I went to a party about 20 yrs ago for a film I was working on and someone had brought a native date. He found out I was there and started asking me a lot of questions about being native which I thought was weird... he was 100% Indian. I asked him if he was raised in the city and he told me he was raised in the suburbs.
He explained he was adopted out in early eighties and was working up the courage to contact his old reserve and see if his parents want to meet him.

It was a good talk and I explained he should just to find out his past a bit more. But it was a major starting point in his life.

I'm glad this point had been reached.