The problem with reserves is that 'we' white Canada set up a system in order to ensure compliance, frankly that's still what we get generally, for all of the occasional protests about pipelines or roads Native leadership is very well paid to keep their mouths shut about the appalling state of their peoples lives and not kick up a fuss, for that they are paid a fortune.
My feeing is if you want to improve natives lives you have to pay them directly whether they are on reserve or off, no money should go to the band, it should go to the members and the band should have to raise taxes like any other municipality, this would also encourage bands to try and keep band members on the Res' as it stands now the more band members leave due to poverty the more money the one or two families that run the band get to keep.
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