This is an exam­ple of the fiery speech­es that for­mer Grand Chief George Eras­mus was well known for and per­haps one of the great­est speech­es in Cana­di­an his­to­ry. This is the 20^th anniver­sary of when Eras­mus spoke to a group of promi­nent Cana­di­ans dur­ing a pan­el called ​“Bring­ing Cana­di­ans Togeth­er” dur­ing the 125 anniver­sary cel­e­bra­tions of the found­ing of Cana­da held in 1992. Dur­ing the speech he dis­cuss­es South Africa and Apartheid. This speech is what inspired me as a 17 year old to trav­el to South Africa and observe the first free elec­tions in that coun­try. I had the chance to see Nel­son Man­dela and feel the hope of the Indige­nous peo­ples of that coun­try in their demands for FREEDOM.