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“Great leaders have great fellowship. Big Bear had, at some point, some three thousand followers on the books and four hundred ... Eventually, because he took a hard line position, and he understood the long-term ramifications of the policies of the government in...

“Indian society was essentially democratic in that people that were governed were led with their consent. The method by which this was exercised was different than in the, in the general society today in that rather than having elections for leaders, leaders were...

“You see, you hear proposals these days; let them be like everybody else or turn all the funding of Indian Affairs over to the individual. That kind of total change would bring chaos and would eventually strengthen the hands of the system as it exists today, because...

“Some people want to make an absolute solution, to close down the reserves. The whole thing is ridiculous.  The best solution is that which, going in the right direction, makes as few changes as possible. Change is difficult. Make as few changes as possible gives you...

“You know the notion of non-taxation for Indians is a, is a fraud essentially, played on 95% of Indians since they have no income to tax. But it greatly benefits the system, the chiefs and councillors, the rich Indians, and what is happening is that it’s a very close...