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Defense! Defense!

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{\an8}<i>Everybody across the land</i>

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{\an8}<i>that tuned in to the coverage
here for the week</i>

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{\an8}<i>at the All-Native
Basketball Tournament.</i>

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{\an8}...at the gym, I see people

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{\an8}peeking through windows
all over the place,

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{\an8}they're out in the lobby...

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{\an8}<i>600 athletes, 3,000 fans.</i>

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{\an8}<i>People often purchase tickets
to next year's games this year,</i>

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{\an8}<i>so as not to miss out.</i>

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{\an8}<i>Front-row seats
are so precious,</i>

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{\an8}<i>they're passed on in wills</i>

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{\an8}<i>from one generation
to the next.</i>

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{\an8}And it's good!

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{\an8}I go every year.

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{\an8}I'm one of the loudest.

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{\an8}The All-Native
is our Super Bowl.

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{\an8}<i>The sense of pride at the
All-Native Basketball Tournament</i>

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{\an8}<i>is what it's all about,</i>

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{\an8}<i>representing your nation.</i>

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{\an8}<i>...go almost the whole way,</i>

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{\an8}<i>but the championship pedigree
of Skidegate Saints...</i>

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{\an8}<i>It's gonna be
a Skidegate championship!</i>

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{\an8}<i>And that seals the deal
for the Skidegate Saints!</i>

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{\an8}<i>They came marching in,
and they won the title!</i>

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{\an8}There are teams

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{\an8}that have played in
the All-Native for 63 years

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{\an8}that have
never beat the Saints,

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{\an8}and never will.

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{\an8}<i>It's been a decade
of dominance for Skidegate.</i>

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{\an8}<i>I think this'll be their eighth
championship in 11 years.</i>

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{\an8}I think when people
think of Haida basketball,

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{\an8}they're just, like, "Oh, my god.

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{\an8}When are these guys
gonna stop winning?"

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<i>Skidegate Saints!</i>

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<i>Champions once again! 76-64.</i>

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Saints are still on top.

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Saints are still
the team to beat.

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I think
there's something in the water.

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<i>The Saints of Skidegate</i>

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<i>punch their ticket
to the semifinal!</i>

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And he nails it! 86-85!

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- Ohh...
- My god!

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Haida Gwaii

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is one of the most
amazing places on Earth.

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It's isolated from the mainland,

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broken up
into different islands

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from north to south,
east to west,

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allowing Haida clans
to thrive.

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To me, it's one
of the most grounding

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and humbling places
on Earth.

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At times,
it feels like my spirit

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can float within the clouds
or move with the wind.

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Afternoon.

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Can you introduce yourself
for me, please?

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{\an8}Ahem. Uh, yeah.
I'm Xyallaga Daaguuyah,

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{\an8}Desi Collinson.

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{\an8}I belong
to the T'aanuu Wolf Clan,

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{\an8}and I've, I was born and raised
here in Skidegate,

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{\an8}and, uh, I've been living here,
uh, my whole life.

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We're at the George Brown
Recreation Centre.

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You know, this is where I work,
I'm the recreation coordinator.

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A lot of different programs

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and a lot of different things
happen here.

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Woo!

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I have to manage
and do all the tournaments.

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Being a Skidegate Saint
and a role model,

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it's important to guide
in that right direction.

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It encourages individuals

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to want to be here

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and want to live here
in Haida Gwaii.

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You guys like my calendar?

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You walk into this gym
and you see all those banners,

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it says something, right?

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And for me,

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I've been involved in every
single one of those banners

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that's on that wall.

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I was either there
to witness them,

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or I've played in them,
besides that middle banner.

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I don't know which year it is,

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but it was prior to the year
I was even born, right?

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So...

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I put those banners
up there, so...

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You don't even have room
for all your banners.

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Yeah. No. Like,
I literally nailed those in,

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or taped those up.

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Like, I put them up there.

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Like, that's my...
that's the decor. I did that.

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Well, I was born and raised
playing basketball.

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Like, I can't remember a moment

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that I, you know,
I wasn't playing basketball.

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My brother played basketball.

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My older cousins
played basketball.

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My uncles play basketball.
Do you know what I mean?

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My <i>chinaay</i>
played basketball.

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Every, all of us
play basketball,

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and Skidegate has developed
this huge love for basketball

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in a sense that is,
you know, it's, it's...

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you're having this emotional,
do you know what I mean?

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You have this emotional...
uh, connection with it.

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That's why I do what I do.

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You pick out
10 people from Skidegate,

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they're probably gonna be
better at basketball than you.

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That's just
all there is to it.

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Woo!

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The Skidegate Saints

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are one of
the most dominant forces

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when it comes to Rez ball.

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They just know
how to get it done.

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They're
basketball players,

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but they do so much else.

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The uncles of Skidegate,

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that's what
the Saints are to me.

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Everybody here
loves basketball.

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I don't think
I've seen anything like it.

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On Haida Gwaii...

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it's the main sport.

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The only sport, really.

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Basketball is not
just basketball here.

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Basketball is responsibility
and mentorship and leadership.

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It's village ball, eh?
And that's... different.

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The team-building, the family,

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the excitement, the pride...

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it's just part of Haida culture.

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At one time,

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it was illegal
for Indigenous people

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to gather
in groups of a certain size,

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so the sport became
this other way to do that.

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We get to come
and watch people battle it out.

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We have a lot of pride
in how well we do.

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Get a taste of winning,

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it's pretty hard to let it go,
I guess, eh.

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Yep.

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Wanna win every year.

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They've just been playing
so long together,

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they have each others' backs.

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They bring
everything Haida into the game,

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and the dedication
that they have...

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"Saints" on three!

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One, two, three, Saints!

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...moves back out
into everything they do.

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That was fun, I guess, eh?

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Gaagwiis, uh,
is my Haida name.

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My English name is Jason Alsop.

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{\an8}I'm a member of
the Kayahl 'Laanas,

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{\an8}or Ts'aahl Eagle Clan,

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{\an8}from the West Coast
of Haida Gwaii,

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Captain of the Skidegate
Senior Saints,

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and, um, Elected President
of the Haida Nation.

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You know, my job is to

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uphold our Haida Nation
constitution,

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build good relationships
with our neighbours,

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and managing the lands
and waters,

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but also
our health and education

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and our just general
well-being here,

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living on Haida Gwaii.

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I'm one of
the people who was affected

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by the Indian Act legislation,

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in terms of not growing up
with Indian Status.

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Indian Status is an element
of the Indian Act

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that attempted to define

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who is an Indigenous person
in Canada.

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It was designed to eventually

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just assimilate
Indigenous people in Canada

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into mainstream
Canadian society.

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My grandmother, my <i>nanaay,</i>

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married another Haida person
who didn't have status,

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so she lost her status,

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and so my mom and my aunties
didn't have their status,

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so they weren't allowed
to live in Skidegate.

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You know, they were trying
to strip them of their rights

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and separate them from
their community and culture.

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I grew up watching
my dad play basketball.

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He's not Haida,

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but I think it helped him
become part of the community

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and be accepted,

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but I understood

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that basketball was important
to the community,

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and I think, subconsciously,
at some point in my life,

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made a decision that, you know,

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if I'm really good
at basketball,

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I'm going to be accepted.

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So that, I think, drove me
to pursue it in a serious way,

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to become really good at it...

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...and wanting to make sure

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that I was gonna be for sure

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part of this community
and part of this culture,

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because I was gonna
to be so good that they...

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I could never be denied.

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My brother Duane,

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I guess it's a trust
and a bond

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that we have naturally
as brothers,

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and it carries on the court,

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but I think we carry it
off the court too.

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My name is, uh, Duane Alsop.

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I'm born and raised
in Skidegate here.

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Been playing

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and a member
of the Skidegate Saints

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Junior
all the way through present day.

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Over the years,

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I've been basically
the team treasurer,

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also involved
with the Juniors,

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15 years as Assistant Coach
and Manager.

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In regards to playing,

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do a lot of the dirty work,

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{\an8}whatever's required
for us to succeed,

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{\an8}whether that's starting,

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coming off the bench,
defense,

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taking charges...

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I put my body
on the line a lot.

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The next generation,

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that's who
they're looking up to,

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that's what
they're looking at next, so...

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when I play, I play hard,

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and I do whatever it takes
to try and win.

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The All-Native Tournament
is modern-day warfare.

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We're a bunch of
different nations going in...

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going to battle

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for the ultimate goal
of being the champion, and...

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Yeah. It's modern-day warfare.

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The Haidas
are a bad-ass group of people.

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We were renowned traders
and master artists,

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but also feared warriors

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that would battle
with our neighbours

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up and down the coast.

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There was tales of the women
fighting alongside the men,

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just as fierce.

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That's our reputation

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in the historical sense.

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I think in the modern context,

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{\an8}we have more of the reputation
of winning championships.

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At the All-Native,
you know, we grew up

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watching Hydaburg
and their dynasty.

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They've had
successive generations of talent

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come together to maintain
a championship culture,

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and for this generation
of the Saints,

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we were shaped and inspired
by the Old Massett teams.

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We've inherited a standard,
a responsibility,

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of making sure the Haida Nation
was at the top

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in bringing home championships.

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50-some championships

242
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over 50-some years...

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{\an8}...but last year,

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{\an8}the All-Native
Basketball Tournament,

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{\an8}everybody watched
this Burnaby team come in,

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and Burnaby
was running through everybody.

247
00:13:44,282 --> 00:13:46,242
{\an8}They were just
slaughtering everybody.

248
00:13:46,242 --> 00:13:48,161
{\an8}<i>Making it
look easy out there right now.</i>

249
00:13:49,579 --> 00:13:51,581
I mean,
the drama going into this,

250
00:13:51,581 --> 00:13:53,875
this was this juggernaut
Burnaby squad,

251
00:13:53,875 --> 00:13:55,543
this club team, right?

252
00:13:55,543 --> 00:13:56,544
So the politics
of the tournament,

253
00:13:56,544 --> 00:13:57,796
club teams
are from the cities

254
00:13:57,796 --> 00:13:59,339
that are comprised of players

255
00:13:59,339 --> 00:14:01,841
from all the nations
that can't be at home,

256
00:14:01,841 --> 00:14:03,051
but the contention is,

257
00:14:03,051 --> 00:14:05,303
is it could be construed
as an all-star team.

258
00:14:05,303 --> 00:14:06,846
<i>Burnaby
is running away with it</i>

259
00:14:06,846 --> 00:14:08,264
<i>here in the first half.</i>

260
00:14:09,682 --> 00:14:11,059
Skidegate's known

261
00:14:11,059 --> 00:14:14,020
as kinda like
that authentic village team,

262
00:14:14,020 --> 00:14:15,605
like, they don't
bring in anybody.

263
00:14:15,605 --> 00:14:17,148
They're literally
all from Skidegate.

264
00:14:17,148 --> 00:14:19,067
<i>2023 Championship banner</i>

265
00:14:19,067 --> 00:14:21,569
<i>is gonna either go back
to Haida Gwaii</i>

266
00:14:21,569 --> 00:14:22,612
<i>or down south.</i>

267
00:14:22,612 --> 00:14:23,738
<i>We'll see what happens here.</i>

268
00:14:23,738 --> 00:14:24,781
And everybody just thought,

269
00:14:24,781 --> 00:14:26,324
"Maybe this is it.
Maybe this is the end."

270
00:14:26,324 --> 00:14:28,410
<i>Everybody
back in Haida Gwaii, get ready.</i>

271
00:14:28,410 --> 00:14:30,787
<i>Your, uh, Saints
have hit the floor.</i>

272
00:14:30,787 --> 00:14:31,913
<i>Nice to see Desi,</i>

273
00:14:31,913 --> 00:14:33,832
<i>because he had been
suffering injuries.</i>

274
00:14:33,832 --> 00:14:35,458
And if you look at them now,

275
00:14:35,458 --> 00:14:38,837
I mean, the dynamic
of the Skidegate Saints...

276
00:14:38,837 --> 00:14:40,839
now is that they're all coaches.

277
00:14:40,839 --> 00:14:43,383
Right? So Desi, Duane, Gaagwiis,

278
00:14:43,383 --> 00:14:46,845
they literally
coach the Junior programs.

279
00:14:48,555 --> 00:14:50,682
<i>Right now, the momentum
in Burnaby's favour, Pete.</i>

280
00:14:50,682 --> 00:14:52,392
Everybody who chalked it up,

281
00:14:52,392 --> 00:14:54,853
they said Burnaby's gonna just
walk away with the tournament.

282
00:14:54,853 --> 00:14:56,563
Burnaby's huge. They're young.

283
00:14:56,563 --> 00:14:59,274
<i>The crowd
is getting amped up here.</i>

284
00:14:59,274 --> 00:15:00,400
<i>There's a battle on our hands.</i>

285
00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,444
<i>There's something
in my gut telling me</i>

286
00:15:02,444 --> 00:15:03,945
<i>that if anyone
is gonna beat them,</i>

287
00:15:03,945 --> 00:15:05,030
<i>it's gonna be the Saints,</i>

288
00:15:05,030 --> 00:15:06,698
<i>who seem to step up
in these big moments,</i>

289
00:15:06,698 --> 00:15:07,907
<i>especially 'cause it's the finals.</i>

290
00:15:07,907 --> 00:15:10,952
{\an8}<i>Over Battle, oh!</i>

291
00:15:10,952 --> 00:15:13,747
<i>They clicked a tough shot
over Ronnie Battle.</i>

292
00:15:13,747 --> 00:15:16,833
They physically
should've lost that game,

293
00:15:16,833 --> 00:15:18,209
but, of course,
that didn't happen.

294
00:15:18,209 --> 00:15:20,795
<i>It's a three-pointer.
Long pass.</i>

295
00:15:20,795 --> 00:15:22,881
<i>Desi, nice pass to Jason Alsop!</i>

296
00:15:22,881 --> 00:15:24,007
They're just smart.

297
00:15:24,007 --> 00:15:26,176
They're smart
basketball players.

298
00:15:26,176 --> 00:15:29,304
<i>Skidegate,
your 2023 All-Native Champions!</i>

299
00:15:29,304 --> 00:15:30,805
<i>That's one of
the most impressive finals</i>

300
00:15:30,805 --> 00:15:32,724
<i>I've seen in long time, Pete.</i>

301
00:15:32,724 --> 00:15:34,267
<i>Burnaby, the heavy favourite,</i>

302
00:15:34,267 --> 00:15:36,644
<i>and Skidegate pulling it off.</i>

303
00:15:36,644 --> 00:15:39,189
They're,
by far, I think,

304
00:15:39,189 --> 00:15:43,401
one of the oldest Senior teams
in Indigenous basketball.

305
00:15:49,115 --> 00:15:51,242
{\an8}You know, we can play
really smart basketball,

306
00:15:51,242 --> 00:15:53,370
but it's just
when you look at athleticism,

307
00:15:53,370 --> 00:15:55,455
being young
makes a big difference.

308
00:15:55,455 --> 00:15:56,790
Hello!

309
00:15:56,790 --> 00:15:58,833
Like, we're getting
quite up there, right?

310
00:15:58,833 --> 00:16:01,294
And I just don't know,
do you know what I mean?

311
00:16:01,294 --> 00:16:04,047
Um, how much long
we can sustain,

312
00:16:04,047 --> 00:16:05,673
do you know what I mean,
something like that.

313
00:16:07,384 --> 00:16:09,260
And don't get me wrong,
do you know what I mean?

314
00:16:09,260 --> 00:16:11,179
We, I, you know,
I feel like we can do it

315
00:16:11,179 --> 00:16:15,725
for, you know,
quite some time...

316
00:16:15,725 --> 00:16:19,979
'cause my spirit's
always the same.

317
00:16:19,979 --> 00:16:22,357
Like, the spirit inside of me
is always the same.

318
00:16:23,650 --> 00:16:25,735
But my body...

319
00:16:25,735 --> 00:16:27,445
just like
the rest of our bodies,

320
00:16:27,445 --> 00:16:30,615
they don't enact
that same way, right?

321
00:16:33,660 --> 00:16:35,704
Once you win

322
00:16:35,704 --> 00:16:38,832
and that becomes
the expectation,

323
00:16:38,832 --> 00:16:41,167
it shifts from exciting

324
00:16:41,167 --> 00:16:44,379
to... a responsibility.

325
00:16:45,630 --> 00:16:46,715
It becomes,

326
00:16:46,715 --> 00:16:48,299
"Okay, now everybody's
after you,"

327
00:16:48,299 --> 00:16:49,884
and then you have to be
even better,

328
00:16:49,884 --> 00:16:53,138
and you have to be
even more prepared.

329
00:16:53,138 --> 00:16:55,724
Sometimes you're, like,
"Well, why do we do all this?"

330
00:16:55,724 --> 00:16:59,436
You know, practicing at night,
at 9:00 till 11:00.

331
00:16:59,436 --> 00:17:02,564
You have to look after yourself,
look after your body,

332
00:17:02,564 --> 00:17:05,233
to try to be in shape.

333
00:17:05,233 --> 00:17:06,568
We can't play forever.

334
00:17:09,154 --> 00:17:10,905
We're sort of holding space

335
00:17:10,905 --> 00:17:13,867
and waiting to hand off

336
00:17:13,867 --> 00:17:16,161
to this next generation
that is coming up,

337
00:17:16,161 --> 00:17:20,415
so they can continue
to build onto that legacy.

338
00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,544
Their peak has been hit.

339
00:17:24,544 --> 00:17:25,670
Even if they win,

340
00:17:25,670 --> 00:17:28,298
you know, one, two, three
more championships,

341
00:17:28,298 --> 00:17:30,091
which they could totally do,

342
00:17:30,091 --> 00:17:32,260
for a lot of those guys,
you know,

343
00:17:32,260 --> 00:17:34,012
they're gonna be seeing
younger guys come up

344
00:17:34,012 --> 00:17:35,930
and kind of take their spot,

345
00:17:35,930 --> 00:17:38,099
and we're not even
talking about...

346
00:17:38,099 --> 00:17:40,852
I haven't even brought up
Jesse Barnes yet.

347
00:17:45,899 --> 00:17:47,817
Oh, God!
Okay, now we're talking.

348
00:17:47,817 --> 00:17:49,903
Yeah. Jesse Barnes.
Oh, my god...

349
00:17:49,903 --> 00:17:51,279
{\an8}He's untouchable!

350
00:17:52,739 --> 00:17:56,034
Jesse Barnes is
arguably the most dominant force

351
00:17:56,034 --> 00:17:58,912
to come out of Skidegate ever.

352
00:17:58,912 --> 00:18:00,872
Jesse being so athletic,

353
00:18:00,872 --> 00:18:03,291
and, you know,
he has so much skill.

354
00:18:03,291 --> 00:18:04,793
Heart is something
you can't teach, right?

355
00:18:06,044 --> 00:18:08,046
He's gone and played D1.

356
00:18:08,046 --> 00:18:10,048
He's played Canadian basketball.

357
00:18:10,048 --> 00:18:11,633
He is a source of pride.

358
00:18:11,633 --> 00:18:13,968
The kid's 6'10".

359
00:18:13,968 --> 00:18:16,971
He can shoot,
he can dribble, he can pass...

