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Originally Posted by corporatejay
I don't want to put words in his mouth, but I think what he's trying to say is there are systemic problems within the reserve (created by the band members themselves) that perpetuate the cycle of poverty, sexual and substance abuse, including an inherent distrust of the "white man" (not that this isn't unfounded).
Thompson Highway's "Rez Girls" or Ecstacy of Rita Joe explores these concepts.
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So do you blame the people who are in the reserve, or the situation that forced them into the reserve in the first place?
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