Another technique was assigning specific questions to individual Indians for discussion with their family or fellow villagers. This was especially valuable where the group under question was not accessible, either physically or psychologically, to the person doing the research. It was used to gather valuable information concerning the attitudes of the Indians toward given situations of past history and programs proposed for the future. Through the application of this technique, a number of areas of inter- and intracultural tensions were revealed. It also provided some insight into the attitudes of the Indians toward the Mennonites, the current program of the mission, the past settlement ventures, and the proposed settlement plans.