360
00:18:16,971 --> 00:18:19,641
and he was born and raised
on the Rez.

361
00:18:19,641 --> 00:18:21,101
He's one of us.

362
00:18:23,353 --> 00:18:25,230
{\an8}Uh, so my name's Jesse Barnes.

363
00:18:25,230 --> 00:18:26,648
{\an8}I am 26 years old.

364
00:18:26,648 --> 00:18:28,358
{\an8}I am from here in Skidegate.

365
00:18:28,358 --> 00:18:31,987
I got into basketball
when I was about 12...

366
00:18:31,987 --> 00:18:33,321
12 years old.

367
00:18:34,239 --> 00:18:36,366
I was always taller
than everybody,

368
00:18:36,366 --> 00:18:38,952
but I was kinda the guy
who would just stay home

369
00:18:38,952 --> 00:18:41,121
and play video games,

370
00:18:41,121 --> 00:18:43,206
but once my friends
kinda just realized

371
00:18:43,206 --> 00:18:45,542
that, I mean, I'm the tallest
person in the school,

372
00:18:45,542 --> 00:18:47,711
maybe I should go
try this thing out,

373
00:18:47,711 --> 00:18:48,920
and, uh...

374
00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:50,588
I've kinda been
hooked ever since.

375
00:18:52,632 --> 00:18:54,718
Growing up at
the George Brown there,

376
00:18:54,718 --> 00:18:56,344
watching Desi, Duane, Jason,

377
00:18:56,344 --> 00:18:58,638
I was, like, "Okay,
I wanna hoop like these guys."

378
00:18:58,638 --> 00:19:02,642
Desi was my coach all
throughout high school, so...

379
00:19:02,642 --> 00:19:05,186
and then I ended up
down in the States,

380
00:19:05,186 --> 00:19:06,688
played there
for a couple years,

381
00:19:06,688 --> 00:19:09,733
and then I finished my career
at Brock University,

382
00:19:09,733 --> 00:19:13,069
and now I'm currently
living in Vancouver

383
00:19:13,069 --> 00:19:15,113
with Tyler and Kole,

384
00:19:15,113 --> 00:19:17,782
and we're all
from Skidegate here.

385
00:19:17,782 --> 00:19:21,036
I mean, Skidegate,
and Haida basketball in general,

386
00:19:21,036 --> 00:19:24,080
kinda just has
this culture of winning

387
00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:27,542
that has been going on
for countless years now,

388
00:19:27,542 --> 00:19:30,045
and I just kind of want
to be able to kind of help

389
00:19:30,045 --> 00:19:34,466
contribute
to keeping that going, so...

390
00:19:34,466 --> 00:19:36,509
And, uh, I guess
one last thing here,

391
00:19:36,509 --> 00:19:38,511
so tell us about

392
00:19:38,511 --> 00:19:40,597
what you're looking
forward to at the All-Native.

393
00:19:40,597 --> 00:19:43,183
All-Native? Um...

394
00:19:43,183 --> 00:19:46,728
I actually don't know
who I'm playing with yet, but...

395
00:19:46,728 --> 00:19:48,021
Oh. Still on the fence?

396
00:19:48,021 --> 00:19:49,773
On the fence right now.

397
00:19:49,773 --> 00:19:51,816
{\an8}Oh...

398
00:19:51,816 --> 00:19:53,318
{\an8}the Jesse Barnes
rumour, huh?

399
00:19:53,318 --> 00:19:56,279
{\an8}Yeah, I heard that last week.

400
00:19:56,279 --> 00:19:59,199
{\an8}Jesse Barnes? Yeah.
You know, he's...

401
00:19:59,199 --> 00:20:00,325
{\an8}our best player.

402
00:20:00,325 --> 00:20:02,077
{\an8}There's, yeah, rumours

403
00:20:02,077 --> 00:20:04,245
{\an8}that he might not
play with us.

404
00:20:04,245 --> 00:20:05,789
{\an8}Talk more about that.

405
00:20:05,789 --> 00:20:07,499
I don't know if I want to.

406
00:20:09,334 --> 00:20:10,502
Me and Kole and Tyler

407
00:20:10,502 --> 00:20:13,338
have been playing
in a league down in Vancouver.

408
00:20:14,422 --> 00:20:17,592
We, uh, might play for Burnaby
for the All-Native.

409
00:20:18,468 --> 00:20:20,387
People have been saying, like,

410
00:20:20,387 --> 00:20:22,472
we shouldn't be playing
for a club team,

411
00:20:22,472 --> 00:20:25,683
because we have
a village team to play for.

412
00:20:25,683 --> 00:20:29,312
I mean, it's his choice.
It's his choice.

413
00:20:29,312 --> 00:20:32,649
If he chooses to play
for somebody else...

414
00:20:32,649 --> 00:20:35,777
he might get
a little bit of flak,

415
00:20:35,777 --> 00:20:37,988
but I'm hoping no hatred.

416
00:20:39,489 --> 00:20:41,950
{\an8}But, uh, he hasn't
given us a straight answer

417
00:20:41,950 --> 00:20:43,952
{\an8}one way or the other.

418
00:20:46,246 --> 00:20:49,374
{Desi) Ah, it's a little
bit frustrating for me.

419
00:20:50,875 --> 00:20:52,085
I feel like swearing,

420
00:20:52,085 --> 00:20:54,754
and I feel like saying
a few other things.

421
00:20:54,754 --> 00:20:58,133
Yeah, I have
a real tough time with that.

422
00:20:58,133 --> 00:20:59,551
{\an8}They grew up here
as village boys.

423
00:20:59,551 --> 00:21:01,636
{\an8}Like, I've seen them,
do you know what I mean?

424
00:21:01,636 --> 00:21:04,222
{\an8}...catch octopus, you know,
bigger than them, right?

425
00:21:04,222 --> 00:21:06,224
{\an8}I've seen them catch <i>naw</i>
bigger than them, right?

426
00:21:09,602 --> 00:21:11,563
I know that they spend
a lot of time on the beach.

427
00:21:11,563 --> 00:21:13,648
They spend
a lot of time at the gym.

428
00:21:13,648 --> 00:21:16,151
They love to rip and dip,
as they call it,

429
00:21:16,151 --> 00:21:17,318
where we'd play basketball,

430
00:21:17,318 --> 00:21:19,279
and we'd run down the beach
and go for a swim

431
00:21:19,279 --> 00:21:21,156
on hot summer days, right?

432
00:21:21,156 --> 00:21:23,366
Like, we enjoyed
doing those things.

433
00:21:24,242 --> 00:21:25,493
Bringing back players

434
00:21:25,493 --> 00:21:28,246
that you've mentored,
you've coached,

435
00:21:28,246 --> 00:21:30,832
it's super important
to me, right?

436
00:21:31,791 --> 00:21:33,918
There is a decision,
do you know what I mean,

437
00:21:33,918 --> 00:21:35,336
that needs to be made,
I guess,

438
00:21:35,336 --> 00:21:38,173
by Jesse Barnes,
and Tyler and Kole,

439
00:21:38,173 --> 00:21:40,717
and for myself, I understand...

440
00:21:42,052 --> 00:21:43,720
I've moved away
and went to the city

441
00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:45,388
and did all these
different things,

442
00:21:45,388 --> 00:21:46,848
and you kind of lose sight
of who you are,

443
00:21:46,848 --> 00:21:50,935
and you kind of forget about
the important things in life,

444
00:21:50,935 --> 00:21:53,271
especially
when you're young.

445
00:21:54,314 --> 00:21:56,566
I spent my time
in the city going to...

446
00:21:56,566 --> 00:22:00,028
you know, finished high school,
going to college and whatnot.

447
00:22:00,028 --> 00:22:02,197
We still came up
for Junior All-Native,

448
00:22:02,197 --> 00:22:04,532
uh, as the Saints,

449
00:22:04,532 --> 00:22:07,369
but at a certain point,
it is just like,

450
00:22:07,369 --> 00:22:10,038
"What am I doing here?
This isn't where I belong."

451
00:22:10,038 --> 00:22:12,624
Decided I had enough,
and I came home.

452
00:22:24,177 --> 00:22:25,387
We are blessed.

453
00:22:25,387 --> 00:22:27,806
We're lucky to be
part of this community,

454
00:22:27,806 --> 00:22:29,432
this nation, this island,

455
00:22:29,432 --> 00:22:33,978
where I think we all
really are connected,

456
00:22:33,978 --> 00:22:35,980
we do care about each other.

457
00:22:49,494 --> 00:22:53,415
In the context
of Haida culture...

458
00:22:53,415 --> 00:22:58,628
you know, basketball
is more than just a sport.

459
00:22:58,628 --> 00:23:00,588
Basketball's
a bit of a bridge...

460
00:23:01,965 --> 00:23:04,759
...from the present...

461
00:23:05,802 --> 00:23:07,971
...into the past.

462
00:23:16,396 --> 00:23:18,315
{\an8}Before the Europeans came,

463
00:23:18,315 --> 00:23:20,900
{\an8}there was a <i>SGaaga.</i>

464
00:23:20,900 --> 00:23:23,361
{\an8}In Western world,

465
00:23:23,361 --> 00:23:25,697
{\an8}it might be referred to
as "shaman," hey?

466
00:23:25,697 --> 00:23:28,658
{\an8}A spiritual
and medicinal practitioner

467
00:23:28,658 --> 00:23:31,953
who had a supernatural being
speak through them.

468
00:23:40,503 --> 00:23:43,590
And they said that
these new people would come,

469
00:23:43,590 --> 00:23:44,883
and there'd be some good,

470
00:23:44,883 --> 00:23:47,177
but there'd be
an awful lot of bad,

471
00:23:47,177 --> 00:23:50,138
and this pestilence
would come.

472
00:23:53,016 --> 00:23:55,018
Then it is said

473
00:23:55,018 --> 00:23:57,729
there was a smallpox epidemic...

474
00:23:59,439 --> 00:24:02,400
...hitting villages
all over Haida Gwaii.

475
00:24:04,527 --> 00:24:06,446
We're dying so rapidly,

476
00:24:06,446 --> 00:24:09,407
we don't have time to mourn
the ones that are dying.

477
00:24:11,117 --> 00:24:14,746
Some clans
were down to two people.

478
00:24:14,746 --> 00:24:19,334
Some clans
completely disappeared.

479
00:24:19,334 --> 00:24:21,753
The stories say
that the smallpox was so thick

480
00:24:21,753 --> 00:24:24,589
that you could see it
in the air,

481
00:24:24,589 --> 00:24:27,008
{\an8}and that's what this painting's
trying to tell us.

482
00:24:29,427 --> 00:24:31,805
And there's old stories
of Haidas paddling,

483
00:24:31,805 --> 00:24:34,432
do you know what I mean,
trying to go ashore a village.

484
00:24:34,432 --> 00:24:36,476
They're visibly sick,

485
00:24:36,476 --> 00:24:38,520
and their canoe
is pushed out to shore.

486
00:24:41,815 --> 00:24:44,359
And there's stories
of them listening to us

487
00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:48,113
singing into the night
as we died.

488
00:24:51,449 --> 00:24:57,580
If you look at photos
of Skidegate in 1884,

489
00:24:57,580 --> 00:25:01,960
it looks like
a forest of totem poles,

490
00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:03,586
and ten years later,

491
00:25:03,586 --> 00:25:08,216
it looks like
the forest is mowed down.

492
00:25:08,216 --> 00:25:14,973
By 1915, there was less than
600 Haidas on Haida Gwaii.

493
00:25:14,973 --> 00:25:17,726
That's a pretty drastic drop

494
00:25:17,726 --> 00:25:21,646
from upwards of 50,000
before contact.

495
00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,650
The survivors,
all these tiny populations,

496
00:25:25,650 --> 00:25:28,069
moved into Skidegate

497
00:25:28,069 --> 00:25:30,363
and Old Massett.

498
00:25:30,363 --> 00:25:34,409
{\an8}All our people could go
and find solace

499
00:25:34,409 --> 00:25:37,662
{\an8}and a place to come together
and survive.

500
00:25:51,509 --> 00:25:52,927
<i>Under the Indian Act of 1876,</i>

501
00:25:52,927 --> 00:25:55,764
<i>the Canadian government
assumed total control</i>

502
00:25:55,764 --> 00:25:58,767
<i>over Canada's
Native People and their lands.</i>

503
00:25:58,767 --> 00:26:01,353
The Indian Act, you know,

504
00:26:01,353 --> 00:26:03,855
trying to determine
who is Haida,

505
00:26:03,855 --> 00:26:06,274
who belongs in the community,

506
00:26:06,274 --> 00:26:10,028
caused a lot of pain and trauma

507
00:26:10,028 --> 00:26:13,365
for many people
who were not recognized

508
00:26:13,365 --> 00:26:15,700
as Status Indians,

509
00:26:15,700 --> 00:26:19,204
so they weren't allowed
to live in Skidegate

510
00:26:19,204 --> 00:26:21,039
or Old Massett, on the Reserve.

511
00:26:21,039 --> 00:26:23,917
They had to live
outside of the community.

512
00:26:23,917 --> 00:26:27,545
And then, in July of 1884,

513
00:26:27,545 --> 00:26:29,464
this nation-state of Canada

514
00:26:29,464 --> 00:26:31,549
amends their Indian Act

515
00:26:31,549 --> 00:26:35,345
to include what we refer to
as the Potlatch Ban.

516
00:26:35,345 --> 00:26:36,554
<i>Potlatch functions</i>

517
00:26:36,554 --> 00:26:38,056
<i>included political councils,</i>

518
00:26:38,056 --> 00:26:39,182
<i>spiritual occasions,</i>

519
00:26:39,182 --> 00:26:40,308
<i>medicine-making,</i>

520
00:26:40,308 --> 00:26:41,643
<i>and the sharing
of tribal wealth.</i>

521
00:26:41,643 --> 00:26:46,606
It's a critical part
of our social, economic,

522
00:26:46,606 --> 00:26:50,485
spiritual health
and ways of being.

523
00:26:50,485 --> 00:26:51,945
That's our system.

524
00:26:51,945 --> 00:26:53,405
<i>Attendance
at potlatch ceremonies</i>

525
00:26:53,405 --> 00:26:54,864
<i>became a criminal offense.</i>

526
00:26:54,864 --> 00:26:58,743
<i>As recently as 1951,
violators were jailed.</i>

527
00:26:58,743 --> 00:27:02,914
So, between 1885,
when they enacted it,

528
00:27:02,914 --> 00:27:04,249
and 1951,

529
00:27:04,249 --> 00:27:07,919
it was illegal for us
to, essentially, be Haida.

530
00:27:07,919 --> 00:27:09,796
The abolishment of potlatch

531
00:27:09,796 --> 00:27:12,841
was separating us
from our culture,

532
00:27:12,841 --> 00:27:14,926
separating us from each other.

533
00:27:16,511 --> 00:27:17,721
"Just keep them apart.

534
00:27:17,721 --> 00:27:18,847
If they gather,

535
00:27:18,847 --> 00:27:21,224
they're gonna
be able to do something."

536
00:27:24,185 --> 00:27:26,312
It was in the early 1880s

537
00:27:26,312 --> 00:27:29,107
that Canada and the Church
officially joined together

538
00:27:29,107 --> 00:27:32,110
to form
the Residential School system...

539
00:27:34,195 --> 00:27:36,948
...taking children away
from their communities

540
00:27:36,948 --> 00:27:40,285
and bringing them
to foreign boarding schools,

541
00:27:40,285 --> 00:27:42,037
Residential Schools.

542
00:27:48,543 --> 00:27:50,795
You have culture
being abolished,

543
00:27:50,795 --> 00:27:52,130
and language being abolished,

544
00:27:52,130 --> 00:27:56,885
and just your character
being abolished.

545
00:27:58,470 --> 00:28:01,931
How we dressed, how we walked,
how we talked,

546
00:28:01,931 --> 00:28:04,684
everything around that,
do you know what I mean,

547
00:28:04,684 --> 00:28:06,478
was taken away.

548
00:28:06,478 --> 00:28:09,147
We couldn't wear
our long hairstyle.

549
00:28:09,147 --> 00:28:10,148
We couldn't. Right?

550
00:28:10,148 --> 00:28:12,025
Like, they're cutting
your ponytail off

551
00:28:12,025 --> 00:28:14,319
because it wasn't,
do you know what I mean,

552
00:28:14,319 --> 00:28:17,322
fit to how a men's cut
should look.

553
00:28:17,322 --> 00:28:19,324
Right? It wasn't fit.

554
00:28:22,077 --> 00:28:24,788
But I think
it's majestic as fuck.

555
00:28:26,581 --> 00:28:29,501
To the absolute core
of who you are,

556
00:28:29,501 --> 00:28:31,795
they tried to destroy
and remove...

557
00:28:34,506 --> 00:28:36,841
...but they didn't succeed.

558
00:28:41,596 --> 00:28:45,433
{\an8}I went to Residential School
in 1959,

559
00:28:45,433 --> 00:28:49,604
{\an8}and that's actually where
I started playing basketball.

560
00:28:49,604 --> 00:28:52,315
{\an8}Well,
I went to Residential School

561
00:28:52,315 --> 00:28:53,900
{\an8}in Edmonton,

562
00:28:53,900 --> 00:28:57,195
{\an8}but prior to that, I had never
heard of the game of basketball.

563
00:28:57,195 --> 00:28:58,697
In summertime,

564
00:28:58,697 --> 00:29:00,824
we'd come home
and get together.

565
00:29:00,824 --> 00:29:04,369
We'd practice wherever we could.

566
00:29:04,369 --> 00:29:05,704
We didn't have
any basketball court

567
00:29:05,704 --> 00:29:07,998
here in Skidegate.

568
00:29:07,998 --> 00:29:11,292
We used to hone our skills
there, out on the...

569
00:29:11,292 --> 00:29:13,002
out on the road.

570
00:29:13,002 --> 00:29:14,212
That's it.

571
00:29:14,212 --> 00:29:16,297
That gravel road. Yeah.

572
00:29:16,297 --> 00:29:20,593
That's how basketball
was introduced here,

573
00:29:20,593 --> 00:29:22,095
on Haida Gwaii.

574
00:29:22,095 --> 00:29:26,057
From guys who had gone
away to Residential School.

575
00:29:26,057 --> 00:29:29,227
{\an8}Learned how to play
a little bit of basketball,

576
00:29:29,227 --> 00:29:32,897
{\an8}which is quite a bit different
than the way they play now.

577
00:29:32,897 --> 00:29:34,691
Not like when we were kids,

578
00:29:34,691 --> 00:29:36,234
we could only dribble forward.

579
00:29:36,234 --> 00:29:40,155
{\an8}We couldn't get fancy
or anything.

580
00:29:40,155 --> 00:29:43,325
{\an8}Behind the back...
crossover dribbles.

581
00:29:43,325 --> 00:29:44,701
{\an8}Like, "why didn't I do that?"

582
00:29:44,701 --> 00:29:46,911
Nobody dunked the ball
back then.

583
00:29:52,375 --> 00:29:54,627
Your jacket.

584
00:29:54,627 --> 00:29:56,755
Warm up.

