“One of the elders from town, Freda McDonald, she taught us how to sing songs and stuff. And so she was our mentor.” – Rita Fenton

“My first recollection of the city was, yeah, going across that swing bridge on our [school] buses.” – Ian Bannon

“When I danced in the circle for the first time in my life, I felt that connection to who I was inside.” – Rita Fenton

“By the time I was graduating in ’95, I actually opened a resource center, fought for a budget at the student union budget that year, and got it.” – Jen Metcalfe

“We were never looked upon as being different. So we had a role just like anyone else in the community.” – Rene Boucher