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Originally Posted by peter12
I agree. We actually need more government assistance of a certain type. Targeted educational ventures, massive healthcare dollars, and government-supported partnerships with outside businesses and social institutions that would make the transition from reserve to non-reserve easier.
That said, it is a family issue. The family on the reserve is still tribal in nature, that is, your coefficient of relationship to leadership determines what perks you will receive, and vice versa. However, the nuclear family, the basis of financial and emotional support, barely exists. In short, these are part of the growing group of people who have lost the Sexual Revolution. There is absolutely no incentive on a reserve for a man to stay around with a woman once she has been impregnated. It is not uncommon to meet women that have 2,3,4 or 5 children, all with different fathers.
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Here's why it won't work, the government would announce it, we're spending these mega millions on school initiatives, and health care and social structure. The first question comes out, who has oversight on how the money is spent?
The common sense answer would be the Federal Government, they would decide on where the money is spent and how.
The actual reaction would be, that's racist and imposing on our culture, just write us the cheques and we'll spend it as we see fit.
What will then happen is that we'll write checks to build schools and the well run reserves will get schools, with others the money will disappear into contracts for family members, and the schools will not be built or built properly or they'll spend it on something else.
The only way it would work is if it was imposed and managed by the government. The FN's won't allow that to happen.