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Originally Posted by WilsonFourTwo
Here's the problem though....helping first nations integrate into our society is exactly the logic that led to residential schools.
Frankly, a lot of FN don't want to integrate into society. They may want to participate in it, but they want to keep their own customs and beliefs alive and well.
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The problem is they want the nice material things our society has to offer, without being a part of it. And they want to do it while living in isolated rural communities that offer little economic opportunity. The desires of material comfort and independent isolation are incompatible.