 So I wish you all a good day, and I welcome you all to Georgia in my language, in your language, Montreal, unseated Ganyongahaga Mohawk territory. My name is Gowonodos, I'm Bear Clan from Ganoaga. Our culture says that when we begin any kind of gathering that we should begin by giving thanks, giving thanks to everything on Mother Earth, giving thanks to our Creator for what He gave us to sustain us. These are the teachings that we received. These are the teachings that were given at the beginning of time. You see, at the beginning of time everything on Earth was given a job to do. And to this day everything on Earth is doing exactly what they're supposed to do. And I know there's a lot of government officials here today, so I suggest everybody really open their ears, open their hearts, open their minds. Because to this day everything on Mother Earth is doing exactly what it was they were told to do. Everything except us, the human beings. And our original instructions were simple. Love one another, honor and respect one another. And this is the harm reduction conference. We are supposed to be working to reduce harm. To reduce harm to each other, we need to begin by reducing harm to our Mother, the Earth, and to everything that grows on her. Last year at one of your conferences, I did the opening and I brought water for those of you who remember. I brought water with me from North Dakota where they were drilling for the pipelines. After the conference, I took that water that I brought with me from North Dakota and we did a ceremony by the Rapids. And we prayed that our mighty St. Lawrence Rapids go and help the Missouri River because the government officials, the oil companies were killing that river. But no one listened. So maybe it's time you open your ears, open your hearts and open your minds and remember that everything on Earth is doing exactly what they were told to do but you. Do you want to reduce harm? Start by reducing harm to Mother Earth and everything that grows on her. So now as we get started, I'm going to do that prayer. I'm not going to translate it because it's very long. But at the beginning of the prayer, I'm going to bring our minds as one. And as I think, as I pray for the elements on Mother Earth, I will say so be it in your minds. And at the end of the prayer, I will say that's as far as I can go in this prayer. If there is anything in creation that I have forgotten, I leave it to you to fix in your minds. So as I'm saying this prayer, I ask you in your minds to say your own prayer for Mother Earth and for all the elements. And I'm sure there are enough people here. If there's anything I forget in my prayer, one of you will remember. I'm not going to translate it. I'm not going to translate it. I'm not going to translate it. I'm not going to translate it. I'm not going to translate it. I'm not going to translate it. I'm not going to translate it. I'm not going to translate it. I'm not going to translate it. So as I thank all these things in creation, all the elements on Earth and in Sky World, I think of how our world would be if all these elements decided one day not to do their job anymore, just like the human beings. What would our world be like if our brother, the son, decided not to come out one morning? What would our world be like if the birds decided we're not singing our songs anymore? What would our world be like if the trees decided we don't need to grow our leaves? The human beings don't need oxygen? What would our world be like if our rivers, lakes and streams all dried up? It starts today, not yesterday. Now, doesn't start tomorrow, doesn't start next week. It needs to start now with each and every one of us. So with that, I wish you all a good four days and I will see you in four days at the end of the conference, but I'll be around. So before I get off the stage, let me just do one since I already beat the drum for Rick. This was probably one of the first songs that the colonizers would have heard arriving on our lands because when they arrived on our lands, we welcomed them with open arms and we brought them. We fed them, clothed them, showed them how to live and we probably welcomed them with this song which is a friendship. And with that, welcome to Ganyongge Haagam Mohawk Territory.