I couldn't think of a better way to say it. Under our constitution Aboriginals are able to determine who is considered "native" in order to determine who can live tax & cost-free on reserves. Until last year the CHRC did not extend to Aboriginal Government. I'm not sure the policy is all that wrong as I feel the aboriginal reserves are a hold over from settlers treaty's and have created a ghetto of poverty. Any capable and industrious person who wants to raise their families would be better off to leave these circumstances behind if possible.
Maybe Chief Sitting-Bull was right to resist the idea at Wounded Knee in 1890.
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