There's a lot of native people coming forward now. They're learning more and they're getting more out into the schools and the media. I'm sure there's enough history out there now to say that I'm a Micmac person. We're off-reserve, we're non-status.

It's a funny thing, but for me to go to any part of Ontario or Nova Scotia and walk into a store, I don't even have to show a card for tax free, because I look Indian. Nobody questions it. I don't know what the problem is, but it'll never happen here in Newfoundland, unless you really got the card.

I don't think it's fair to all Mi'kmaq people. I think that if you're Indian, you're Indian. Why should one be treated any different than the other one? I can go to Conne River tomorrow and become a status Indian. I grew up in Badger. The government wants me to live in Conne River and then they'll tell me I'm an Indian. I'm Indian no matter where I go.