Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The last comment is the museums in the Northwest Territories are an asset to our people and knowledge for our kids. I suppose the museums in what they are doing and I think museums should be in all the regions because there's a lot of knowledge for our children to visit, and I was taken aback when I went to visit the museum in Norman Wells and saw a lot of good things that I didn't take notice of before. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Those are my comments.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am going to ask the question again and do my job before I call it a night, about the Norman Wells museum. I see it in the books here and I would like to somehow communicate to the community. They indicated to me that they were in the books somehow and all of a sudden it disappeared and they are scratching their heads and wondering why. I want to see about this issue in terms of getting this back on the books for Norman Wells. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On page 9-28, on the Sahtu implementation of $20,000. Could the Minister give us a quick look into that item? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That was what I was alluding to, to give some hope to the people of Norman Wells and all the people in the Northwest Territories. I just wanted to say that to the Minister, and I did my job with asking these questions. So I'll follow Sandy's suit; that's it, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I wanted to ask the department a question, Mr. Chairman. I was in Norman Wells and they asked about their museum. They said that it was in the government's books and all of a sudden it disappeared, and they want to know what is happening with the Norman Wells museum. I don't know if it's infrastructure dollars or program dollars, I didn't do enough checking. I said I would raise it with the Minister and I think this is the appropriate time to raise it with this department. The museum in Norman Wells is really nice, and hopefully one day I will be in that museum there for people to come and visit and pay tribute.

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I want to talk about this because the people in Norman Wells and the town council want to know what was happening with the museum in terms of the infrastructure.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Mr. Minister. The reason I ask is because education and the curriculum from K to 12 is important. The people in the small communities have a lot of things happening and there are a lot of things that need to be taught to kids in schools such as the land claim agreements that we settled in the Sahtu in 1993. That's a living document that's going to be used by future generations and parents are talking about how the land claims document needs to be taught in

our school. We need to start educating our children on what it says in that document because that's the document they will be living with for years to come unless they change it.

The other one is about the history about our elders and the treaties that were signed in 1921. When I went back home, one of my children was writing an essay on Sir Alexander Mackenzie. He asked me about Sir Alexander Mackenzie. He said in his report that he went down the Mackenzie River and the river was named after him. I said you didn't know that Sir Alexander Mackenzie landed in Tulita and took one of our people with him as far as Arctic Red River? He kidnapped him and took him to Arctic Red River. He got there and during the night, like a good native, he made a quick escape back to Tulita. He came all the way back to Tulita and that's our history. I said you should write this story because that's part of our history. I really appreciated that the teacher accepted part of that story and he got a good mark for that.

In terms of curriculum, our history needs to be told in a way that's respectful. History has to do diligence. We have the education system and we are part of it, but it seems like there is not enough teeth to really say here is the land claim document and it's part of your curriculum because it's part of your life. That's what the people want. They want to see changes like that. They want to see real changes in the communities that make a difference and look upon it as a contribution to the society and helping people who came to the Northwest Territories and live on this land. So far, our curriculum has been one-sided and we need to balance it. It's high time to balance it. With a lot of respect, we need to look at that.

I know I have said a lot to you and the officials. I want to convey the wishes of the Sahtu region that education is important, no doubt about it. Our elders have said that times are going to be changing and we are going to have to learn to read and write and work in a different way, but we shouldn't forget who we are and where we come from. It's important that our history is told to the rest of the world and the contribution we made to the world and how we help each other out. That's what I want to convey to you and the department. I know it's a lot of work, but it's really important. That's what people in the Sahtu have stressed.

A lot of things have happened, good or bad, right or wrong, it's happened in our region. An example is the residential school experience. That happened. We dealt with the impacts and effects of it and now we see it in our community. People are seeing this and that, but a lot of people are saying it has stemmed from the residential schools and flow into our family, our lives, into our school and our kids are really getting into trouble. We have to look at what it did to us and acknowledge it and keep on going. That's what we say. The residential schools also did some good for people in terms of learning about writing and math, but it did a lot of harm for us and we want to look at the true history of the residential schools in our communities. The Roman Catholic report was important. Just in Inuvik alone, in the Grollier Hall facility, 2,500 students went through that system from 1959 to 1979. A lot of damage was done. Just recently it is being looked upon.

I just wanted to say a few comments to ask you about this stuff here. The people in the communities want to see some changes and they want to look at things that would be positive for us and see where we can go as a region in the Northwest Territories and contribute to the Northwest Territories. Until those things are dealt with, we are going to be back here next year and will probably be saying this speech, Mr. Minister. I just wanted to make comments to the staff that you have a big job ahead of you. What we are saying has some merit to it, a lot of merit to it. There are a lot of things that need to be changed and I hope your department will look upon that in terms of getting the message to the people and what is meaningful to the people in those small communities. That makes a difference. Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to make some comments with regard to the early childhood program. Before I make a comment, maybe I will ask a question. When was the last time the Education Act was reviewed, amended or looked upon by the Territories?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I know I have about 40 seconds, so I'm going to make a really short comment here in terms of helping families who are on income support programs, that we could look at the ways of supporting families to be more self-reliant in the communities that would be more productive in the communities to look at other areas that this department has been doing. I lost my train of thought, Mr. Chair, so I'm just going to leave it at that. Trying to ask my question

in 40 seconds just doesn't do it, so I'm going to leave it and put some more thought to it, Mr. Chair. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Mr. Minister. I had one partner in the Sahtu communities who said they were interested in looking at an initiative where they can start training our young people, men and women, in terms of the heavy equipment in terms of mechanics and driving and so forth. That's something that maybe after this we can have some discussions. They were very interested, and they said we could look at this and this government to get the show on the road and start training our people here.

The other point I want to make to the Minister, Mr. Chairman, is there was a company in Fort Good Hope that worked up there last winter. Some of the young students want to get into training, so this company donated a considerable amount of money in terms of saws and hammers and all sorts of carpentry equipment for the Fort Good Hope school. We have good partners and good business people in the communities to support our youth in advancing their careers. I'm not too sure if that has been communicated to your department, Mr. Minister. I was in Fort Good Hope when that thing happened and the teachers were smiling. This is where we want to get our young people in grades 10, 11 and 12 to start thinking about careers either in law or medicine or administration or carpentry or electrical and plumbing, and start steering them towards that direction and give them that direction. This company has done that in that sense, because it knows that it's good business for them. It helps the students and it's good for public relations with the communities. I wonder in terms of career development and career advancement, would the department look at communicating with the chairs in terms of starting to steer the students into the trades area or into the world such as business, law, medicine and management. I would like to ask the Minister if he would somehow communicate that to the boards and his officials to take a look at this process here.