Governance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtJraMegyUI

This short video was about implementing our own government system as first nations people.
It was in the year 2008 these interviews were conducted. I think the point they are trying to get across is that we all need to re-educate ourselves about our culture and traditions.
The community where I come from the Mi'kmaq language is taught to the children attending the on reserve school. Its the beginning of some sort of intiative to regaining our culture.
I've heard about self governance, and that our nation is trying to carefully put together our own format of it, but thats all I know of the topic.
At the beginning, I think Jacqueline Romanow said it all when she said we inherent this right by right of prior occupation. I also like what Peter Kulchyski had to say, he basically said if our self governance is given or negotiated to us, then its not our own governance. We need to take it and implement it ourselves the same way our ancestors did before there were any foreign government.
I think our leaders already understand that we need to be more familiar with our traditional background, it's just harder for the communities who rely on the government funds to grasp that concept. Especially the communities who barely have any money at all for things like housing.
I feel like there are already first nations people out there trying to get educated and trying to encourage other's from within their community to do the same. So even we aren't quite there yet, I believe that we're getting closer with our people continuing on with their education.
Overall I felt the video had a dry approach to it. But after it was over I wanted to more on where our progress stands in regards to self government.