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When Matt Vickers was helping the Gitskan Wet'suewet'en of Northern B.C. devolve control of their affairs from the federal government years ago, he often called upon consultants for help on how to do it.

But he soon discovered he'd get no help there.

"Consultants are the guys who ask you what time it is, borrow your watch to tell you and then give you back your watch and charge you $15,000," Vickers told a recent Vancouver conference on Creating Wealth With First Nations.

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When Matt Vickers was helping the Gitskan Wet'suewet'en of Northern B.C. devolve control of their affairs from the federal government years ago, he often called upon consultants for help on how to do it.

But he soon discovered he'd get no help there.

"Consultants are the guys who ask you what time it is, borrow your watch to tell you and then give you back your watch and charge you $15,000," Vickers told a recent Vancouver conference on Creating Wealth With First Nations.

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Being Native in this wacked-out country called Canada can be difficult at the best of times, and at the worst of times...well.. let's just say these days. Oka stands for more than just a particular brand of cheese (which is does, by the way.)

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Being Native in this wacked-out country called Canada can be difficult at the best of times, and at the worst of times...well.. let's just say these days. Oka stands for more than just a particular brand of cheese (which is does, by the way.)

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Being Native in this wacked-out country called Canada can be difficult at the best of times, and at the worst of times...well.. let's just say these days. Oka stands for more than just a particular brand of cheese (which is does, by the way.)

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Being Native in this wacked-out country called Canada can be difficult at the best of times, and at the worst of times...well.. let's just say these days. Oka stands for more than just a particular brand of cheese (which is does, by the way.)

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How do we know who we are? For years we have lived under a White Euro-Canadian system that erased our history; disconnected us from our families, communities and nation; and defined us according to their laws and ideology. Personally, I spent years struggling to understand the way that the "live birth of an Indian" (stamped on my birth certificate) confused my sense of self.

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How do we know who we are? For years we have lived under a White Euro-Canadian system that erased our history; disconnected us from our families, communities and nation; and defined us according to their laws and ideology. Personally, I spent years struggling to understand the way that the "live birth of an Indian" (stamped on my birth certificate) confused my sense of self.

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How do we know who we are? For years we have lived under a White Euro-Canadian system that erased our history; disconnected us from our families, communities and nation; and defined us according to their laws and ideology. Personally, I spent years struggling to understand the way that the "live birth of an Indian" (stamped on my birth certificate) confused my sense of self.

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How do we know who we are? For years we have lived under a White Euro-Canadian system that erased our history; disconnected us from our families, communities and nation; and defined us according to their laws and ideology. Personally, I spent years struggling to understand the way that the "live birth of an Indian" (stamped on my birth certificate) confused my sense of self.