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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate

The Hutterites have been fortunate to have very good farmland and now have the money to purchase MORE land. Many native reserves are on hard rocky land or swamps (http://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/?id=8356) .

The Hutterites don't get special status from the government outside of a different way to pay taxes, and some different privileges in terms of education. Mostly because of the fact that they live in a community.

The land they own was bought and paid for, and they don't get free hand outs from the government.

Yet, they have still kept their culture and way of life for over 100 years now in North America.