So said Ron Evans, chief of the Norway House Cree Nation in Manitoba, Canada, who is currently leading a mission of thirty young aboriginal leaders to Israel to study culture and society in the Jewish state. Evans continued, “Israel’s story demonstrates how an ancient people can maintain their heritage while embracing the modern world, and in so doing achieve self-determination.”
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/04/25/3093836/aboriginal-leaders-from-canada-to-visit-israel