lifestyle change after the treaties? change from kindness and respected kinship Whiteman’s ways “doesn’t follow kinship” “crooked” ways; alcohol treaty promises not kept; clauses in treaties that Chiefs did not know were there
29:18	45:21	What are the young people supposed to do who are going to become leaders? How are they to survive in the future, as they become leaders? qualities/gifts in good leaders respect, prayer, ceremonies the kind of leader needed
45:22	1:09:09	How do you understand the treaty promise for education? destruction of the buffalo not accidental “Indigenous children were educated to lose traditional teachings” need for education – schools – literacy and numeracy essential for human beings education through oral traditions, ceremonies “Oral tradition is always our way to teach our child correct ways” need for kinship laws, importance of traditional teachings and laws

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