It's third world conditions in the middle of Canada. That's from Dakota Tipi First Nation councillor Karl Stone. Stone outlines the situation at Dakota Tipi First Nation.

Karl Stone standing by example of poor road conditions"We have very little revenue stream in the community. And that's what we want to address. We don't have the resources to try to help with housing and employment. It's almost just like kicking us under the curb. You know, hit the little guy while he's already down."

He notes an outstanding bill with which they're burdened due to cutbacks in funding.

"$88,823.00 that are outstanding that's not being covered; that they're not funding for band owned homes; that should be funded. Once our houses are paid for by CMHC, they don't look at them any more. That needs to be changed and rectified, because it's a band-owned home. They still have a fiduciary obligation to address the needs of those homes."

Stone gives an example of the dire situation.

"One guy doesn't have a roof on his house, and he's living there. But he has no choice, because he has no where to go. We're short on housing. We have no housing dollars available. We need to address the housing need, and it's crucial. And there are other houses that need to be looked at and addressed."

Stone says there's no money for fixing so much as a pothole in their roads. He adds mould is rampant in their homes, and living conditions are simply intolerable.  He explains some have resorted to renting small structures from a Portage rental company to live in, seeing as so many houses are not fit. Stone says they're trying to arrange meetings with the governments in order to deal with the conditions.