You said they can submit an application. I want to know if they will be getting core funding on a similar basis as the Dene Nation. You said the Dene Nation does not get core funding from the Government of the Northwest Territories. That is the same as the Metis Federation.

At one time, we had the Metis Nation of the Northwest Territories, which received core funding from the Government of the Northwest Territories to fund the locals and to basically be involved in the political devolution process in the Northwest Territories. Those people have not died and disappeared. Those people are still in our communities. I think sooner or later they are going to come out of their shell. I think they should come out sooner than later.

My view is that the Metis have a fundamental right in the Territories. Treaties were signed. People in the Northwest Territories, especially Metis people, signed and they received what they called script payments as part of the treaty payment process where they were entitled to land and other things along with it. My grandmother got script through that process. I would like to know.

It seems like there is a segment of our population that is not really represented in this whole process, yet they are a key political body to be reckoned with.

When you talk about the Sahtu Metis, they have lands. They have an area of jurisdiction. They have control over geographic areas. They have...