[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by ssiguy

Here we go again listing all the Native problems like we haven't heard them before but this thread is NOT so much about Natives themselves but Canadians reaction to Natives and NAD.

In many ways it is akin to African Americans and the plight they have. Most non-black Americans genuinely care about the crime, poverty, and social ills that effect them but after endless government iniatives and little progress, most white Americans have tuned out. You can only handle bad news stories before you begin to tune out.

I think this is where Canadians are at now. During the last 50 years Canadians have universally accepted the terrible history that Natives have had to endure often with the blessing of our governments. Now arfter untold billions spent, countless government programs, non-stop apologies, and near daily broadcasts of a group that only represents 3% of the population and vastly less than that in the Corridor, with absokutely no progress socially, politically, or economically, many Canadians are just raising their arms up in hopelessness and moving on.

This is absolutely false. There has been progress across the board, although it is uneven and there may be cases where conditions are deteriorating. The current more agitated state of affairs is itself a strong indicator of progress as indigenous people have gained the education and political savvy to make their voices heard.