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Bid ~ get these settled, 11ie'II be able to move forward dn bnprovlng the life of our people." · . 'lboae few sentences eleared the underbrush. I had e to non-Indian experts, t.ended to stress that tutional matters were las·lm.portant than -land lalms and accea to ,eac,uree1,esaenU&lfthe .... lncll.&U&la ... nsw are to raiae their lt,ppalling living standards. ~'s true too, but here was ~ en Important Indian leader ling me that progress must made on &I fronts. I asked miat be meant by . ~tutlonal justice. · C .. We have to start a heallDc ~rocea. 1be only way the iConstltutlon can work is that should be on a full and basis with first ministers. I know it's heresy but the fact of the matter is' that we're distinct, that we have inherent rights of self-government. That's a fact - ltJust hasn't received the recognition. · .. --We're suggesting a co-operative relationship with the two levels of government. with full input into the kind of development that occurs - in many areas - from James Bay (hydro development in Indian . lands) to mining in Manitoba and Saskatchewan to logging on the Queen Charlotte Islands. "It means protecting the land but it doesn't mean saying no to development. It isn't radie& - it's practical. It means constitutional · recognition of this right to participate."