585
00:29:56,755 --> 00:30:00,759
This was the first, uh,
uniforms we got.

586
00:30:00,759 --> 00:30:05,263
The ladies in Skidegate
embroidered them.

587
00:30:05,263 --> 00:30:08,183
Bit of work to do that,
I guess. Holy!

588
00:30:10,810 --> 00:30:13,188
We went to the All-Native,

589
00:30:13,188 --> 00:30:15,774
so we got the fans here
all excited too.

590
00:30:15,774 --> 00:30:20,153
Made it to the final,
lost by three points.

591
00:30:20,153 --> 00:30:22,322
When we got home,

592
00:30:22,322 --> 00:30:25,742
we got off the plane
and on the water taxi.

593
00:30:25,742 --> 00:30:27,952
They put us on
the garbage truck,

594
00:30:27,952 --> 00:30:30,789
and Percy Williams
and a couple of other bands

595
00:30:30,789 --> 00:30:33,958
were playing "When the Saints,"
so it was...

596
00:30:33,958 --> 00:30:36,461
quite, quite cool.

597
00:30:42,926 --> 00:30:47,263
Knowing that we were the first
official basketball team...

598
00:30:47,263 --> 00:30:50,266
yeah, makes you feel
good sometimes.

599
00:30:50,266 --> 00:30:52,310
Yeah.

600
00:30:52,310 --> 00:30:54,020
The original Saints,

601
00:30:54,020 --> 00:30:55,855
but we didn't do
anything special.

602
00:30:55,855 --> 00:30:58,149
We just played basketball.

603
00:31:03,989 --> 00:31:07,784
It's something
that I think has been used

604
00:31:07,784 --> 00:31:10,745
as a healing mechanism
over time,

605
00:31:10,745 --> 00:31:12,122
something that was good

606
00:31:12,122 --> 00:31:14,332
that was brought away
from something bad.

607
00:31:15,750 --> 00:31:18,378
You know,
as Indigenous people,

608
00:31:18,378 --> 00:31:21,339
we still hold
a lot of hurt from the past.

609
00:31:22,841 --> 00:31:26,010
We still...
think about it often.

610
00:31:26,010 --> 00:31:28,972
We still have
those intergenerational traumas.

611
00:31:30,849 --> 00:31:33,143
And a lot of the healing
comes from gathering.

612
00:31:35,937 --> 00:31:38,356
People were gathering

613
00:31:38,356 --> 00:31:40,483
and finding ways around
these gathering rules

614
00:31:40,483 --> 00:31:45,113
through disguising it
under Christianity.

615
00:31:45,113 --> 00:31:47,032
You know, you were
allowed to gather

616
00:31:47,032 --> 00:31:50,368
for religious purposes.

617
00:31:50,368 --> 00:31:52,787
Sport was another avenue
where you could gather

618
00:31:52,787 --> 00:31:55,457
that wasn't church-centric.

619
00:31:56,624 --> 00:31:58,001
I think with the games,

620
00:31:58,001 --> 00:31:59,961
they also were, um,

621
00:31:59,961 --> 00:32:01,546
allowed to have people watch,

622
00:32:01,546 --> 00:32:03,214
{\an8}so now, they had circumvented

623
00:32:03,214 --> 00:32:05,383
{\an8}this rule
that was in the Indian Act,

624
00:32:05,383 --> 00:32:08,762
{\an8}and they had ten-plus people
playing a game,

625
00:32:08,762 --> 00:32:10,722
{\an8}and people watching, so...

626
00:32:10,722 --> 00:32:13,349
they found a loophole,
but they got really good at it.

627
00:32:14,684 --> 00:32:15,852
Basketball provides

628
00:32:15,852 --> 00:32:18,730
such an entry point
into our history,

629
00:32:18,730 --> 00:32:20,857
who you are,
that resilience,

630
00:32:20,857 --> 00:32:23,234
and all these layers
of identity,

631
00:32:23,234 --> 00:32:27,197
clan, village,
you know, nation.

632
00:32:28,698 --> 00:32:30,116
We don't grow up
thinking about it,

633
00:32:30,116 --> 00:32:32,952
or maybe appreciating it,

634
00:32:32,952 --> 00:32:34,746
but, you know,
as you get older,

635
00:32:34,746 --> 00:32:39,292
you kind of see
the powerful tool that it is

636
00:32:39,292 --> 00:32:42,504
to be part of that resilience
in our time.

637
00:32:48,385 --> 00:32:50,637
{\an8}We want to honour

638
00:32:50,637 --> 00:32:53,390
{\an8}all our loved ones
that have gone

639
00:32:53,390 --> 00:32:55,433
{\an8}in the last year.

640
00:32:56,601 --> 00:32:58,895
As we sing the Spirit Song,

641
00:32:58,895 --> 00:33:02,148
again, for all our loved ones

642
00:33:02,148 --> 00:33:05,318
that we've lost
in the last year,

643
00:33:05,318 --> 00:33:08,780
but all of our ancestors
that we have lost.

644
00:33:43,773 --> 00:33:44,899
We're battling against

645
00:33:44,899 --> 00:33:47,318
a lot of different
outside pressures

646
00:33:47,318 --> 00:33:50,947
to, you know,
get away from the Indian Act,

647
00:33:50,947 --> 00:33:53,825
and get away from
all these colonial pressures,

648
00:33:53,825 --> 00:33:55,785
and just really let
our communities do

649
00:33:55,785 --> 00:33:57,954
what they do best...

650
00:33:57,954 --> 00:34:00,582
and that's
just play basketball.

651
00:34:05,670 --> 00:34:08,882
I host about
four or five tournaments a year.

652
00:34:08,882 --> 00:34:12,177
I think this year,
I hosted five.

653
00:34:12,177 --> 00:34:14,387
For me, and I've been
doing this for a long time,

654
00:34:14,387 --> 00:34:18,516
over 10 years, 15 years here
at the recreation centre,

655
00:34:18,516 --> 00:34:19,976
this specific tournament,

656
00:34:19,976 --> 00:34:22,020
the Clan Tournament,

657
00:34:22,020 --> 00:34:25,982
captures the essence of, uh...

658
00:34:25,982 --> 00:34:29,819
of self-expression
around culture and pride.

659
00:34:32,864 --> 00:34:34,616
It's a month
before the All-Native.

660
00:34:34,616 --> 00:34:39,204
Um, everybody looks forward
to it to kick off the year,

661
00:34:39,204 --> 00:34:41,206
and some people will argue
that this tournament

662
00:34:41,206 --> 00:34:42,832
is better
than the All Native, right?

663
00:34:45,126 --> 00:34:46,961
One, two, three, go!

664
00:34:46,961 --> 00:34:48,713
You know, when smallpox hit,

665
00:34:48,713 --> 00:34:50,131
we all came to Skidegate,

666
00:34:50,131 --> 00:34:52,133
and we all came to Massett,
and we all came to Hydaburg

667
00:34:52,133 --> 00:34:54,052
out of a survival mechanism, right?

668
00:34:54,052 --> 00:34:55,970
So it's all different clans
coming to represent,

669
00:34:55,970 --> 00:34:57,764
like, a unity thing, right?

670
00:34:57,764 --> 00:35:01,935
Where out of survival mechanism,
we came to Skidegate.

671
00:35:03,478 --> 00:35:07,065
Right? And that was just
out of pure survival.

672
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:09,901
And then,
when you go back to your clan,

673
00:35:09,901 --> 00:35:11,403
when you go
and play for your village,

674
00:35:11,403 --> 00:35:12,987
that's where you came from.

675
00:35:12,987 --> 00:35:14,906
<i>Wow!</i>

676
00:35:14,906 --> 00:35:18,910
<i>Oh, that's, they're calling
that an intentional foul.</i>

677
00:35:18,910 --> 00:35:20,495
<i>Wiija, what do you
think about that?</i>

678
00:35:20,495 --> 00:35:23,081
I mean, all fouls
are kind of intentional, but...

679
00:35:23,998 --> 00:35:25,917
I got it. I got it.

680
00:35:25,917 --> 00:35:27,627
Game on. Go ahead, came on.

681
00:35:27,627 --> 00:35:28,670
The Clan Tournament

682
00:35:28,670 --> 00:35:32,924
expresses the most
of who an individual is, right?

683
00:35:32,924 --> 00:35:36,845
They'll come in,
they'll wear their colour,

684
00:35:36,845 --> 00:35:38,555
they'll say who they are.

685
00:35:38,555 --> 00:35:40,223
They'll let you know
their Haida name,

686
00:35:40,223 --> 00:35:41,850
let you know their clan,
they'll let you know

687
00:35:41,850 --> 00:35:43,351
if they're a Raven
or an Eagle.

688
00:35:43,351 --> 00:35:46,021
But always going back
to who your grandmother is,

689
00:35:46,021 --> 00:35:49,524
or who your <i>chinaay</i> is,
or your <i>nanaay,</i>

690
00:35:49,524 --> 00:35:50,692
or whatever it is.

691
00:35:50,692 --> 00:35:53,028
Swing it down to Maya
under the hoop,

692
00:35:53,028 --> 00:35:54,446
two points.

693
00:35:54,446 --> 00:35:56,448
During our clan tournament,

694
00:35:56,448 --> 00:36:01,077
the George Brown
Recreation Centre comes alive.

695
00:36:02,871 --> 00:36:04,664
You represent yourself.

696
00:36:04,664 --> 00:36:06,583
You represent your family.

697
00:36:06,583 --> 00:36:07,459
You represent your chief

698
00:36:07,459 --> 00:36:09,002
and your matriarchs
and your clan.

699
00:36:09,002 --> 00:36:12,005
You're a representative
of an entire group

700
00:36:12,005 --> 00:36:14,132
of who you are.

701
00:36:14,132 --> 00:36:16,384
Just wanting
our girls to have a place

702
00:36:16,384 --> 00:36:17,385
in the basketball community

703
00:36:17,385 --> 00:36:18,470
was really important to me,

704
00:36:18,470 --> 00:36:20,638
for them to see
that they could be held up,

705
00:36:20,638 --> 00:36:23,933
you know,
like our boys are held up.

706
00:36:23,933 --> 00:36:26,227
It's beautiful,
and it's healing,

707
00:36:26,227 --> 00:36:28,980
and it's... it's empowering.

708
00:36:31,274 --> 00:36:32,400
We talk our language,

709
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:35,028
we have our culture
through song and dance,

710
00:36:35,028 --> 00:36:37,489
and it just reinvigorates

711
00:36:37,489 --> 00:36:39,657
our Haida-ness,
as we call it.

712
00:36:40,992 --> 00:36:43,953
You know, especially with
the trauma that people carry,

713
00:36:43,953 --> 00:36:45,246
and intergenerational trauma,

714
00:36:45,246 --> 00:36:48,958
you need these outlets
where you can let that out,

715
00:36:48,958 --> 00:36:51,795
to be vulnerable,

716
00:36:51,795 --> 00:36:53,171
to be physical,

717
00:36:53,171 --> 00:36:55,048
to be emotional,

718
00:36:55,048 --> 00:36:58,510
and in basketball,
you get to do all that.

719
00:37:03,306 --> 00:37:06,101
One of the beauties
of the Clan Tournament

720
00:37:06,101 --> 00:37:07,060
is food, hey?

721
00:37:07,060 --> 00:37:08,061
Yeah.

722
00:37:08,061 --> 00:37:09,270
Oh, there's always
so much food.

723
00:37:09,270 --> 00:37:10,689
<i>If you don't wanna
cook at home,</i>

724
00:37:10,689 --> 00:37:13,983
<i>we got lots of food that helps
go to the basketball community.</i>

725
00:37:13,983 --> 00:37:15,443
<i>Yeah, look at that.</i>

726
00:37:15,443 --> 00:37:17,153
<i>- That's right.
- Yeah, that's the shot!</i>

727
00:37:17,153 --> 00:37:18,947
<i>That's fry bread.
That's fry bread on that.</i>

728
00:37:18,947 --> 00:37:20,824
<i>Ooh! Look at that oil sizzle!</i>

729
00:37:22,492 --> 00:37:23,660
<i>- Fry bread?
- Fry bread!</i>

730
00:37:23,660 --> 00:37:24,953
<i>- I want some fry bread!
- Fry bread.</i>

731
00:37:24,953 --> 00:37:26,454
<i>Fry bread!</i>

732
00:37:26,454 --> 00:37:29,457
<i>I got fry bread in my mouth.
We all got fry bread!</i>

733
00:37:29,457 --> 00:37:31,543
Hold it up. Hold up.

734
00:37:31,543 --> 00:37:34,546
Somebody's missing
their cell phone?

735
00:37:38,049 --> 00:37:39,300
Not mine.

736
00:37:39,300 --> 00:37:41,344
Everybody knows what happens

737
00:37:41,344 --> 00:37:43,513
when that comes up!

738
00:37:48,393 --> 00:37:49,561
Is there a picture on it?

739
00:37:51,104 --> 00:37:54,190
Oh...

740
00:37:54,190 --> 00:37:56,609
this young man
has a debt to pay!

741
00:37:57,527 --> 00:37:59,946
And you guys know
how this works.

742
00:37:59,946 --> 00:38:01,698
He has to dance for it.

743
00:38:01,698 --> 00:38:04,993
You guys decide
when he gets it back.

744
00:38:41,446 --> 00:38:44,032
You know,
the wintertime, traditionally,

745
00:38:44,032 --> 00:38:46,076
would be potlatch season,

746
00:38:46,076 --> 00:38:48,453
and, um...

747
00:38:48,453 --> 00:38:51,206
clans would host
feasts and potlatch,

748
00:38:51,206 --> 00:38:54,709
and so, um,
the basketball season,

749
00:38:54,709 --> 00:39:00,256
you know, kind of naturally
follows that cycle.

750
00:39:03,593 --> 00:39:07,263
You know, it's really easy
to stay isolated, and...

751
00:39:07,263 --> 00:39:11,226
and, um, kinda hibernate
through the winter,

752
00:39:11,226 --> 00:39:15,480
but by coming together
in potlatch and ceremony,

753
00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:17,649
it brings everybody together
into one house,

754
00:39:17,649 --> 00:39:20,694
and basketball
plays a similar role.

755
00:39:20,694 --> 00:39:23,655
Fry bread action!

756
00:39:23,655 --> 00:39:25,031
But, as I've grown older,

757
00:39:25,031 --> 00:39:29,577
you come to appreciate
the, um, the event that it is.

758
00:39:29,577 --> 00:39:32,872
You're part of an event,
and you wanna win,

759
00:39:32,872 --> 00:39:34,457
but really, you know,
our main objective

760
00:39:34,457 --> 00:39:36,251
over the last number of years

761
00:39:36,251 --> 00:39:37,836
has been recognizing

762
00:39:37,836 --> 00:39:40,505
that we need to make sure
our nephew, Levi,

763
00:39:40,505 --> 00:39:44,259
was gonna play an important role
and help lead us.

764
00:39:44,259 --> 00:39:47,137
We need to get
the next generation ready,

765
00:39:47,137 --> 00:39:50,098
'cause we can't
maybe carry the load

766
00:39:50,098 --> 00:39:52,434
that we do right now.

767
00:39:53,810 --> 00:39:56,604
{\an8}I'm trying
to follow, follow their lead.

768
00:39:56,604 --> 00:39:59,566
{\an8}Like, I'm following
Duane and Jason's role,

769
00:39:59,566 --> 00:40:01,443
and it definitely makes me
feel really good,

770
00:40:01,443 --> 00:40:02,861
like, knowing
that I have support

771
00:40:02,861 --> 00:40:04,195
from this big family,

772
00:40:04,195 --> 00:40:06,364
and they all want me
to do my best.

773
00:40:09,451 --> 00:40:13,038
Our <i>nanaay,</i>
our grandmother,

774
00:40:13,038 --> 00:40:15,457
her kidney had been failing.

775
00:40:16,750 --> 00:40:19,502
She had to get medevaced out
in September.

776
00:40:19,502 --> 00:40:22,881
Her kidney function
started to decline to the point

777
00:40:22,881 --> 00:40:25,133
where, um, she needed
to go off to Prince George

778
00:40:25,133 --> 00:40:27,385
for dialysis treatment.

779
00:40:29,471 --> 00:40:31,890
We knew this day was coming,

780
00:40:31,890 --> 00:40:34,726
but it was still, you know,
became a bit of an emergency,

781
00:40:34,726 --> 00:40:36,936
where we had to fly her
out of here,

782
00:40:36,936 --> 00:40:38,563
and we're in the hospital,

783
00:40:38,563 --> 00:40:40,065
and they're putting her
in an ambulance,

784
00:40:40,065 --> 00:40:41,483
and we're all saying goodbye,

785
00:40:41,483 --> 00:40:42,942
you know, maybe we won't
see her again,

786
00:40:42,942 --> 00:40:44,319
we're not, you never know.

787
00:40:44,319 --> 00:40:46,821
And then, uh,
Levi comes in late,

788
00:40:46,821 --> 00:40:49,282
and she's in the...
they're putting her in the back,

789
00:40:49,282 --> 00:40:52,160
getting her ready,
and she's, like, "Levi.

790
00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:53,661
Come over here."

791
00:40:53,661 --> 00:40:55,538
She pulled me into her,
and she goes,

792
00:40:55,538 --> 00:40:58,083
"Don't let Skedans
win the Clan Tournament,"

793
00:40:58,083 --> 00:40:59,501
and then she's like,

794
00:40:59,501 --> 00:41:01,795
"Don't let anyone else win.
You guys have to win."

795
00:41:01,795 --> 00:41:04,881
"You guys make sure
you win the Clan Tournament!"

796
00:41:06,591 --> 00:41:08,176
I wanted to win it for,

797
00:41:08,176 --> 00:41:10,845
for specifically my <i>nanaay</i>
and, of course, for the clan.

798
00:41:10,845 --> 00:41:13,515
I'm sure Duane and Jason were
carrying that with them as well,

799
00:41:13,515 --> 00:41:15,684
and I especially was,

800
00:41:15,684 --> 00:41:17,602
and we were
in a pretty bad spot,

801
00:41:17,602 --> 00:41:19,854
we were down five with, like,
a couple minutes to go.

802
00:41:19,854 --> 00:41:21,523
Like, the momentum
was against us,

803
00:41:21,523 --> 00:41:24,275
and we were gassed,
and I was personally gassed.

804
00:41:24,275 --> 00:41:25,985
<i>All right, everybody,</i>

805
00:41:25,985 --> 00:41:30,448
<i>welcome back to our final game
of the 2024 Clan Tournament.</i>

806
00:41:36,663 --> 00:41:38,540
<i>Levi puts the ball down.</i>

807
00:41:38,540 --> 00:41:40,500
<i>Nice drive by Levi,
but he can't finish.</i>

808
00:41:40,500 --> 00:41:42,460
<i>The ball bounces around.</i>

809
00:41:42,460 --> 00:41:44,546
<i>Barnes picks it up.</i>

810
00:41:50,385 --> 00:41:53,471
In that final
game there, we're, uh...

811
00:41:53,471 --> 00:41:55,724
struggling a bit
in the fourth quarter, and...

812
00:41:55,724 --> 00:41:58,184
Denver dribbles
the ball off his foot.

