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Originally Posted by Rathji
I don't really think that 'having a crappy reserve system that had made your life harder in many respects' is really a cultural thing.
Maybe I don't understand what cultural means though...
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Culture (/ˈkʌltʃər/) is defined as the social behavior and norms found in human societies.
Some aspects of human behavior, social practices such as culture, expressive forms such as art, music, dance, ritual, and religion, and technologies such as tool usage, cooking, shelter, and clothing are said to be cultural universals, found in all human societies.
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I know what you're saying. I suppose it would come down to who you asked on the reserve - maybe some would say it is part of their culture and some say it isn't. But I would suspect the majority would say their culture and lives are tied to the reserves.
This is a big part of the problem for them. Being given reparations means there isn't an obligation to work, learn, or many other 'civilized' practices. Having a "free place to live" (ie the reserve) where you're isolated from some of these 'civilized' practices and a large part of what you see is negative (poor treatment of animals, infrastructure, other humans, drug and alcohol abuse) - how are you supposed to get out of that? One attempt may be to take children out of it - like they did in the 50s and 60s.
Obviously not a solution but it was an attempt.