Juliette McAdam

Nêhiyawak Elder, Big River First Nation

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Interview Summary
Start Time	End Time	Topic
00:27	07:23	Can you talk about how a Chief was selected before the treaties? who was truly a Chief responsibilities of a Chief roles of women
07:24	17:01	How would Cree traditions help leaders today? Importance of listening to Elders – how to be a leader, leadership laws changes in leaders/Chiefs today – poverty of the people; greediness time of treaty signing
17:02	27:05	How did everything change since treaty signing? living off the land to living on a reserve needing a permit to leave reserve farming; food stamps hunting so as not to go hungry Indian Agent story of Farm Instructors – a dishonest one; a nice one
27:06	27:54	What she tells university students/youth learn Indigenous laws; sit and learn from Elders
27:55	30:38	Her grandmother was a midwife role of a midwife; midwife teachings about newborns
30:39	39:26	How did people live before treaties? living off the land – hunting, gathering, preparing foods, berry picking being thankful to the Creator
39:27	44:20	How did things change since treaty signing for women? loss of respect for women in school, boys see teachers hitting girls; they learn that alcohol; effects of alcohol “I think we should go back to respect ourselves as women, because we have important roles to do”
44:21	49:48	How do you understand the treaty promise to education? knowing Indigenous ways and the “European system” “love your Indigenous side more” the English language
49:49	56:33	What do you want to say to students attending university? What is it they need to think about when it comes to leadership? What is it they need to do to make things better? “learn the European system. Don’t forget you’re always an Indigenous person” “learn that intelligence our people had long time ago” story about what her grandmother told her when she began having her moons

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