813
00:41:58,184 --> 00:41:59,436
Levi picks it up.

814
00:42:00,812 --> 00:42:02,439
I picked it up,
and as soon as I let it go,

815
00:42:02,439 --> 00:42:04,899
I was like, "Holy."
It was like a rainbow.

816
00:42:04,899 --> 00:42:06,693
<i>And a long three,
and he nails it!</i>

817
00:42:06,693 --> 00:42:08,320
<i>A huge three by Levi!</i>

818
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:10,572
<i>71-69!</i>

819
00:42:10,572 --> 00:42:13,074
Just watching
everyone's reaction,

820
00:42:13,074 --> 00:42:15,660
everyone kind of dreams
of moments like those.

821
00:42:16,911 --> 00:42:18,580
But also,
it gave us a pick-up

822
00:42:18,580 --> 00:42:20,415
and a boost of energy,

823
00:42:20,415 --> 00:42:23,835
which was, uh...
really needed.

824
00:42:23,835 --> 00:42:27,589
<i>He makes it!
It's a two-point game!</i>

825
00:42:28,506 --> 00:42:31,259
...to Collison.
Collison loses the ball.

826
00:42:31,259 --> 00:42:33,261
Inside, Isaiah goes up. Oh!

827
00:42:36,222 --> 00:42:38,349
Ts'aahl Eagles!

828
00:42:38,349 --> 00:42:41,603
2024 Clan Tournament Champions!

829
00:42:45,774 --> 00:42:48,860
I only have a certain amount.

830
00:42:48,860 --> 00:42:51,821
We're giving it
to the team members.

831
00:42:51,821 --> 00:42:53,073
Large?

832
00:42:53,073 --> 00:42:53,865
Large.

833
00:42:53,865 --> 00:42:56,659
Large? Mediums. Is that it?

834
00:43:10,382 --> 00:43:12,133
The Clan Tournament's
always fun.

835
00:43:12,133 --> 00:43:15,762
Everyone always wants
to see their clan winning.

836
00:43:15,762 --> 00:43:18,973
We're all Haidas,
so we all have hot blood,

837
00:43:18,973 --> 00:43:21,017
and everyone just
is really competitive,

838
00:43:21,017 --> 00:43:23,686
and we knew
we had to win, so...

839
00:43:23,686 --> 00:43:25,438
otherwise,
you would have been mad.

840
00:43:26,564 --> 00:43:29,192
So it was nice
to come up with that win.

841
00:43:29,192 --> 00:43:31,069
I was so happy
when I came home

842
00:43:31,069 --> 00:43:33,405
and, uh, this shirt
as waiting for me.

843
00:43:34,406 --> 00:43:35,532
{\an8}The Clan Tournament one?

844
00:43:35,532 --> 00:43:37,575
{\an8}Yeah.

845
00:43:37,575 --> 00:43:40,412
{\an8}Yeah, it was... yeah.

846
00:43:41,788 --> 00:43:46,167
I'm just so proud
of you, my boy.

847
00:43:46,167 --> 00:43:49,546
Made me feel stronger.

848
00:43:50,714 --> 00:43:53,091
My body's waking up.

849
00:43:55,301 --> 00:43:56,720
Screaming around.

850
00:43:56,720 --> 00:43:58,555
Yeah, I don't know,

851
00:43:58,555 --> 00:44:00,265
I'm just hoping
the next generation,

852
00:44:00,265 --> 00:44:01,641
or this group of guys

853
00:44:01,641 --> 00:44:04,018
can keep inspiring
the generation

854
00:44:04,018 --> 00:44:06,563
like Duane and Desi
and Nate and Jesse,

855
00:44:06,563 --> 00:44:08,732
and all those guys have
inspired us,

856
00:44:08,732 --> 00:44:10,233
just to keep going.

857
00:44:10,233 --> 00:44:13,320
I think that's how
Haida basketball stays alive,

858
00:44:13,320 --> 00:44:14,654
is we just have,

859
00:44:14,654 --> 00:44:18,908
we just keep having great groups
of players and people.

860
00:44:18,908 --> 00:44:19,617
Yeah.

861
00:44:23,788 --> 00:44:25,040
I love you, <i>Nanaay.</i>

862
00:44:25,040 --> 00:44:28,626
Oh, you are my boy.

863
00:44:28,626 --> 00:44:30,712
That's good.

864
00:44:30,712 --> 00:44:33,423
I'm a... I'm a hugger, anyway.

865
00:44:37,927 --> 00:44:40,430
{\an8}It's a legacy,
it's a dynasty

866
00:44:40,430 --> 00:44:41,890
{\an8}that you're a part of.

867
00:44:41,890 --> 00:44:42,974
{\an8}Why do you wanna take,

868
00:44:42,974 --> 00:44:44,684
{\an8}Why do you wanna try
and take us down?

869
00:44:44,684 --> 00:44:45,810
{\an8}Why don't you want
to keep adding to it?

870
00:44:45,810 --> 00:44:48,146
I don't know, it's just

871
00:44:48,146 --> 00:44:50,231
a young squad
of fucking young Natives

872
00:44:50,231 --> 00:44:51,399
living in Van.

873
00:44:51,399 --> 00:44:53,652
Oh, look at this, you're here
representing your clan.

874
00:44:53,652 --> 00:44:54,736
It must mean something to you.

875
00:44:54,736 --> 00:44:55,987
How does it not
mean something to you

876
00:44:55,987 --> 00:44:58,657
to play for your hometown
for the tournament?

877
00:44:58,657 --> 00:44:59,991
I don't know.

878
00:45:00,825 --> 00:45:01,993
So, you're serious.

879
00:45:01,993 --> 00:45:04,245
You're really
not gonna play with us.

880
00:45:04,245 --> 00:45:05,038
Just for one year, yeah.

881
00:45:05,038 --> 00:45:06,247
Well, who else you got?
Like...

882
00:45:06,247 --> 00:45:07,916
Like me, Marlon, Kobe...

883
00:45:07,916 --> 00:45:11,586
uh, Kole, Tyler.
Fucking... TK.

884
00:45:11,586 --> 00:45:14,672
We're also fucking
worried about getting hurt.

885
00:45:14,672 --> 00:45:16,341
Like, fuck,
we're at the end of our career.

886
00:45:16,341 --> 00:45:20,428
We gotta play 40 minutes now
and bang against you? Fuck.

887
00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:28,353
So what was happening there?
Jesse was what?

888
00:45:28,353 --> 00:45:31,481
Oh, I was just grilling him
about his decision, and...

889
00:45:31,481 --> 00:45:32,816
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

890
00:45:32,816 --> 00:45:34,317
His mind's fuckin'...

891
00:45:34,317 --> 00:45:35,902
I was just asking him on it,
'cause I thought...

892
00:45:35,902 --> 00:45:37,696
I still thought
he's just messing with us,

893
00:45:37,696 --> 00:45:41,324
at the end,
he was gonna come through.

894
00:45:44,411 --> 00:45:46,705
Yeah, and he's
still trying to...

895
00:45:46,705 --> 00:45:50,000
I guess the Jones boys
are in too, then, for sure.

896
00:45:50,959 --> 00:45:54,629
Personally,
I think that is

897
00:45:54,629 --> 00:45:57,340
a very bad choice
on his behalf.

898
00:45:58,675 --> 00:46:00,677
To not play for your hometown

899
00:46:00,677 --> 00:46:03,722
and the community
that has been there

900
00:46:03,722 --> 00:46:06,558
and supported you
throughout your entire life?

901
00:46:06,558 --> 00:46:08,059
Doesn't matter where I live,

902
00:46:08,059 --> 00:46:10,562
I'll always come home
to play for my hometown.

903
00:46:10,562 --> 00:46:12,605
I'm not gonna play
for anybody else.

904
00:46:12,605 --> 00:46:15,191
Like, this is me,
this is who I am.

905
00:46:16,401 --> 00:46:18,945
Maybe we didn't do
a good enough job communicating

906
00:46:18,945 --> 00:46:21,740
and have them understand
what it means to us

907
00:46:21,740 --> 00:46:23,074
to have that support.

908
00:46:23,074 --> 00:46:25,118
Maybe there's
a personal challenge

909
00:46:25,118 --> 00:46:27,162
to wanna beat us,

910
00:46:27,162 --> 00:46:29,831
or whatever he needed
for his growth,

911
00:46:29,831 --> 00:46:32,459
whatever that is, you know,
that's his journey.

912
00:46:56,608 --> 00:46:58,985
No matter where you go in life,

913
00:46:58,985 --> 00:47:02,197
whether you move to the city
or anywhere in the world,

914
00:47:02,197 --> 00:47:04,074
I guess, like,
you still have those...

915
00:47:04,074 --> 00:47:06,326
those village-boy tendencies.

916
00:47:06,326 --> 00:47:08,453
Like, they say you, uh...

917
00:47:08,453 --> 00:47:11,247
{\an8}uh, what's that saying,
where they say you can...?

918
00:47:11,247 --> 00:47:12,999
{\an8}You can take you a kid
out of the Rez,

919
00:47:12,999 --> 00:47:14,668
{\an8}but you can't take the Rez
out of the kid.

920
00:47:14,668 --> 00:47:16,628
{\an8}Exactly. Exactly. So...

921
00:47:16,628 --> 00:47:18,213
{\an8}I think we're all,

922
00:47:18,213 --> 00:47:19,714
{\an8}even though we're living
in the city right now,

923
00:47:19,714 --> 00:47:22,300
we're all still
village boys at heart.

924
00:47:24,928 --> 00:47:27,847
Growing up in
Haida Gwaii, like, there's not...

925
00:47:27,847 --> 00:47:31,309
at one point, you wanna leave,
you know what I mean?

926
00:47:31,309 --> 00:47:33,395
At some point,
it becomes a little bit dull.

927
00:47:33,395 --> 00:47:38,108
You wanna go see the world,
see what the world has to offer,

928
00:47:38,108 --> 00:47:40,110
{\an8}so, it's good to, you know,
have a little...

929
00:47:40,110 --> 00:47:41,778
{\an8}little group of you
that can even get together

930
00:47:41,778 --> 00:47:43,154
{\an8}once or twice a week,
three times a week,

931
00:47:43,154 --> 00:47:45,824
{\an8}play basketball,
and get to know other people.

932
00:47:45,824 --> 00:47:47,409
So even if you guys
are in the paint,

933
00:47:47,409 --> 00:47:48,743
trying to post up,

934
00:47:48,743 --> 00:47:50,203
you're trying to get middle.

935
00:47:50,203 --> 00:47:52,288
Once you're through here,
you're cut off...

936
00:47:54,374 --> 00:47:57,085
I wanna help these guys
win a championship,

937
00:47:57,085 --> 00:47:59,337
these guys that I've developed
a relationship with

938
00:47:59,337 --> 00:48:00,505
over the past year,

939
00:48:00,505 --> 00:48:03,925
and prove to ourselves, like,
how good we've got.

940
00:48:05,427 --> 00:48:08,430
You see them winning, so you
wanna follow in their footsteps,

941
00:48:08,430 --> 00:48:10,724
you want to push yourself
to become what they are

942
00:48:10,724 --> 00:48:11,933
or do better.

943
00:48:33,663 --> 00:48:35,957
My body's
definitely feeling it.

944
00:48:35,957 --> 00:48:37,625
My spirit's
feeling it a little bit too.

945
00:48:41,755 --> 00:48:43,048
On Haida Gwaii
in the wintertime,

946
00:48:43,048 --> 00:48:44,799
I take winter plunges.

947
00:48:44,799 --> 00:48:47,344
Haidas been doing that
since time immemorial...

948
00:48:48,803 --> 00:48:51,806
...for that shock aspect
and reset aspect

949
00:48:51,806 --> 00:48:54,225
to my mental game
and my spirit.

950
00:49:03,068 --> 00:49:06,363
It's probably
one of the toughest moments...

951
00:49:11,117 --> 00:49:13,578
...'cause it's so cold,

952
00:49:13,578 --> 00:49:17,916
but what's gonna
hurt more than this?

953
00:49:18,792 --> 00:49:20,043
I already know

954
00:49:20,043 --> 00:49:23,922
that I've been through
something tougher...

955
00:49:23,922 --> 00:49:26,257
'cause I already know the pain.

956
00:49:29,594 --> 00:49:32,514
If you're afraid,
then you're gonna be afraid.

957
00:49:35,642 --> 00:49:37,519
That was tough.

958
00:49:37,519 --> 00:49:38,937
Like, it is what it is,

959
00:49:38,937 --> 00:49:41,398
and I am not really
afraid of much.

960
00:49:41,398 --> 00:49:42,399
Do you know what I mean?

961
00:49:42,399 --> 00:49:45,068
Like, in my life,
I'm not very afraid of anything,

962
00:49:45,068 --> 00:49:46,319
to tell you
the truth, right? So...

963
00:49:46,319 --> 00:49:47,320
- What about snakes?
- Pardon me?

964
00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:48,822
- What about snakes?
- Fuck them.

965
00:49:50,907 --> 00:49:52,701
But you get what
I'm saying, right?

966
00:49:52,701 --> 00:49:54,035
Like, us as Haida people

967
00:49:54,035 --> 00:49:56,246
were almost wiped out
from smallpox...

968
00:49:57,789 --> 00:49:59,290
...and then you move
into Residential Schools,

969
00:49:59,290 --> 00:50:00,625
a lot of our youth
being plucked out

970
00:50:00,625 --> 00:50:02,544
from here in Skidegate.

971
00:50:03,962 --> 00:50:07,632
Sometimes I just pull in here
and I'll just sit here,

972
00:50:07,632 --> 00:50:09,634
you know what I mean,
and I'll just reflect...

973
00:50:09,634 --> 00:50:11,094
on all of the good times

974
00:50:11,094 --> 00:50:13,096
and everything
that we've been through,

975
00:50:13,096 --> 00:50:15,306
to where we are now.

976
00:50:15,306 --> 00:50:17,475
And not only as an individual,
but as a village.

977
00:50:17,475 --> 00:50:19,102
You know what I mean?
And as the nation.

978
00:50:22,147 --> 00:50:23,732
Haida Nation,
the Haida people,

979
00:50:23,732 --> 00:50:25,900
were never defeated in war,

980
00:50:25,900 --> 00:50:27,068
never signed a treaty,

981
00:50:27,068 --> 00:50:30,030
never ceded
or surrendered our land.

982
00:50:30,030 --> 00:50:33,366
Our position's
remained the same

983
00:50:33,366 --> 00:50:34,576
since, you know,

984
00:50:34,576 --> 00:50:36,494
BC created a colony here,

985
00:50:36,494 --> 00:50:40,165
and then created BC,
and then joined Canada.

986
00:50:40,165 --> 00:50:43,335
We had never given up
our inheritance,

987
00:50:43,335 --> 00:50:47,338
which is Haida Gwaii
and the surrounding waters.

988
00:50:48,965 --> 00:50:50,967
This was the reason

989
00:50:50,967 --> 00:50:53,219
our people
started our own government

990
00:50:53,219 --> 00:50:56,014
and created
the Council of the Haida Nation,

991
00:50:56,014 --> 00:50:58,975
was to deal
with the land question,

992
00:50:58,975 --> 00:51:01,227
which, you know,
is called Haida Title

993
00:51:01,227 --> 00:51:03,146
or Haida Aboriginal Title.

994
00:51:08,568 --> 00:51:13,657
Athlii Gwaii
is one of our pivotal moments.

995
00:51:13,657 --> 00:51:18,119
It is a contemporary Haida story

996
00:51:18,119 --> 00:51:22,415
of standing up
for our title.

997
00:51:22,415 --> 00:51:25,210
Our people thought
we had deferred the logging

998
00:51:25,210 --> 00:51:27,253
in this really heavy-hit area,

999
00:51:27,253 --> 00:51:31,341
but then the province
changed their mind.

1000
00:51:31,341 --> 00:51:34,052
Meantime, our Council
of the Haida Nations forming,

1001
00:51:34,052 --> 00:51:36,304
because it's just terrifying

1002
00:51:36,304 --> 00:51:39,599
to see what's going on
with our islands.

1003
00:51:39,599 --> 00:51:41,476
They tried every avenue

1004
00:51:41,476 --> 00:51:43,853
to reason with Canada
and the province

1005
00:51:43,853 --> 00:51:46,481
to not log like that,

1006
00:51:46,481 --> 00:51:49,025
but it didn't work.

1007
00:51:49,025 --> 00:51:51,277
It did bring
the Haida Nation together.

1008
00:51:53,405 --> 00:51:56,366
Our people knew
we had to stop it ourselves.

1009
00:51:56,366 --> 00:51:58,994
We had to believe in ourselves,

1010
00:51:58,994 --> 00:52:01,788
in our culture,
in our Haida ways.

1011
00:52:01,788 --> 00:52:05,250
We decided that we were
gonna protect Athlii Gwaii

1012
00:52:05,250 --> 00:52:07,544
and stop this crazy logging.

1013
00:52:07,544 --> 00:52:09,087
<i>The Haidas call it
their homeland,</i>

1014
00:52:09,087 --> 00:52:10,422
<i>but Western Forest Products</i>

1015
00:52:10,422 --> 00:52:13,383
<i>has been given a license
to log on the island.</i>

1016
00:52:13,383 --> 00:52:16,261
It was
an opportunity to really examine

1017
00:52:16,261 --> 00:52:19,848
this dynamic of corporate greed
and government policy.

1018
00:52:19,848 --> 00:52:22,100
{\an8}<i>The logging contractor</i>

1019
00:52:22,100 --> 00:52:24,269
{\an8}<i>tried to get the Haidas
to move off a road today</i>

1020
00:52:24,269 --> 00:52:25,478
<i>so his trucks
could get through,</i>

1021
00:52:25,478 --> 00:52:27,355
<i>but the Haidas
wouldn't budge.</i>

1022
00:52:27,355 --> 00:52:30,442
We're not gonna
change our mind.

1023
00:52:30,442 --> 00:52:33,862
Our responsibility
is Haida Gwaii.

1024
00:52:33,862 --> 00:52:35,196
<i>The Haidas have chosen a site</i>

1025
00:52:35,196 --> 00:52:36,990
<i>for a permanent camp
on the island.</i>

1026
00:52:36,990 --> 00:52:39,951
<i>They're planning to stay as
long as the loggers are there.</i>

1027
00:52:39,951 --> 00:52:42,245
And we're taught,
through Haida ways of being,

1028
00:52:42,245 --> 00:52:44,289
how you have to be
respectful, hey?

1029
00:52:44,289 --> 00:52:46,499
{\an8}The world was watching.

1030
00:52:46,499 --> 00:52:47,792
{\an8}<i>Early this morning,</i>

1031
00:52:47,792 --> 00:52:48,960
<i>their backs to the loggers,</i>

1032
00:52:48,960 --> 00:52:51,379
<i>the Haida block
the logging road,</i>

1033
00:52:51,379 --> 00:52:54,007
<i>certain they have a moral right
to stop the loggers.</i>

1034
00:52:54,007 --> 00:52:55,175
The conflict

1035
00:52:55,175 --> 00:52:56,843
is not between

1036
00:52:56,843 --> 00:52:59,262
the Haida Nation
and the logger.

