Transcript: Britta Guerrero

As a member of a Native community, one is accountable to one’s elders

[Guerrero:]: I’m accountable to my Aunties, I’m accountable to my elders in my community, and if they see me doing something that is hurtful to myself or others, then I can be called on that. When you’re part of the Native community you play a part, there is a role for you, and you know people there to tell you that you have to answer to them. I think it’s expected when we are very dispersed and we are not engaging each other, you’re able to do things without someone telling you, and you may not know that you’re making a bad choice, but when you’ve got people holding you to a higher standard, and they tell you something, you have respect for them, and you want to make sure that you heed their words and that you follow in their footsteps and that you don’t disappoint them.