ᎠᏗᏍᎬᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎠᎴ ᎾᎥ ᏄᎾᏓᎴᏫᏒ ᎤᎳᏗᏢ ᎠᏂᎳᏍᏓᏢ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏄᏅᏁᎸ ᎤᏂᎫᏍᏓᎥ ᎾᎿ Standing Rock ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᏍᎬ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᎭ ᎠᏂᏐᎢ ᎠᏁᎯᏯ ᎠᏂᏴᏫ ᎤᏦᏎᏗ ᏄᎾᎵᏍᏓᏁᎲ ᎠᎴ ᏓᏂᎳᏍᏓᏢ ᏯᏛᎾ ᎤᏠᏯ ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏰᎵ “ᎡᎵᏊ ᏱᏳᏂᎭ ᎾᎿ ᎠᏟᎢᎵᏒ ᏗᎬᏩᏂᏍᏕᎸᏙᏗ ᏱᎩ ᏂᎦᏓ.”
He said the CN and communities surrounding the tribe have shown support for Standing Rock and by doing so it shows there are other Indigenous struggles out there that tribes such as the CN “can potentially be tied into for a future benefit for all.”