1037
00:53:00,555 --> 00:53:01,431
This is really

1038
00:53:01,431 --> 00:53:03,516
a government-to-government
conflict

1039
00:53:03,516 --> 00:53:06,394
that their laws,
their policies,

1040
00:53:06,394 --> 00:53:10,023
are what has
caused this situation.

1041
00:53:10,023 --> 00:53:11,983
Everybody's caught up
in the middle of it.

1042
00:53:11,983 --> 00:53:13,610
<i>The Haidas say</i>

1043
00:53:13,610 --> 00:53:15,820
<i>they have Aboriginal title
to the land</i>

1044
00:53:15,820 --> 00:53:17,655
<i>and want to keep it.</i>

1045
00:53:19,324 --> 00:53:22,744
There were 72 arrests.

1046
00:53:22,744 --> 00:53:24,412
<i>In the words of one woman,</i>

1047
00:53:24,412 --> 00:53:25,872
<i>she said she did it</i>

1048
00:53:25,872 --> 00:53:28,333
<i>because the need in her soul
to protect her land</i>

1049
00:53:28,333 --> 00:53:30,752
<i>happened to be stronger
than his law...</i>

1050
00:53:30,752 --> 00:53:34,047
<i>and that's where
BC's Chief Justice disagreed.</i>

1051
00:53:34,047 --> 00:53:35,465
<i>He said he could decide</i>

1052
00:53:35,465 --> 00:53:37,342
<i>only whether the Haida
had broken the law,</i>

1053
00:53:37,342 --> 00:53:39,677
<i>not whether they had
a valid land claim.</i>

1054
00:53:39,677 --> 00:53:41,471
<i>The people here, as you see,</i>

1055
00:53:41,471 --> 00:53:44,224
{\an8}are very well disciplined
in what they're going to do.

1056
00:53:44,224 --> 00:53:45,433
They had to be disciplined

1057
00:53:45,433 --> 00:53:46,935
to put up all this
in such a short time.

1058
00:53:48,186 --> 00:53:50,897
When we went to Lyell Island
for the blockade,

1059
00:53:50,897 --> 00:53:54,150
we didn't have
a chance to train.

1060
00:53:54,150 --> 00:53:56,152
{\an8}Nobody was ready
to go the All-Native,

1061
00:53:56,152 --> 00:53:57,904
{\an8}so we put together
the Nation team.

1062
00:53:58,780 --> 00:54:00,323
<i>Well, we're about set to go.</i>

1063
00:54:00,323 --> 00:54:01,908
<i>A minute and a half away
from the beginning of the game,</i>

1064
00:54:01,908 --> 00:54:04,828
<i>the 28th Annual All-Native
Basketball Tournament.</i>

1065
00:54:04,828 --> 00:54:05,870
Once upon a time,

1066
00:54:05,870 --> 00:54:07,831
we had the Haida Nation team,

1067
00:54:07,831 --> 00:54:09,165
which brought players together

1068
00:54:09,165 --> 00:54:12,585
from Skidegate,
Massett, and Hydaburg.

1069
00:54:12,585 --> 00:54:14,003
<i>...the Haida Nation,
coached by Arnold Bellis.</i>

1070
00:54:14,003 --> 00:54:17,340
At the same time,
we were trying to formulate

1071
00:54:17,340 --> 00:54:19,426
a constitution
for the Haida Nation,

1072
00:54:19,426 --> 00:54:22,053
and what basketball did

1073
00:54:22,053 --> 00:54:24,723
is put villages
in the stands together,

1074
00:54:24,723 --> 00:54:25,724
cheering for the same team,

1075
00:54:25,724 --> 00:54:28,768
and that made a big difference
in the politics.

1076
00:54:28,768 --> 00:54:32,063
<i>The Haida Gwaii have won
their first championship!</i>

1077
00:54:32,063 --> 00:54:33,481
When you get into basketball,

1078
00:54:33,481 --> 00:54:35,734
you learn how to organize,
you learn how to communicate,

1079
00:54:35,734 --> 00:54:39,738
{\an8}you learn how to function, eh,
as a bigger unit.

1080
00:54:48,079 --> 00:54:49,331
At one point,

1081
00:54:49,331 --> 00:54:51,333
all the leadership
on the BC Coast

1082
00:54:51,333 --> 00:54:52,876
come from basketball,

1083
00:54:52,876 --> 00:54:55,378
the background of basketball.

1084
00:54:55,378 --> 00:54:58,048
Basketball and sport,

1085
00:54:58,048 --> 00:54:59,966
it brings people together.

1086
00:54:59,966 --> 00:55:03,261
No matter what happens,
it just brings us together.

1087
00:55:06,514 --> 00:55:11,144
We did find a way
to eventually work with Canada

1088
00:55:11,144 --> 00:55:14,773
in creating Gwaii Haanas
as a protected area.

1089
00:55:14,773 --> 00:55:17,692
Ottawa and British Columbia
signed the deal

1090
00:55:17,692 --> 00:55:19,861
that formally declares
the South Moresby region

1091
00:55:19,861 --> 00:55:21,529
a National Park Reserve.

1092
00:55:21,529 --> 00:55:24,824
{\an8}For the first time
in about the last hundred years,

1093
00:55:24,824 --> 00:55:27,577
{\an8}the Haida Nation
and the Government of Canada

1094
00:55:27,577 --> 00:55:29,204
and the Government
of British Columbia

1095
00:55:29,204 --> 00:55:30,497
have agreed

1096
00:55:30,497 --> 00:55:33,541
that a very significant area
in our homelands

1097
00:55:33,541 --> 00:55:35,710
is to be left intact.

1098
00:55:35,710 --> 00:55:37,712
There's 51% of the island

1099
00:55:37,712 --> 00:55:40,799
that's been protected
without recognition of title

1100
00:55:40,799 --> 00:55:41,800
by the governments,

1101
00:55:41,800 --> 00:55:45,095
that our people
didn't just sit back and wait,

1102
00:55:45,095 --> 00:55:47,305
they made those things happen.

1103
00:55:47,305 --> 00:55:49,015
The story doesn't end

1104
00:55:49,015 --> 00:55:51,226
with Athlii Gwaii
and Gwaii Haanas,

1105
00:55:51,226 --> 00:55:54,145
but it sure showed Canada
and the province

1106
00:55:54,145 --> 00:55:56,481
that we're not gonna
change our mind.

1107
00:56:00,902 --> 00:56:03,530
Working
with the governments requires

1108
00:56:03,530 --> 00:56:06,491
you know, them recognizing
this is our land.

1109
00:56:08,493 --> 00:56:11,705
The Council of Haida Nation
has had to take to the courts.

1110
00:56:11,705 --> 00:56:15,250
We have an active
Haida Title case,

1111
00:56:15,250 --> 00:56:16,876
um, litigation going on,

1112
00:56:16,876 --> 00:56:19,587
so as the president,
my job is to move that forward.

1113
00:56:20,672 --> 00:56:22,507
This has been
an ongoing issue for us

1114
00:56:22,507 --> 00:56:24,801
for the past 50 years,

1115
00:56:24,801 --> 00:56:28,471
and within the last few years,
it's regained huge momentum.

1116
00:56:29,597 --> 00:56:32,767
You know, this year
is the 50th year

1117
00:56:32,767 --> 00:56:34,853
since the Council
of the Haida Nation

1118
00:56:34,853 --> 00:56:36,813
was formed.

1119
00:56:37,897 --> 00:56:40,400
Since I became President,
we set our sights

1120
00:56:40,400 --> 00:56:43,028
on looking
to take the title case

1121
00:56:43,028 --> 00:56:44,404
and sit at the table

1122
00:56:44,404 --> 00:56:48,324
to try to settle what we can
with BC and Canada...

1123
00:56:48,324 --> 00:56:49,909
and in the last
number of months,

1124
00:56:49,909 --> 00:56:52,495
just with BC, move forward

1125
00:56:52,495 --> 00:56:55,457
and take this big step together
as the Haida Nation.

1126
00:56:56,458 --> 00:56:58,460
Desi is
on the Council of Haida Nation

1127
00:56:58,460 --> 00:57:00,211
as a Skidegate rep.

1128
00:57:00,211 --> 00:57:02,047
You know,
Gaagwiis is our president.

1129
00:57:02,047 --> 00:57:04,049
That's not a fun job.

1130
00:57:06,926 --> 00:57:11,347
You have this
very important responsibility,

1131
00:57:11,347 --> 00:57:14,726
at times,
a heavy responsibility.

1132
00:57:14,726 --> 00:57:19,814
We're moving the nation forward,
running the nation, um...

1133
00:57:19,814 --> 00:57:23,276
you know, making sure
the Saints are strong,

1134
00:57:23,276 --> 00:57:25,737
and the basketball
side of things and...

1135
00:57:27,197 --> 00:57:30,325
...in terms of basketball,

1136
00:57:30,325 --> 00:57:32,327
can sometimes seem
like a silly game

1137
00:57:32,327 --> 00:57:33,745
of putting
the ball in the hoop...

1138
00:57:36,122 --> 00:57:37,290
...but, you know, here,

1139
00:57:37,290 --> 00:57:39,334
we're representing
your community

1140
00:57:39,334 --> 00:57:42,754
and your nation.

1141
00:57:42,754 --> 00:57:45,423
Every day,
you go to the grocery store,

1142
00:57:45,423 --> 00:57:48,426
or you go
to the gas station,

1143
00:57:48,426 --> 00:57:50,095
or you're around town,
you know,

1144
00:57:50,095 --> 00:57:52,722
people ask you, "Are you guys
ready for the All-Native?

1145
00:57:52,722 --> 00:57:55,141
You gonna win?
How are you gonna do?"

1146
00:57:55,141 --> 00:57:58,436
And so, you know, you might not
be thinking about it yourself,

1147
00:57:58,436 --> 00:58:00,730
but there's
almost daily reminders

1148
00:58:00,730 --> 00:58:04,442
of this thing that we're part of
that's bigger than us.

1149
00:58:07,445 --> 00:58:09,447
Like, I'm representing
the Haida Nation

1150
00:58:09,447 --> 00:58:12,033
in whatever it is that I do,

1151
00:58:12,033 --> 00:58:17,622
but we don't know what's gonna
happen at the All-Native.

1152
00:58:17,622 --> 00:58:19,499
I feel like, um...

1153
00:58:19,499 --> 00:58:22,794
you know,
we obviously wanna win,

1154
00:58:22,794 --> 00:58:25,046
and we obviously
want to be successful

1155
00:58:25,046 --> 00:58:27,966
in the way that we win.

1156
00:58:29,342 --> 00:58:31,928
{\an8}But it's coming up quick.

1157
00:58:31,928 --> 00:58:34,389
{\an8}Guys are actually
set to head off

1158
00:58:34,389 --> 00:58:35,974
{\an8}on the ferry tonight,

1159
00:58:35,974 --> 00:58:40,895
um... the goal to, uh,
get to that mountaintop.

1160
00:58:46,443 --> 00:58:49,070
Basketball is a passion,

1161
00:58:49,070 --> 00:58:51,072
it's a hobby.

1162
00:58:52,824 --> 00:58:57,746
It's almost like
a job at times, but...

1163
00:58:58,830 --> 00:59:00,248
I got kids.

1164
00:59:02,000 --> 00:59:04,461
Not that high!

1165
00:59:06,379 --> 00:59:07,714
When I play,
I play hard,

1166
00:59:07,714 --> 00:59:09,758
and I put everything
on the line,

1167
00:59:09,758 --> 00:59:13,261
and do whatever it takes
to try and win.

1168
00:59:17,599 --> 00:59:19,517
"Is it still worth it for me,
at this point,

1169
00:59:19,517 --> 00:59:21,436
to continue to do that?"

1170
00:59:21,436 --> 00:59:24,022
is the biggest question,
I guess.

1171
00:59:24,022 --> 00:59:25,774
You know, "Where am I at
with everything?"

1172
00:59:25,774 --> 00:59:28,109
I'm heading up
to the truck!

1173
00:59:29,652 --> 00:59:32,697
I need to be there for my kids
at the end of the day,

1174
00:59:32,697 --> 00:59:36,743
and that's what's
most important, family.

1175
00:59:36,743 --> 00:59:37,619
So...

1176
01:01:17,510 --> 01:01:19,637
<i>Ladies and gentlemen...</i>

1177
01:01:19,637 --> 01:01:21,723
<i>boys and girls...</i>

1178
01:01:21,723 --> 01:01:25,727
<i>basketball fans
from around the world,</i>

1179
01:01:25,727 --> 01:01:29,898
<i>welcome to the 64th Annual</i>

1180
01:01:29,898 --> 01:01:31,983
{\an8}All-Native
Basketball Tournament!

1181
01:01:41,493 --> 01:01:44,079
<i>Your Skidegate Intermediates.</i>

1182
01:01:47,248 --> 01:01:49,668
<i>The Skidegate Senior Men.</i>

1183
01:02:20,532 --> 01:02:22,534
Oh, he was dancing around.

1184
01:02:22,534 --> 01:02:24,953
"I know you.
I know your grandparents.

1185
01:02:24,953 --> 01:02:26,746
You guys are Haida Gwaii.
Let's go!"

1186
01:02:26,746 --> 01:02:29,290
"Fine. Fuck.
Okay, I'll dance."

1187
01:02:29,290 --> 01:02:30,417
I'll tell you, uh...

1188
01:02:30,417 --> 01:02:32,919
I should've, uh, I should've
danced a little bit more,

1189
01:02:32,919 --> 01:02:35,797
'cause, uh, you know,
as soon as I danced,

1190
01:02:35,797 --> 01:02:37,215
you know what I mean,
and then the second dance,

1191
01:02:37,215 --> 01:02:39,426
the second time they told me
to dance, I'm, like,

1192
01:02:39,426 --> 01:02:41,386
"Damn. Yeah, I'm feeling good,"
like, you know what I mean?

1193
01:02:41,386 --> 01:02:43,138
And it was just the beat,
do you know what I mean,

1194
01:02:43,138 --> 01:02:45,014
capturing the essence,
do you know what I mean,

1195
01:02:45,014 --> 01:02:48,143
of my spirit, I guess,
at the end of the day, right?

1196
01:02:48,143 --> 01:02:50,061
And that's what
you're feeling here, right?

1197
01:02:50,061 --> 01:02:51,896
It's the vibe
and it's the spirit,

1198
01:02:51,896 --> 01:02:55,650
and things are
being shaken to life.

1199
01:03:07,704 --> 01:03:12,083
So, we are
currently on location

1200
01:03:12,083 --> 01:03:14,627
in, uh, our home away from home,
in the Crest here,

1201
01:03:14,627 --> 01:03:17,464
{\an8}so you see our manager
and our head coach

1202
01:03:17,464 --> 01:03:19,924
{\an8}are also physio guys,

1203
01:03:19,924 --> 01:03:22,177
{\an8}and they do
a really good job of it

1204
01:03:22,177 --> 01:03:26,973
and keep us
in really good, uh, health,

1205
01:03:26,973 --> 01:03:30,769
and, uh,
we're getting older, so...

1206
01:03:32,103 --> 01:03:35,440
Yeah, we're chilling,
and everyone hangs out.

1207
01:03:35,440 --> 01:03:38,485
You know, we're very close.

1208
01:03:38,485 --> 01:03:39,694
I wouldn't say
a team, I guess...

1209
01:03:39,694 --> 01:03:40,653
well, you could say
we're a team,

1210
01:03:40,653 --> 01:03:42,280
but we're more of
a close group of friends.

1211
01:03:47,035 --> 01:03:49,120
We're lifelong friendships,

1212
01:03:49,120 --> 01:03:52,540
{\an8}and that, this is why
we are successful

1213
01:03:52,540 --> 01:03:53,792
{\an8}on the basketball court.

1214
01:03:56,920 --> 01:03:58,213
So, what's all this?

1215
01:03:58,213 --> 01:03:59,672
We were having

1216
01:03:59,672 --> 01:04:02,967
a little recruiting
information session.

1217
01:04:02,967 --> 01:04:04,135
Had a bunch left over,

1218
01:04:04,135 --> 01:04:07,138
so... yeah,
gotta help out the boys.

1219
01:04:08,264 --> 01:04:09,599
Forgot your donuts!

1220
01:04:11,810 --> 01:04:13,019
<i>Good morning, basketball fans.</i>

1221
01:04:13,019 --> 01:04:14,270
<i>We are here at the 64th Annual</i>

1222
01:04:14,270 --> 01:04:15,897
<i>All-Native
Basketball Tournament.</i>

1223
01:04:17,440 --> 01:04:20,193
{\an8}<i>We got a good matchup here.</i>

1224
01:04:20,193 --> 01:04:23,905
<i>Duane left open for three.
He takes it.</i>

1225
01:04:23,905 --> 01:04:26,825
<i>There you go! Jason Alsop
wide open for three.</i>

1226
01:04:26,825 --> 01:04:28,410
- Yeah!
<i>- No mistake on that.</i>

1227
01:04:28,410 --> 01:04:29,285
Way to go, Des!

1228
01:04:29,285 --> 01:04:31,287
<i>Running jumper, no good.</i>

1229
01:04:31,287 --> 01:04:34,332
<i>Big board.
Desi comes up with it.</i>

1230
01:04:35,000 --> 01:04:36,001
<i>Jason Alsop looking for his</i>

1231
01:04:36,001 --> 01:04:37,043
<i>third three
of the first half.</i>

1232
01:04:37,043 --> 01:04:39,504
<i>Jay, for his fourth, oh!</i>

1233
01:04:39,504 --> 01:04:41,089
<i>Oh, he's on fire.</i>

1234
01:04:41,089 --> 01:04:42,716
<i>The Saints move on
to the quarterfinals.</i>

1235
01:04:42,716 --> 01:04:45,010
- Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
- Come on!

1236
01:04:45,010 --> 01:04:47,220
He dove right on him!

1237
01:04:47,220 --> 01:04:48,179
Really good job.

1238
01:04:48,179 --> 01:04:50,265
Playing this morning,
coaching,

1239
01:04:50,265 --> 01:04:52,350
and now I'm gonna play
again this evening,

1240
01:04:52,350 --> 01:04:53,518
do you know what I mean?

1241
01:04:53,518 --> 01:04:55,353
It's a little bit tuckering.

1242
01:04:55,353 --> 01:04:57,689
<i>...double screen there.</i>

1243
01:04:57,689 --> 01:04:58,982
<i>Oh, gets a bit of an opening.</i>

1244
01:04:58,982 --> 01:05:00,734
<i>Tries for the hole,
goes up and under, nice!</i>

1245
01:05:00,734 --> 01:05:02,068
<i>And ahead one!</i>

1246
01:05:04,029 --> 01:05:05,822
<i>...back the other
way on a one-on-three.</i>

1247
01:05:05,822 --> 01:05:07,365
<i>Nice feed to Gamble.
Gamble up for two.</i>

1248
01:05:07,365 --> 01:05:09,784
<i>Kitkatla is starting
to find their way offensively.</i>

1249
01:05:09,784 --> 01:05:11,244
<i>Bomb!</i>

1250
01:05:11,244 --> 01:05:12,912
Fuckin' listen to me
right now.

