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Originally Posted by polak
Yes forcing them to live in terrible poverty without water or proper healthcare in order to preserve the idea of their "culture" makes total sense.
I'm sure that the people living in the 3rd world conditions on the reserves find solace in their "culture" being protected over their health and well being.
That makes more sense then fixing their quality of life and worrying about how to preserve their culture as a secondary concern.
Yes they do. Like, substantially. Especially economically speaking.
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Firstly, no one forces anyone to live on a reserve. It's not a prison. They are free to leave any time.
They are
choosing their culture over being assimilated into our culture and material gains. And yes they should have that choice. Considering that we just ended the residential school system in Canada in the mid-90s, it's a little too early to judge whether a reserve perpetuates "3rd world" conditions as you claim.