Challenges Quote by Perry Bellegarde

“Being the only Indian in class, I had to be able to stand up and defend myself and debate the others when they tried to say: "You Indians get everything free." People have stereotypes of Indigenous people. I learned to challenge in a respectful way.”

Perry Bellegarde

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