1251
01:05:12,912 --> 01:05:15,749
Bring it to the opposite side
and drive to the hole!

1252
01:05:15,749 --> 01:05:17,125
<i>Puts the ball on the four.</i>

1253
01:05:17,125 --> 01:05:20,086
<i>Nice passing. Collinson.
At the hole.</i>

1254
01:05:20,086 --> 01:05:21,796
<i>Back outside to Jason.</i>

1255
01:05:21,796 --> 01:05:23,965
<i>Jason a wide-open three.</i>

1256
01:05:23,965 --> 01:05:26,760
<i>Tyler York to Edinger,
the transition.</i>

1257
01:05:28,344 --> 01:05:31,306
<i>Desi playing with four fouls.
Bringing his energy.</i>

1258
01:05:31,306 --> 01:05:33,349
<i>Over to Duane,
Duane all by himself,</i>

1259
01:05:33,349 --> 01:05:34,976
<i>and he nails it!</i>

1260
01:05:34,976 --> 01:05:38,605
<i>Skidegate punching their
ticket on to the semifinal.</i>

1261
01:05:39,939 --> 01:05:42,442
Oh, fuck, yeah.

1262
01:05:46,071 --> 01:05:48,239
Get my hair out of the water.

1263
01:05:54,287 --> 01:05:56,831
A lot of the looky-loos
in the Russell Gamble here

1264
01:05:56,831 --> 01:05:58,875
wanted to take a look
at this Burnaby squad.

1265
01:05:58,875 --> 01:06:00,168
You got Jesse Barnes
and the Jones Brothers.

1266
01:06:00,168 --> 01:06:02,670
I mean, come on! Yeah.
- Barnes and the Jones.

1267
01:06:02,670 --> 01:06:04,714
Barnes, big, bad move,

1268
01:06:04,714 --> 01:06:06,007
wreaking havoc
down in the paint.

1269
01:06:06,007 --> 01:06:08,009
<i>- Jones, he puts it up,
- Oh, ho!</i>

1270
01:06:08,009 --> 01:06:09,302
I'd say
I'm feeling pretty good.

1271
01:06:09,302 --> 01:06:10,762
Feeling pretty confident
right now.

1272
01:06:10,762 --> 01:06:12,222
<i>Kole Jones in a drive.</i>

1273
01:06:12,222 --> 01:06:15,850
<i>Strong take!
Burnaby in control.</i>

1274
01:06:15,850 --> 01:06:18,311
<i>That'll do it.
Final score 110-72.</i>

1275
01:06:18,311 --> 01:06:20,230
<i>What a game we have going on.</i>

1276
01:06:20,230 --> 01:06:22,065
Saints are always
gonna do their job.

1277
01:06:22,065 --> 01:06:25,193
They're always gonna be like
a championship-level team.

1278
01:06:25,193 --> 01:06:28,780
I just think we have a team
that could give them a good run.

1279
01:06:28,780 --> 01:06:29,823
<i>They got the talent.</i>

1280
01:06:29,823 --> 01:06:31,491
<i>They got the heart.</i>

1281
01:06:31,491 --> 01:06:32,742
<i>They got the hoopers.</i>

1282
01:06:32,742 --> 01:06:33,952
<i>Big rebound there by Jones,</i>

1283
01:06:33,952 --> 01:06:36,121
<i>Another offensive ward
by Ty Jones.</i>

1284
01:06:36,121 --> 01:06:38,206
<i>What a workhorse.</i>

1285
01:06:38,206 --> 01:06:40,667
<i>And that's gonna do it,
I think, though,</i>

1286
01:06:40,667 --> 01:06:43,878
<i>as Burnaby punches their ticket
to the finals.</i>

1287
01:06:43,878 --> 01:06:47,340
<i>The Kitkatla Warriors versus
the Skidegate Saints here.</i>

1288
01:06:47,340 --> 01:06:48,341
<i>Here we go.</i>

1289
01:06:48,341 --> 01:06:50,760
<i>Winner of this
going on to take on Burnaby.</i>

1290
01:06:50,760 --> 01:06:52,762
<i>Hands off to Desi.
Oh, nice! Ooh.</i>

1291
01:06:52,762 --> 01:06:56,391
And gets the hoop.

1292
01:06:56,391 --> 01:06:58,435
Yeah, Skidegate on a bit
of a run to finish the first.

1293
01:06:58,435 --> 01:07:00,311
Things are starting
to heat up here.

1294
01:07:01,896 --> 01:07:06,943
Oh! He gets the hoop!

1295
01:07:06,943 --> 01:07:09,404
Go, Saints, go!
Go, Saints, go!

1296
01:07:14,617 --> 01:07:16,411
{\an8}I don't think
I've ever experienced

1297
01:07:16,411 --> 01:07:18,121
the atmosphere
like the All-Native.

1298
01:07:18,121 --> 01:07:19,664
<i>Driving, and Duane's in it!</i>

1299
01:07:19,664 --> 01:07:21,124
<i>Oh! Another charge.</i>

1300
01:07:21,124 --> 01:07:22,667
It's just like
a different type of energy.

1301
01:07:25,420 --> 01:07:27,797
Having those fans backing you up

1302
01:07:27,797 --> 01:07:30,133
and hearing those Native chants
and stuff like that,

1303
01:07:30,133 --> 01:07:32,010
I don't think there's
any feeling in the world

1304
01:07:32,010 --> 01:07:33,303
that's gonna compare to that.

1305
01:07:33,303 --> 01:07:34,554
<i>Wide open, Desi under the hoop,</i>

1306
01:07:34,554 --> 01:07:36,473
<i>that'll do... it, folks!</i>

1307
01:07:36,473 --> 01:07:39,351
<i>Skidegate going to the final
to play against Burnaby here.</i>

1308
01:07:39,351 --> 01:07:42,270
<i>Yeah. Rematch of
that great final last year.</i>

1309
01:07:42,270 --> 01:07:44,856
We've played with these guys,

1310
01:07:44,856 --> 01:07:46,149
like, all our lives,

1311
01:07:46,149 --> 01:07:49,152
so I feel like it's gonna
be kind of awkward at first.

1312
01:07:49,152 --> 01:07:51,613
This is kind of like
a must-win year.

1313
01:07:51,613 --> 01:07:52,947
I don't think
we'll ever hear the end of it

1314
01:07:52,947 --> 01:07:54,699
if we don't win this year.

1315
01:07:54,699 --> 01:07:55,784
There any updates on Burnaby?

1316
01:07:58,203 --> 01:08:00,080
They're not gonna win.

1317
01:08:01,122 --> 01:08:04,084
Last year,
Skidegate won the championship.

1318
01:08:04,084 --> 01:08:06,670
You fast-forward to this year,
and here we are again,

1319
01:08:06,670 --> 01:08:07,545
but they now have

1320
01:08:07,545 --> 01:08:09,964
three very prominent
Skidegate players

1321
01:08:09,964 --> 01:08:11,257
that are playing
with Burnaby.

1322
01:08:11,257 --> 01:08:13,760
I played with Skidegate for...

1323
01:08:13,760 --> 01:08:15,887
every year I played in the All-
Native Basketball Tournament.

1324
01:08:15,887 --> 01:08:19,724
This is kinda the first year
I've been away from Haida Gwaii.

1325
01:08:22,435 --> 01:08:23,728
Hey! Hey! Hey!

1326
01:08:26,189 --> 01:08:29,067
{\an8}I... I hope so.

1327
01:08:29,067 --> 01:08:31,861
{\an8}That's the game plan.

1328
01:08:31,861 --> 01:08:33,488
{\an8}It's definitely
gonna be different,

1329
01:08:33,488 --> 01:08:35,615
{\an8}playing on the opposite side
this time,

1330
01:08:35,615 --> 01:08:38,660
{\an8}not being the, uh...
not being the good guys.

1331
01:08:38,660 --> 01:08:40,203
{\an8}Mm-hmm.

1332
01:08:58,179 --> 01:09:01,307
Yeah, well,
we're playing Burnaby.

1333
01:09:01,307 --> 01:09:03,101
I walk by and I, you know,

1334
01:09:03,101 --> 01:09:04,477
I did have an interaction
with Jesse,

1335
01:09:04,477 --> 01:09:06,813
and that's my first interaction
with him this week.

1336
01:09:06,813 --> 01:09:08,982
It seems like I run into
everybody at the Crest, though.

1337
01:09:08,982 --> 01:09:10,525
Man, I wasn't trying
to get involved.

1338
01:09:10,525 --> 01:09:12,193
I didn't even know you're here.
I was just coming up...

1339
01:09:12,193 --> 01:09:15,030
I just walked in. That was my...
- Yeah.

1340
01:09:15,030 --> 01:09:17,157
Coincidentally, you're here.

1341
01:09:17,157 --> 01:09:18,533
That wasn't on purpose.

1342
01:09:18,533 --> 01:09:20,910
If it is, Michael,
you can blame Michael.

1343
01:09:20,910 --> 01:09:22,162
Yeah.

1344
01:09:22,162 --> 01:09:24,289
Hey, let's get a photo
together, for fuck's sakes.

1345
01:09:24,289 --> 01:09:27,125
- All right.
- Fuck. Where's my phone?

1346
01:09:27,125 --> 01:09:27,959
You take it,
I don't have a phone,

1347
01:09:27,959 --> 01:09:30,128
and send it to me.

1348
01:09:30,128 --> 01:09:32,756
Fucking... fucker.

1349
01:09:32,756 --> 01:09:34,007
You ready?

1350
01:09:34,007 --> 01:09:35,258
Three, two...

1351
01:09:35,258 --> 01:09:38,219
Mm. Yeah. I don't know.

1352
01:09:38,219 --> 01:09:39,262
Like, uh...

1353
01:09:39,262 --> 01:09:41,139
they played really well
last night,

1354
01:09:41,139 --> 01:09:43,391
um, the young fellas,
do you know what I mean,

1355
01:09:43,391 --> 01:09:45,060
from Skidegate,
they played really well, right?

1356
01:09:45,060 --> 01:09:46,478
Like...

1357
01:09:48,104 --> 01:09:49,648
You know, once I got
onto the court,

1358
01:09:49,648 --> 01:09:50,732
and, you know, I seen them,

1359
01:09:50,732 --> 01:09:53,568
I was just, like, "Ah, geez.
God, they're just kids."

1360
01:09:54,611 --> 01:09:57,322
How's the body feeling
before the game?

1361
01:09:57,322 --> 01:09:59,741
{\an8}It's feeling as good
as it could be,

1362
01:09:59,741 --> 01:10:01,743
{\an8}at this point in time.

1363
01:10:01,743 --> 01:10:03,912
{\an8}Um, you feeling ready?

1364
01:10:03,912 --> 01:10:06,623
{\an8}Oh, I'm always ready. Just old.

1365
01:10:07,540 --> 01:10:09,000
How are you feeling, Gaagwiis?

1366
01:10:09,000 --> 01:10:11,920
100%. Ready to go.

1367
01:10:11,920 --> 01:10:13,213
Been through this before,

1368
01:10:13,213 --> 01:10:16,883
so I think we know
what to expect, you know.

1369
01:10:16,883 --> 01:10:21,054
{\an8}40 minutes left to play...

1370
01:10:21,054 --> 01:10:23,056
{\an8}then it's over.

1371
01:10:23,056 --> 01:10:24,182
But they're good.

1372
01:10:24,182 --> 01:10:26,518
I think
we're gonna hit 'em quick.

1373
01:10:26,518 --> 01:10:27,394
And be consistent.

1374
01:10:27,394 --> 01:10:29,604
That's all
I'm looking for tonight.

1375
01:10:29,604 --> 01:10:32,023
They did get better
from last year.

1376
01:10:32,023 --> 01:10:32,983
You know what I mean?

1377
01:10:32,983 --> 01:10:34,192
Like, these are young fellas.

1378
01:10:34,192 --> 01:10:36,069
They're a good team.

1379
01:10:36,069 --> 01:10:39,781
We're the old fellas with a mix
of a little bit of young fellas.

1380
01:10:39,781 --> 01:10:42,951
Yeah. I'm gonna
adjust my penis here.

1381
01:10:44,577 --> 01:10:46,204
Ah, the Burnaby Chiefs

1382
01:10:46,204 --> 01:10:47,997
are better, in some ways...

1383
01:10:47,997 --> 01:10:50,333
and maybe they're hungry, too.

1384
01:10:50,333 --> 01:10:52,961
I think they thought they were
gonna beat us last year,

1385
01:10:52,961 --> 01:10:54,671
so, you know, they're motivated.

1386
01:10:54,671 --> 01:10:56,965
That's a lot of
what this is about, right?

1387
01:10:56,965 --> 01:10:58,800
There's not many places in life

1388
01:10:58,800 --> 01:11:03,888
where you are physically
and spiritually tested

1389
01:11:03,888 --> 01:11:08,351
and, um, have to find
that place in yourself.

1390
01:11:10,061 --> 01:11:12,063
Duane and J will step it up.

1391
01:11:12,063 --> 01:11:15,734
Yeah, we'll see what happens.

1392
01:11:15,734 --> 01:11:18,403
For myself, it has
been a little bit tiring.

1393
01:11:18,403 --> 01:11:20,155
Coaching two a day, playing,

1394
01:11:20,155 --> 01:11:21,990
then coaching two a day
and playing,

1395
01:11:21,990 --> 01:11:23,158
but it's gonna end.

1396
01:11:23,158 --> 01:11:24,409
There's gonna be 40 minutes,

1397
01:11:24,409 --> 01:11:26,411
and I'm gonna be back
to regular life.

1398
01:11:26,411 --> 01:11:28,872
It's, like, why not just go hard
for that 40 minutes?

1399
01:11:30,165 --> 01:11:32,208
I've already came
this far, right?

1400
01:11:33,293 --> 01:11:36,004
Let's play how we play...

1401
01:11:37,422 --> 01:11:39,924
...and let's do what we do.

1402
01:11:39,924 --> 01:11:41,843
And let's enjoy it.

1403
01:11:41,843 --> 01:11:43,303
You know?

1404
01:11:43,303 --> 01:11:47,682
Like, not much more
we can do than that...

1405
01:11:48,767 --> 01:11:51,853
...so for me, it's, uh...
yeah, let the good times roll.

1406
01:11:51,853 --> 01:11:52,729
You know?

1407
01:12:06,117 --> 01:12:07,452
<i>Good evening, everybody.</i>

1408
01:12:07,452 --> 01:12:09,079
<i>Welcome to the final game</i>

1409
01:12:09,079 --> 01:12:12,165
<i>of the 64th Annual All-Native
Basketball Tournament.</i>

1410
01:12:12,165 --> 01:12:15,377
<i>The Skidegate Saints looking
to defend their championship</i>

1411
01:12:15,377 --> 01:12:17,128
<i>as they go up
against Burnaby again.</i>

1412
01:12:17,128 --> 01:12:22,467
<i>The implications of this game
are absolutely insane.</i>

1413
01:12:22,467 --> 01:12:24,469
<i>If you don't know
this storyline,</i>

1414
01:12:24,469 --> 01:12:26,846
<i>then where have you been?!</i>

1415
01:12:26,846 --> 01:12:28,848
<i>It's been the story
of the tournament.</i>

1416
01:12:28,848 --> 01:12:31,476
<i>Everybody has been waiting
for this to happen.</i>

1417
01:12:31,476 --> 01:12:33,228
You know, we're part of

1418
01:12:33,228 --> 01:12:37,107
that Haida legacy
of basketball.

1419
01:12:37,107 --> 01:12:39,442
You know, I think
we're just trying to

1420
01:12:39,442 --> 01:12:41,778
push it where we can
as long as we can,

1421
01:12:41,778 --> 01:12:43,947
and, um...

1422
01:12:43,947 --> 01:12:46,116
and so it forces you to...

1423
01:12:46,116 --> 01:12:48,952
raise your spirit
in a certain way.

1424
01:12:51,579 --> 01:12:53,957
I think the nerves
come with the territory.

1425
01:12:55,583 --> 01:12:59,087
You know, you have that
feeling in your stomach, and...

1426
01:12:59,087 --> 01:13:01,131
if you don't feel that way,

1427
01:13:01,131 --> 01:13:02,924
then you either
don't want it or...

1428
01:13:02,924 --> 01:13:05,176
or, uh, you're not ready.

1429
01:13:09,347 --> 01:13:13,018
And once the game starts
and the ball is thrown up,

1430
01:13:13,018 --> 01:13:14,936
it all goes out the window.

1431
01:13:16,271 --> 01:13:17,772
<i>Well, we got it going!</i>

1432
01:13:17,772 --> 01:13:21,109
<i>Saints of Skidegate here,
looking to regain their title.</i>

1433
01:13:21,109 --> 01:13:22,819
<i>Duane Alsop swings it over.</i>

1434
01:13:22,819 --> 01:13:24,612
<i>York has to force up
a tough one.</i>

1435
01:13:24,612 --> 01:13:27,824
<i>He gets it! Ty York
opening up the scoring.</i>

1436
01:13:27,824 --> 01:13:29,659
<i>Jones... elevating.</i>

1437
01:13:29,659 --> 01:13:31,619
<i>High bounce, and it goes in.</i>

1438
01:13:31,619 --> 01:13:32,662
Hey!

1439
01:13:32,662 --> 01:13:34,122
<i>Wheeling and dealing...</i>

1440
01:13:34,122 --> 01:13:35,165
Get there! Get there!

1441
01:13:35,165 --> 01:13:36,708
<i>Going to work on the baseline,</i>

1442
01:13:36,708 --> 01:13:39,711
<i>spinning, and he gets
that tough bucket to go!</i>

1443
01:13:39,711 --> 01:13:42,714
<i>Desi with the hesi.
Back iron, no good.</i>

1444
01:13:42,714 --> 01:13:44,966
<i>Four-point lead here
for the Saints.</i>

1445
01:13:44,966 --> 01:13:48,053
<i>Duane... for three...</i>

1446
01:13:48,053 --> 01:13:49,721
<i>It's Duane!</i>

1447
01:13:52,140 --> 01:13:53,308
Let's go!

1448
01:13:53,308 --> 01:13:55,393
<i>...thinks about it.</i>

1449
01:13:55,393 --> 01:13:57,854
<i>Stolen away there by York.</i>

1450
01:13:57,854 --> 01:13:59,481
<i>York running...</i>

1451
01:13:59,481 --> 01:14:01,858
<i>Moore, stopping, elevating.</i>

1452
01:14:01,858 --> 01:14:03,234
<i>Getting it to go!
It's Tyler York!</i>

1453
01:14:03,234 --> 01:14:05,487
<i>Yeah, kind of
just like last year,</i>

1454
01:14:05,487 --> 01:14:07,072
<i>Skidegate getting off
to a great start.</i>

1455
01:14:07,072 --> 01:14:09,157
- Defense on three!
- One, two, three, defense!

