Saskatchewan has several urban reserves. They actually work quite well. The reserve negotiates a service agreement with the city and pays for things like water and sewage, policing, etc.
The the reserve is responsbile to mainting all of the roads, buildings and other things the city would normally be responsible for. In theory it should be a revenue neutral process. Really no different the Airdrie or any other suburb. So instead of this being a Reserve vs the white man debate it really should just be a parisite community debate.
The key to making it work is to make sure that they pay for the services they use. The Tsu Tina reserve after the ring road is built will very quickly adopt this type of structure.
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