To protect children in these cases
from having access to it.
in that way as well.
So what do you think right now, with
all the issues presented, education,
cannabis regulation,
missing and murdering indigenous
women, what would your
opinion say is what's next?
What do the states really, the
tribes really need to push with the
state? That is a tough question.
because they're all equally as
important.
Let me think.
So they're all equally as important.
Missing and murdered Indigenous
women and relatives is certainly
critical in
our state, and you have to look at
where we are.
We're located between Chicago,
we're located between Duluth, where
that's a major hub, international
hub, with freight coming in and out
of there, and then
just being that,
Just having that.
Human Trafficking Trail through our
state, and human trafficking, we
know, is directly related
to MMIW.
We know that human trafficking
is more lucrative than
drugs, because you don't have to
re-up on a human.
You can use that person over and
over.
I worked on the Human Trafficking
Awareness and Prevention Project
in the state, and interviewed
a forensic nurse out of Rock County,
and she told us that Milwaukee is...
At Pimp University, people come to
Milwaukee to learn how
to dehumanize.
That's in our state.
And so, you know, we can't say that
the issue is not real, the issue is
real if you're not trusting.
The other incredibly important
issue to our people is
protecting the water, protecting our
waterways.
So we have the biggest
watershed in the world, one of the
biggest watersheds in the world,
Lake Superior and the Great Lakes.
So what are we doing to protect
them? I know what the tribes are
doing to protect them.
So, tribes,
you know, and he said it in the
speech, Chairman Fowler
said in the speech that that is
our inherent responsibility
to protect
our earth and protect our waterways.
So all of our legislation,
all of our environmental projects
are to do that.
To not only protect them but to
enhance them through, you know,
water restoration projects and
things of that nature.
But I think it's critical that the
tribes and the state work together
to protect our waterways.
Yes, absolutely.
So I think, like I said, there's
a lot of issues that
President Fowler or Chairman Fowler
brought up that are as
important to tribes as they should
be to the state, and that working
together in collaboration is
definitely what we need to do.
And having these addresses every
year and gathering and seeing
our representatives, our state
representatives on the floor and
supporting our chair.
Chairperson at the time has given
the speech and standing up and
giving applause for certain issues
And it's really refreshing to see
that they support us like that so
having these events in this
particular state of the tribes
address is Critical
to the state tribal relations
and continuing good relationships
Absolutely, thank you so much great
interview
Thank you.
Thanks.
Thank you. Let me take a quick...