1456
01:14:09,157 --> 01:14:11,326
<i>Now an 11-point
lead here for Skidegate.</i>

1457
01:14:11,326 --> 01:14:12,911
<i>1:32 to go,
first quarter.</i>

1458
01:14:12,911 --> 01:14:14,412
<i>Oh, wow! He almost
broke Marlon's ankle.</i>

1459
01:14:14,412 --> 01:14:15,914
<i>- Oh!
- What?</i>

1460
01:14:17,916 --> 01:14:20,085
<i>Elevating, it's Kobe,
gets that one to go.</i>

1461
01:14:20,085 --> 01:14:22,545
<i>Driving in,
Joel Richardson,</i>

1462
01:14:22,545 --> 01:14:25,090
<i>J Rich putting it in! 40-26.</i>

1463
01:14:25,090 --> 01:14:26,424
Going into the half.

1464
01:14:26,424 --> 01:14:28,301
The defending champions firing!

1465
01:14:30,887 --> 01:14:32,180
Whoo!

1466
01:14:32,180 --> 01:14:33,515
Really good job.

1467
01:14:33,515 --> 01:14:35,100
We just gotta swing it
a little quicker.

1468
01:14:35,100 --> 01:14:36,601
We're a little late, like,
fucking late rotating.

1469
01:14:36,601 --> 01:14:38,269
We're outrunning them
and outpowering them,

1470
01:14:38,269 --> 01:14:39,562
you know what I mean?

1471
01:14:39,562 --> 01:14:42,107
So we gotta keep advancing,
you know what I'm saying?

1472
01:14:42,107 --> 01:14:43,191
Advancing it. Advancing it.

1473
01:14:43,191 --> 01:14:45,652
Let's use the key,
let's get the best shot, okay?

1474
01:14:45,652 --> 01:14:48,863
That's 20 minutes.
We got 20 more. We got 20 more.

1475
01:14:48,863 --> 01:14:50,740
Just get out
with the get-down!

1476
01:14:50,740 --> 01:14:54,077
Like wild salmon.
Keep fucking swimming wild.

1477
01:14:54,077 --> 01:14:56,204
Right? We're out of the pen now.

1478
01:14:56,204 --> 01:15:00,000
Out of the pen! Whoo!

1479
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:02,711
- Saints on three!
- One, two, three, Saints!

1480
01:15:03,712 --> 01:15:04,921
<i>Welcome back, sports fans.</i>

1481
01:15:04,921 --> 01:15:06,631
<i>Here we are,
Russell Gamble Gymnasium.</i>

1482
01:15:06,631 --> 01:15:08,675
Everybody take
a deep breath with me.

1483
01:15:08,675 --> 01:15:09,968
Here we go.
We're gonna inhale.

1484
01:15:09,968 --> 01:15:11,219
Three, two, one, inhale.

1485
01:15:12,345 --> 01:15:15,140
Hold it. Exhale!

1486
01:15:15,140 --> 01:15:17,183
I exhaled too quick.
Darn it.

1487
01:15:17,183 --> 01:15:18,643
<i>Here we go.</i>

1488
01:15:18,643 --> 01:15:20,186
<i>Kobe... swings it out.</i>

1489
01:15:20,186 --> 01:15:22,981
<i>TK wide open.</i>

1490
01:15:22,981 --> 01:15:24,983
<i>Ty... Jones, no good!</i>

1491
01:15:24,983 --> 01:15:26,067
<i>Rebound.</i>

1492
01:15:26,067 --> 01:15:28,278
<i>Barnes... tips it out.</i>

1493
01:15:28,278 --> 01:15:31,573
<i>Kobe stepping in...
off the glass!</i>

1494
01:15:31,573 --> 01:15:33,783
<i>Another big offensive board
by Ty Jones.</i>

1495
01:15:33,783 --> 01:15:35,452
<i>He goes to the hoop.
Clutches and gets it to go!</i>

1496
01:15:35,452 --> 01:15:36,745
<i>Ty Jones!</i>

1497
01:15:36,745 --> 01:15:38,413
<i>Still a nine-point lead
here for Skidegate.</i>

1498
01:15:38,413 --> 01:15:39,581
<i>Momentum seems to be</i>

1499
01:15:39,581 --> 01:15:40,999
<i>shifting a little bit here.</i>

1500
01:15:40,999 --> 01:15:42,709
<i>Jesse swings it out.</i>

1501
01:15:42,709 --> 01:15:44,544
<i>Ty Jones looking
for back-to-back Jacks,</i>

1502
01:15:44,544 --> 01:15:45,503
<i>He's got 'em!</i>

1503
01:15:45,503 --> 01:15:47,338
<i>All right. here come the Chiefs.</i>

1504
01:15:47,338 --> 01:15:48,631
Let's go, now.

1505
01:15:48,631 --> 01:15:51,968
Hey, hey, let's kick it
back into action, okay?

1506
01:15:51,968 --> 01:15:53,636
What are we?
- Wild!

1507
01:15:53,636 --> 01:15:55,430
Let's go. Let's go!

1508
01:15:55,430 --> 01:15:56,848
Here we go,
let's pick it up again.

1509
01:15:56,848 --> 01:15:58,933
- Defense on three!
- One, two, three, defense!

1510
01:15:58,933 --> 01:16:01,770
<i>Glory awaits
for the winner of this game.</i>

1511
01:16:01,770 --> 01:16:03,980
<i>Kobe McKnight crossing up.</i>

1512
01:16:03,980 --> 01:16:06,149
<i>Going to the lane...
slipping in!</i>

1513
01:16:06,149 --> 01:16:07,650
<i>Now York, he's stepping in.</i>

1514
01:16:07,650 --> 01:16:08,818
<i>Up off the glass...</i>

1515
01:16:08,818 --> 01:16:10,904
<i>and he gets
the tough roll to go!</i>

1516
01:16:10,904 --> 01:16:13,990
<i>Tyler York running the floor.
Jones with speed.</i>

1517
01:16:13,990 --> 01:16:15,575
<i>Down to Barnes,
he puts it in!</i>

1518
01:16:15,575 --> 01:16:18,787
<i>2:30 to go here
in the third.</i>

1519
01:16:18,787 --> 01:16:21,539
<i>Edinger, trying to shake off
his defender.</i>

1520
01:16:21,539 --> 01:16:24,084
<i>Stolen away there by Ty Jones.</i>

1521
01:16:24,084 --> 01:16:25,168
<i>Down to Barnes.</i>

1522
01:16:25,168 --> 01:16:27,420
<i>Great entry pass
in for the big man from Burnaby,</i>

1523
01:16:27,420 --> 01:16:29,130
<i>Jesse Barnes,</i>

1524
01:16:29,130 --> 01:16:30,673
<i>and we got a tie game</i>

1525
01:16:30,673 --> 01:16:32,384
here in the championship game!

1526
01:16:32,384 --> 01:16:34,260
Hey, we got 14 points
that quarter!

1527
01:16:34,260 --> 01:16:36,012
We need the same shit
right now!

1528
01:16:36,012 --> 01:16:38,264
<i>McKnight down to Barnes.</i>

1529
01:16:38,264 --> 01:16:39,474
<i>Things picking up here.</i>

1530
01:16:39,474 --> 01:16:40,642
<i>The pace is frantic!</i>

1531
01:16:40,642 --> 01:16:42,977
<i>Championship on the line.</i>

1532
01:16:42,977 --> 01:16:44,771
<i>Speeding into the lane
for a lead.</i>

1533
01:16:44,771 --> 01:16:47,565
<i>Oh! That's the lead.
Burnaby.</i>

1534
01:16:50,068 --> 01:16:53,238
Ten minutes!

1535
01:16:56,616 --> 01:16:58,326
Get up. Let's go.

1536
01:16:58,326 --> 01:17:00,203
Right now. Let's go.

1537
01:17:00,203 --> 01:17:01,538
Let's go. Saints on three!

1538
01:17:01,538 --> 01:17:02,831
One, two, three, Saints!

1539
01:17:02,831 --> 01:17:04,124
<i>And here we go.</i>

1540
01:17:04,124 --> 01:17:05,417
<i>Drives in, foul.</i>

1541
01:17:05,417 --> 01:17:08,545
<i>J Alsop gonna head to the line
for a couple free throws.</i>

1542
01:17:08,545 --> 01:17:10,630
<i>That's his first miss
from the line here.</i>

1543
01:17:10,630 --> 01:17:12,507
<i>Whoa! 0 for two there.</i>

1544
01:17:12,507 --> 01:17:14,134
<i>Saints falling flat here.</i>

1545
01:17:14,134 --> 01:17:15,218
<i>Launching... three...</i>

1546
01:17:15,218 --> 01:17:17,345
<i>Hitting! Three!</i>

1547
01:17:17,345 --> 01:17:19,305
<i>Gets the good roll.</i>

1548
01:17:19,305 --> 01:17:21,015
<i>That's a three!</i>

1549
01:17:21,015 --> 01:17:22,684
<i>Jones. Kole.</i>

1550
01:17:22,684 --> 01:17:24,519
<i>Elevating on the left side,
and he puts it in!</i>

1551
01:17:24,519 --> 01:17:27,814
<i>Kole Jones!</i>

1552
01:17:27,814 --> 01:17:31,776
Keep playing defense, yo.

1553
01:17:31,776 --> 01:17:33,778
- Defense on three!
- One, two, three, defense!

1554
01:17:33,778 --> 01:17:36,531
Dig in. Advance the ball. Okay?

1555
01:17:36,531 --> 01:17:37,741
- Let's go!
- Let's go, let's go!

1556
01:17:37,741 --> 01:17:39,951
<i>York over to Edinger.</i>

1557
01:17:39,951 --> 01:17:42,120
<i>Edinger, wide-open lane.
Puts that up and in.</i>

1558
01:17:42,120 --> 01:17:45,040
<i>He answers back,
but Saints down 11.</i>

1559
01:17:49,544 --> 01:17:51,504
<i>Desi... going to work.</i>

1560
01:17:52,797 --> 01:17:55,216
<i>He gets fouled there
by Ty Jones.</i>

1561
01:17:57,635 --> 01:17:58,720
<i>You can feel
the nervous energy</i>

1562
01:17:58,720 --> 01:18:01,097
<i>here in the Russell Gamble.</i>

1563
01:18:19,032 --> 01:18:21,242
Well, you know,
when you win all the time...

1564
01:18:23,036 --> 01:18:27,040
...it can happen.

1565
01:18:27,040 --> 01:18:29,167
You know what I mean?
You expect to win.

1566
01:18:32,420 --> 01:18:34,381
Right? And you can
become content.

1567
01:18:37,801 --> 01:18:39,386
It ain't easy being breezy, right?

1568
01:18:39,386 --> 01:18:41,179
It's tough being the best.

1569
01:18:44,474 --> 01:18:46,518
I just don't know
how much longer

1570
01:18:46,518 --> 01:18:48,686
we can sustain
something like that.

1571
01:18:52,732 --> 01:18:54,359
Like, it's just tough.

1572
01:18:57,112 --> 01:18:58,238
<i>It really boils down</i>

1573
01:18:58,238 --> 01:18:58,947
<i>to these final minutes,</i>

1574
01:18:58,947 --> 01:19:00,865
<i>they gotta make all of these.</i>

1575
01:19:00,865 --> 01:19:03,535
<i>That was up,
he's fouled hard there by Kobe.</i>

1576
01:19:03,535 --> 01:19:05,328
<i>Championship on the line.</i>

1577
01:19:05,328 --> 01:19:07,372
<i>Step back three.</i>

1578
01:19:07,372 --> 01:19:09,040
<i>Kobe bangs it down!</i>

1579
01:19:09,040 --> 01:19:12,127
<i>Burnaby just caught fire
here in the fourth!</i>

1580
01:19:12,127 --> 01:19:14,045
There's still lots of time!
We can get some threes!

1581
01:19:14,045 --> 01:19:16,047
Fucking get some lay-ups, right?
Let's go!

1582
01:19:20,051 --> 01:19:21,636
<i>Here come the Saints.</i>

1583
01:19:21,636 --> 01:19:22,804
<i>Final minute of the game here.</i>

1584
01:19:22,804 --> 01:19:24,180
<i>They need some,
stolen away by Barnes!</i>

1585
01:19:24,180 --> 01:19:26,307
<i>Barnes... two!</i>

1586
01:19:29,269 --> 01:19:32,272
<i>Time not on the side
of the Saints of Skidegate.</i>

1587
01:19:32,272 --> 01:19:33,356
<i>Here comes Burnaby.</i>

1588
01:19:35,233 --> 01:19:38,778
<i>Now the Saints
are on the ropes.</i>

1589
01:19:38,778 --> 01:19:40,989
<i>Precious seconds here.</i>

1590
01:19:40,989 --> 01:19:43,867
<i>Barnes, good on that one.</i>

1591
01:19:43,867 --> 01:19:45,660
<i>I think they're just
gonna dribble out.</i>

1592
01:19:45,660 --> 01:19:47,495
<i>The Chiefs of Burnaby
came marching in,</i>

1593
01:19:47,495 --> 01:19:50,498
<i>and they got the title!</i>

1594
01:19:50,498 --> 01:19:52,751
<i>Burnaby, your champions, 2024!</i>

1595
01:19:52,751 --> 01:19:54,044
<i>Great performance.</i>

1596
01:19:54,044 --> 01:19:55,503
<i>A very deadly roster there.</i>

1597
01:19:55,503 --> 01:19:58,798
<i>I mean, they're just loaded
as leading all-scorers.</i>

1598
01:19:58,798 --> 01:20:01,259
<i>Descent from the field
for Skidegate,</i>

1599
01:20:01,259 --> 01:20:03,303
<i>and, uh,
they come in second place,</i>

1600
01:20:03,303 --> 01:20:05,805
<i>so what a tournament,</i>

1601
01:20:05,805 --> 01:20:08,266
<i>already, it's a wrap.</i>

1602
01:20:23,865 --> 01:20:27,285
Aw, shit, eh, Duane?
Sorry. Fuck.

1603
01:20:27,285 --> 01:20:28,286
Dammit!

1604
01:20:45,303 --> 01:20:47,389
I don't know
if I can keep doing this.

1605
01:20:47,389 --> 01:20:50,725
Yeah.

1606
01:20:50,725 --> 01:20:52,811
Oh, fuck!

1607
01:20:55,230 --> 01:20:57,232
Well...

1608
01:20:59,693 --> 01:21:01,903
Well, well, well.

1609
01:21:26,511 --> 01:21:28,596
All right, let's go. Sorry.

1610
01:21:28,596 --> 01:21:30,682
Saints on three!

1611
01:21:30,682 --> 01:21:31,808
One, two, three, Saints!

1612
01:21:35,270 --> 01:21:37,522
Shit.

1613
01:21:37,522 --> 01:21:40,275
I guess I taught them well.

1614
01:21:41,693 --> 01:21:42,944
Let's go!

1615
01:21:42,944 --> 01:21:44,863
Let's go, y'all!

1616
01:21:45,947 --> 01:21:46,990
We appreciate you guys.

1617
01:21:46,990 --> 01:21:48,033
We love you guys.

1618
01:21:48,033 --> 01:21:49,409
Actually, we really appreciate

1619
01:21:49,409 --> 01:21:50,952
how hard you guys work.

1620
01:21:50,952 --> 01:21:52,829
We're gonna be back, obviously.

1621
01:21:52,829 --> 01:21:54,748
Huh, I don't know
who's coming back,

1622
01:21:54,748 --> 01:21:55,999
but we'll see.

1623
01:21:55,999 --> 01:21:58,543
Yeah. Hey, always love
competing with you.

1624
01:21:59,627 --> 01:22:02,756
I love competing against
you guys. Always a good time.

1625
01:22:02,756 --> 01:22:04,507
- Love you guys.
- Love you too.

1626
01:22:18,563 --> 01:22:21,608
Number two in the tournament,
number one in the hearts!

1627
01:22:21,608 --> 01:22:22,734
Yeah!

1628
01:22:22,734 --> 01:22:24,569
Skidegate!

1629
01:22:26,988 --> 01:22:28,531
It feels amazing, man.

1630
01:22:28,531 --> 01:22:31,117
Any time, any time you can win
the All-Native Tournament,

1631
01:22:31,117 --> 01:22:32,535
it's a great feeling,

1632
01:22:32,535 --> 01:22:34,829
especially because it's one of
the hardest tournaments to win,

1633
01:22:34,829 --> 01:22:37,290
I feel like,
and it just feels amazing.

1634
01:22:42,879 --> 01:22:45,048
Yeah, for me,
it's, uh...

1635
01:22:45,048 --> 01:22:48,468
you know,
when I look at basketball...

1636
01:22:48,468 --> 01:22:50,387
that's the goal,

1637
01:22:50,387 --> 01:22:53,431
to win games
and to win championships.

1638
01:22:55,350 --> 01:22:58,436
Like, when you can win
together as a team,

1639
01:22:58,436 --> 01:23:00,438
and you can move together
as a team,

1640
01:23:00,438 --> 01:23:03,233
it's, you know,
there's no feeling like that.

1641
01:23:03,233 --> 01:23:05,026
You feel like you're levitating.

1642
01:23:05,026 --> 01:23:06,695
That's the most freeing
feeling for me.

1643
01:23:08,446 --> 01:23:10,407
Feel free as a bird.

1644
01:23:11,491 --> 01:23:13,368
Catch the raven.

1645
01:23:14,577 --> 01:23:17,664
But, you know,
that's gonna come and go.

1646
01:23:17,664 --> 01:23:18,873
That's the truth, right?

1647
01:23:18,873 --> 01:23:21,209
Like, you're gonna
experience that in life,

1648
01:23:21,209 --> 01:23:24,963
because it is a give-take
situation, right?

1649
01:23:24,963 --> 01:23:26,715
The tide's coming up,
the tide's going down.

1650
01:23:28,633 --> 01:23:30,260
The experience along the way,

1651
01:23:30,260 --> 01:23:34,222
the road along the way
is the real experience.

1652
01:23:34,222 --> 01:23:34,931
'Cause...

1653
01:23:34,931 --> 01:23:37,434
Ah, shit, like...

1654
01:23:37,434 --> 01:23:39,686
how can I explain this
in the best possible way?

1655
01:23:39,686 --> 01:23:41,146
But...

1656
01:23:41,146 --> 01:23:43,773
I-I don't know.
I'm just trying...

1657
01:23:43,773 --> 01:23:45,859
I'm...

1658
01:23:45,859 --> 01:23:48,653
I'm just trying to be able
to, you know,

1659
01:23:48,653 --> 01:23:50,822
to learn, myself, best I can,

1660
01:23:50,822 --> 01:23:53,366
in order to...
to give back best I can.

1661
01:24:05,295 --> 01:24:07,255
You know,
it is always disappointing

1662
01:24:07,255 --> 01:24:09,132
to not rise to the occasion

1663
01:24:09,132 --> 01:24:12,344
and step up
for what the team needs.

1664
01:24:13,595 --> 01:24:15,555
You know, I didn't play
as well as I could.

1665
01:24:15,555 --> 01:24:17,182
I didn't get my shots off.

1666
01:24:18,433 --> 01:24:22,771
Maybe I didn't quite have
enough emotional energy left

1667
01:24:22,771 --> 01:24:24,147
at that point,

1668
01:24:24,147 --> 01:24:27,650
all of the, you know,
the political...

1669
01:24:27,650 --> 01:24:29,110
responsibilities.

1670
01:24:32,906 --> 01:24:36,618
I'm happy for Jesse
and Kole and Tyler.

1671
01:24:36,618 --> 01:24:38,536
They showed their spirit.

1672
01:24:38,536 --> 01:24:40,997
They showed
what they're made of.

1673
01:24:40,997 --> 01:24:44,125
Maybe it did take
playing against us to do that,

1674
01:24:44,125 --> 01:24:47,712
to get that challenge,
to have that bar,

1675
01:24:47,712 --> 01:24:50,215
and in the end,
it's a beautiful thing to see,

1676
01:24:50,215 --> 01:24:52,300
you know, even if
it's at our expense.

1677
01:24:54,260 --> 01:24:56,763
Despite what happens,

1678
01:24:56,763 --> 01:24:59,307
we still trust each other,
we still love each other,

1679
01:24:59,307 --> 01:25:01,393
we still respect each other,

1680
01:25:01,393 --> 01:25:03,353
you know, how we handle
victory and defeat,

1681
01:25:03,353 --> 01:25:07,565
and, um... the show goes on.

1682
01:25:09,651 --> 01:25:10,527
{\an8}<i>Good afternoon!</i>

1683
01:25:10,527 --> 01:25:13,822
{\an8}<i>Thank you for tuning
into tfsetv.ca,</i>

1684
01:25:13,822 --> 01:25:15,615
{\an8}<i>here in the Single "A" Bracket</i>

1685
01:25:15,615 --> 01:25:18,952
{\an8}<i>of the BC Boys' Provincial
Basketball Championship.</i>

1686
01:25:18,952 --> 01:25:21,079
{\an8}I had the opportunity to go down

1687
01:25:21,079 --> 01:25:24,165
{\an8}to the high school
boys' provincials,

1688
01:25:24,165 --> 01:25:28,378
be part of the Gidgalang
Kuuyas Naay Breakers,

1689
01:25:28,378 --> 01:25:32,006
be assistant coach there
with my brother, Duane,

1690
01:25:32,006 --> 01:25:34,175
and with Desi,
the head coach.

1691
01:25:34,175 --> 01:25:35,301
All right,
everybody close their eyes

1692
01:25:35,301 --> 01:25:37,345
and take a deep breath.

1693
01:25:37,345 --> 01:25:40,098
That's one heart.
One breath.

1694
01:25:40,098 --> 01:25:42,517
One heart, one breath.

1695
01:25:42,517 --> 01:25:45,103
The high-school
basketball team

1696
01:25:45,103 --> 01:25:49,107
was 60% Haidas
and was 40% mix.

1697
01:25:49,107 --> 01:25:50,400
So you've got Haidas

1698
01:25:50,400 --> 01:25:52,569
and you've got our Canadian
neighbours together,

1699
01:25:52,569 --> 01:25:54,571
playing together.

1700
01:25:54,571 --> 01:25:56,489
It's just
a tiny little school,

1701
01:25:56,489 --> 01:25:58,158
and whoever wants
to show up to play ball

1702
01:25:58,158 --> 01:25:59,951
gets to play.

1703
01:25:59,951 --> 01:26:01,369
It's not like they cut anybody,

1704
01:26:01,369 --> 01:26:04,039
'cause there's no one to...
there's not enough kids,

1705
01:26:04,039 --> 01:26:06,249
so it's pretty remarkable
how well they do.

1706
01:26:08,418 --> 01:26:10,337
{\an8}<i>...in the right spot
at the right time!</i>

1707
01:26:10,337 --> 01:26:11,629
<i>He goes to his left. No!</i>

1708
01:26:11,629 --> 01:26:12,756
<i>Rebounded by Laughlin.</i>

1709
01:26:12,756 --> 01:26:14,841
<i>That three is good!</i>

1710
01:26:14,841 --> 01:26:18,011
{\an8}<i>To the floor without losing
any kind of steam!</i>

1711
01:26:18,011 --> 01:26:19,763
<i>The three, it's good!</i>

1712
01:26:21,139 --> 01:26:22,974
Hard! Hard!

1713
01:26:22,974 --> 01:26:25,185
Gaagwiis and Duane and Desi,

1714
01:26:25,185 --> 01:26:26,603
they take it seriously.

1715
01:26:26,603 --> 01:26:28,688
They've been
role models to everyone.

1716
01:26:28,688 --> 01:26:31,441
They really show us what it is
to be a Haida warrior.

1717
01:26:31,441 --> 01:26:34,319
Them having our backs,
and always being there for us,

1718
01:26:34,319 --> 01:26:35,820
it's just so awesome.

1719
01:26:37,030 --> 01:26:39,491
Nobody expected us
to go as far as we did.

1720
01:26:39,491 --> 01:26:41,076
We really shocked everyone.

1721
01:26:41,076 --> 01:26:44,412
<i>Woo! Do you believe?</i>

1722
01:26:44,412 --> 01:26:50,085
<i>Gidgalang Kuuyas Naay
is going to the finals!</i>

1723
01:26:57,467 --> 01:26:59,260
♪ Oh... ♪

1724
01:26:59,260 --> 01:27:01,012
♪ Who wants to smoke with me? ♪

1725
01:27:01,012 --> 01:27:02,389
♪ Who wants to smoke
with me? ♪

1726
01:27:02,389 --> 01:27:03,598
♪ Who wants to smoke with me? ♪

1727
01:27:03,598 --> 01:27:04,599
♪ Yo! ♪

1728
01:27:04,599 --> 01:27:05,934
- ♪ Who wants to smoke with me? ♪
- ♪ Yo! ♪

1729
01:27:05,934 --> 01:27:07,018
♪ Who wants to smoke with me? ♪

1730
01:27:07,018 --> 01:27:08,353
- ♪ Yo! ♪
- ♪ Who wants to smoke with me? ♪

1731
01:27:08,353 --> 01:27:09,813
<i>This is the first time ever</i>

1732
01:27:09,813 --> 01:27:11,481
<i>a boys sports team</i>

1733
01:27:11,481 --> 01:27:13,274
<i>from as far away
as Haida Gwaii</i>

1734
01:27:13,274 --> 01:27:16,736
<i>has made it
to the Championship Finals.</i>

1735
01:27:16,736 --> 01:27:18,947
They'd put Haida Gwaii
on the provincial map,

1736
01:27:18,947 --> 01:27:21,491
on the national map.

1737
01:27:21,491 --> 01:27:23,201
It was a story that
superseded the tournament.

1738
01:27:23,201 --> 01:27:26,955
To see the boys
come together and represent

1739
01:27:26,955 --> 01:27:30,250
not just the Haida community,
but the Haida Gwaii community...

1740
01:27:30,250 --> 01:27:31,292
One, two, three, Breakers!

1741
01:27:31,292 --> 01:27:33,378
You need each other.

1742
01:27:33,378 --> 01:27:36,631
You need everybody to chip in
and do their part.

1743
01:27:36,631 --> 01:27:38,675
It was special
to be a part of it.

1744
01:27:42,011 --> 01:27:43,304
<i>Now, at this time,</i>

1745
01:27:43,304 --> 01:27:45,140
<i>we ask you all to please rise
and remove your hats</i>

1746
01:27:45,140 --> 01:27:47,642
<i>for the national anthems.</i>

1747
01:27:47,642 --> 01:27:50,770
They surprised us all
by having Donnie Edenshaw,

1748
01:27:50,770 --> 01:27:53,732
this really good singer,
recorded the national anthem,

1749
01:27:53,732 --> 01:27:56,693
so they're all there,
arms around each other...

1750
01:28:13,501 --> 01:28:15,170
It was played in a context

1751
01:28:15,170 --> 01:28:19,382
that was cross-cultural,

1752
01:28:19,382 --> 01:28:21,926
to sing our anthem with pride
and joy and happiness

1753
01:28:21,926 --> 01:28:23,762
and full understanding

1754
01:28:23,762 --> 01:28:26,222
of how cool and beautiful it is
to be from here.

1755
01:28:28,683 --> 01:28:31,061
By the time, you know,
the game started,

1756
01:28:31,061 --> 01:28:32,937
I was, like, "We won."

1757
01:28:35,065 --> 01:28:37,025
We were stars one day,

1758
01:28:37,025 --> 01:28:38,443
and we will keep playing,

1759
01:28:38,443 --> 01:28:40,570
and people still have
a lot of respect for us,

1760
01:28:40,570 --> 01:28:43,448
but now we see, you know,
Levi and Temo are the...

1761
01:28:43,448 --> 01:28:45,325
they're the stars now.

1762
01:28:47,744 --> 01:28:49,871
They're the next legacy
that's coming up

1763
01:28:49,871 --> 01:28:52,207
to carry the torch,

1764
01:28:52,207 --> 01:28:53,625
and I think that's fabulous.

1765
01:28:55,210 --> 01:28:57,796
Inspiring a new generation...

1766
01:28:57,796 --> 01:28:59,756
what more could you ask for?

1767
01:29:00,507 --> 01:29:02,258
One, two, three, Breakers!

1768
01:29:05,512 --> 01:29:06,721
What they accomplished

1769
01:29:06,721 --> 01:29:09,766
is probably more rewarding
and more of what it's about

1770
01:29:09,766 --> 01:29:11,434
for me, at this point.

1771
01:29:13,728 --> 01:29:17,232
They didn't win,
but the pride and the respect,

1772
01:29:17,232 --> 01:29:18,942
and everything
that came out of that,

1773
01:29:18,942 --> 01:29:21,528
it just shows what it means
when you really play

1774
01:29:21,528 --> 01:29:24,656
for something
that's bigger than yourself.

1775
01:29:24,656 --> 01:29:26,157
They were doing it together,

1776
01:29:26,157 --> 01:29:28,827
and that captures
the essence of Haida Gwaii,

1777
01:29:28,827 --> 01:29:32,664
of how First Nations,
Haidas, and non-Haidas

1778
01:29:32,664 --> 01:29:34,332
have to co-exist
and work together

1779
01:29:34,332 --> 01:29:35,917
for a common goal.

1780
01:29:47,512 --> 01:29:49,222
{\an8}<i>An historic agreement</i>

1781
01:29:49,222 --> 01:29:50,640
{\an8}<i>has been signed</i>

1782
01:29:50,640 --> 01:29:53,309
<i>in the community
of Skidegate on Haida Gwaii.</i>

1783
01:29:53,309 --> 01:29:55,603
<i>The first-of-its-kind deal</i>

1784
01:29:55,603 --> 01:29:58,773
<i>shifts ownership
jurisdiction of land</i>

1785
01:29:58,773 --> 01:30:01,026
<i>from the Crown
to the Haida Nation.</i>

1786
01:30:01,026 --> 01:30:02,902
<i>Negotiations have been ongoing</i>

1787
01:30:02,902 --> 01:30:04,195
<i>for more than 20 years.</i>

1788
01:30:04,195 --> 01:30:06,031
That work is being done

1789
01:30:06,031 --> 01:30:07,532
negotiating,

1790
01:30:07,532 --> 01:30:10,577
and sitting at the table
and in court,

1791
01:30:10,577 --> 01:30:14,831
continuing that journey
of looking after things here

1792
01:30:14,831 --> 01:30:18,543
for now
and for future generations.

1793
01:30:21,046 --> 01:30:23,673
The Haida Nation
and the province,

1794
01:30:23,673 --> 01:30:28,178
we have reached
a Haida Title Lands Agreement.

1795
01:30:28,178 --> 01:30:31,598
<i>On a table
strewn with cedar boughs,</i>

1796
01:30:31,598 --> 01:30:33,933
<i>Haida leaders
and government officials</i>

1797
01:30:33,933 --> 01:30:36,436
<i>sign a ground-breaking
land agreement</i>

1798
01:30:36,436 --> 01:30:39,272
<i>called "Rising Tide."</i>

1799
01:30:39,272 --> 01:30:40,774
Politically,

1800
01:30:40,774 --> 01:30:42,650
the Province
of British Columbia

1801
01:30:42,650 --> 01:30:45,362
is prepared to recognize
Haida Aboriginal Title

1802
01:30:45,362 --> 01:30:49,741
to all the land
that BC has tried to claim...

1803
01:30:50,867 --> 01:30:52,369
Which means that,

1804
01:30:52,369 --> 01:30:54,788
you know, this concept
of Crown Land

1805
01:30:54,788 --> 01:30:57,749
that the government
has imposed,

1806
01:30:57,749 --> 01:31:02,754
it no longer would exist
on Haida Gwaii.

1807
01:31:07,801 --> 01:31:10,178
Today, we are
creating a new story

1808
01:31:10,178 --> 01:31:13,306
in our history here...

1809
01:31:13,306 --> 01:31:15,100
and it lays the foundation

1810
01:31:15,100 --> 01:31:16,434
for a future together

1811
01:31:16,434 --> 01:31:19,521
where we can
acknowledge the truth,

1812
01:31:19,521 --> 01:31:20,939
acknowledge the history,

1813
01:31:20,939 --> 01:31:23,066
but also look forward

1814
01:31:23,066 --> 01:31:26,653
to build a brighter future
for the Haida Nation

1815
01:31:26,653 --> 01:31:29,114
and the people
of Haida Gwaii,

1816
01:31:29,114 --> 01:31:32,534
and provide hope and inspiration

1817
01:31:32,534 --> 01:31:35,495
for others across the province
and the country,

1818
01:31:35,495 --> 01:31:39,457
and show how our title
could be recognized

1819
01:31:39,457 --> 01:31:43,128
and we could carve
a future together

1820
01:31:43,128 --> 01:31:45,380
that is good for everybody.

1821
01:31:45,380 --> 01:31:47,424
<i>BC Premier David Eby</i>

1822
01:31:47,424 --> 01:31:48,717
<i>says this will be</i>

1823
01:31:48,717 --> 01:31:51,761
<i>one of the greatest highlights
of his life.</i>

1824
01:31:51,761 --> 01:31:53,638
When we introduce this new law

1825
01:31:53,638 --> 01:31:55,432
in the Legislative Assembly,

1826
01:31:55,432 --> 01:31:57,767
it will be
the first time in Canada

1827
01:31:57,767 --> 01:32:00,228
the title is recognized
in this way.

1828
01:32:02,814 --> 01:32:04,983
These are huge steps
that we've taken,

1829
01:32:04,983 --> 01:32:07,777
and when I say huge steps,
I mean huge steps.

1830
01:32:07,777 --> 01:32:11,072
David, are you 6'6", 6'7"ish?

1831
01:32:11,072 --> 01:32:14,200
Geesh. You know
we play basketball around here,

1832
01:32:14,200 --> 01:32:16,244
there's two hoops
right here, so...

1833
01:32:28,923 --> 01:32:31,176
There's something in humans

1834
01:32:31,176 --> 01:32:33,928
that you don't just survive
as a person or a people,

1835
01:32:33,928 --> 01:32:37,349
they survive as a culture,
as a nationhood, hey?

1836
01:32:37,349 --> 01:32:38,683
Identity.

1837
01:32:41,353 --> 01:32:43,563
To do it with Desi there,

1838
01:32:43,563 --> 01:32:45,607
there at my right hand...

1839
01:32:47,525 --> 01:32:50,654
...to have my brother
and the support of the team,

1840
01:32:50,654 --> 01:32:53,156
always there to have my back,

1841
01:32:53,156 --> 01:32:54,658
we all go through

1842
01:32:54,658 --> 01:32:58,370
this experience and journey
and life together,

1843
01:32:58,370 --> 01:33:00,955
not just as one team,

1844
01:33:00,955 --> 01:33:07,170
but as a nation, as a people
who persevered through so much.

1845
01:33:14,469 --> 01:33:15,845
I'm here today
as the President,

1846
01:33:15,845 --> 01:33:17,389
Elected President
of the Haida Nation,

1847
01:33:17,389 --> 01:33:19,516
with our delegation

1848
01:33:19,516 --> 01:33:23,228
of hereditary chiefs,
elected leaders,

1849
01:33:23,228 --> 01:33:26,606
past leaders, Haida citizens,

1850
01:33:26,606 --> 01:33:28,441
allies of the Haida Nation

1851
01:33:28,441 --> 01:33:30,777
who stood with us

1852
01:33:30,777 --> 01:33:34,489
to encourage you all
to support this bill,

1853
01:33:34,489 --> 01:33:37,200
to support what is right.

1854
01:33:37,200 --> 01:33:40,078
The mandate
of our nation's government,

1855
01:33:40,078 --> 01:33:41,162
when it was formed,

1856
01:33:41,162 --> 01:33:42,080
was title

1857
01:33:42,080 --> 01:33:44,916
and recognition of nation
and government.

1858
01:33:44,916 --> 01:33:50,255
We all know
Haida Gwaii is Haida land,

1859
01:33:50,255 --> 01:33:53,591
has always been,
and will always be.

1860
01:33:55,260 --> 01:33:58,430
In this 50th year,

1861
01:33:58,430 --> 01:34:00,765
it'll be realized.

1862
01:34:00,765 --> 01:34:03,935
{\an8}Move forward unanimously
together

1863
01:34:03,935 --> 01:34:07,897
{\an8}in passing this bill
as good British Columbians,

1864
01:34:07,897 --> 01:34:10,191
{\an8}for the good of the province,

1865
01:34:10,191 --> 01:34:11,985
{\an8}as good Canadians,

1866
01:34:11,985 --> 01:34:15,113
{\an8}and in the spirit
of this truth

1867
01:34:15,113 --> 01:34:18,575
{\an8}and reconciliation and hope,

1868
01:34:18,575 --> 01:34:20,535
be part of making things right

1869
01:34:20,535 --> 01:34:23,455
{\an8}in this province
and in this country.

1870
01:34:23,455 --> 01:34:25,874
{\an8}<i>Háw'aa.</i>
Thank you for listening.

1871
01:34:40,972 --> 01:34:45,477
How can you not
dedicate your life...

1872
01:34:45,477 --> 01:34:48,271
...to your people and your home,

1873
01:34:48,271 --> 01:34:52,984
when you know that's what
your ancestors did for you?

1874
01:34:52,984 --> 01:34:57,822
How can you not dedicate
your life to Haida Gwaii?

1875
01:35:21,805 --> 01:35:23,515
When the tide's coming up,

1876
01:35:23,515 --> 01:35:24,933
you ask it for something.

1877
01:35:24,933 --> 01:35:26,518
When it's going down,
do you know what I mean,

1878
01:35:26,518 --> 01:35:29,646
you wash your problems away.

1879
01:35:31,356 --> 01:35:35,860
It gives a strong essence
of being the village boy.

1880
01:35:35,860 --> 01:35:38,405
For me,
the island and the culture,

1881
01:35:38,405 --> 01:35:41,199
you know,
shape exactly who I am.

1882
01:35:43,076 --> 01:35:47,038
The culture is what's making us
as strong as we are.

1883
01:35:48,206 --> 01:35:49,874
And now, the funny thing is,

1884
01:35:49,874 --> 01:35:52,752
well, the basketball culture
is the culture,

1885
01:35:52,752 --> 01:35:56,923
and it's allowed us to survive
and be who we are today.

1886
01:35:56,923 --> 01:35:58,133
Yeah.