Attawapiskat 2011 revenue includes about 3.5 million from Casino Rama so it looks like casino money does get shared...Not all bands run casinos. I can't think of one isolated community that has one. The Casino money is not shared between communities. In some of these communities it can costs $400,000 to build a bungalow that would cost $100,000 down here. We covered food in a previous thread, but $20 for peanut butter and $12.00 for a dozen eggs is not uncommon.
Actually I think that is the #2 issue. I think the #1 issue is that they have had their traditional way of life criminalized, they've been segregated into isolated communities, prevented from engaging in their historic trading, and denied access to the resources on their own land. Having had all viable means of forming an economy stripped away from them, they've been told that if they leave their communities to find work elsewhere that they will lose their status, and therefore whatever remaining benefits they had once negotiated. So finally, they are dependent on government funding, having had all other options taken away from them by the Indian Act.A classic case of shooting the messenger. The number one issue of our native communities is themselves. Abuse by the band leaders has been well known for decades, and as long as you have the right last name you are in the money.
Then I stand corrected, but it could boil down to family or tribal connections or they invested for whatever reason during the set up of Rama and get a piece as a result.Attawapiskat 2011 revenue includes about 3.5 million from Casino Rama so it looks like casino money does get shared...
Total revenue for the year was nearly $33 million including $16 million from INAC and $4.5 million from the Province. Expenditures include over $3 million for 'Administration' and $11 million in employee salaries and benefits.
http://www.attawapiskat.org/financial-statements/
Illnesses can come from poor diet, mold, and water borne diseases. Living on flood plain doesn't automatically mean disaster, but the initial placement was done by Ottawa and the problem go down hill from there.why are they sick? should they live on a flood plain?
Having spent time with and actually worked with some of these 'deadbeats' over the past 20 years, you're an idiot. Many work harder and put in longer days doing what they do to make a living than most on this BB.we have given enough to these deadbeats. they squander it. they don't want to be told what to do. but like lots of others, when things go wrong, they sure have their hand out. chiefs should be in jail. tribal elders should be disgraced. but they want to run their own society. let them. one day perhaps they'll accept the freedom of being a canadian citizen. and work for a living like their ancestors. then they'll begin the long road to acceptance and respect. they haven't started yet maybe a couple more generations.
The Kelowna Accord was apparently signed in November 2005 as the Liberals were about to lose power. How long had they been in power previous to that without making any concrete advances on this situation? Election promises don`t mean much these days.We were well on the way to fixing many problems, not all, with the signing of the Kelowna Accord in 1996, under the Liberals, but the Conservatives have been in power since then and has basically pushed the KA out the door. Who do we blame? Yes, there's lot of blame to go around over the years, but nothing like taking toe steps forward and then three steps, or more backwards.
Yet they did deliver the accord, which is more than the present government has done. Much along the lines of what has gone on in the past is all fine but what have you done lately, besides talk.The Kelowna Accord was apparently signed in November 2005 as the Liberals were about to lose power. How long had they been in power previous to that without making any concrete advances on this situation? Election promises don`t mean much these days.
The present Conservative government have their share of blame, but don;t make it seem like it is all their fault. This problem has been around for decades, as indicated by the houses having been built inadequately, and there is no way of knowing whether the Liberals would have lived up to their election promises either.
....edit In November 2005, Martin, the premiers and aboriginal leaders met in Kelowna, B.C., for the First Ministers Conference on Aboriginal Affairs. The meeting resulted in a five-year, $5-billion plan to improve the lives of First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples.
But within days, Martin's minority Liberal government was defeated, triggering an election won by Stephen Harper's Conservatives.
Many do work and very hard. Calling it welfare just shows how ignorant you are about the welfare program and the Indian act."...five-year, $5-billion plan..."
that's the disgrace. how about they just get a job? when do they plan to get off what is effectively welfare? if, as mentioned, some tribes are doing well, i would hope so. if someone gave me billions, i'd be doing well too.
I agree! Let's rip up those treaties, give them their damn land back, and go back to Europe. See how they like that!we have given enough to these deadbeats. they squander it. they don't want to be told what to do.
Perhaps we should just stop providing the people of Attawapiskat government money and instead sign over the rights of the DeBeers diamond mine, which is on their land? It's supposed to generate about 6-7 billion over the next 12 years."...five-year, $5-billion plan..."
that's the disgrace. how about they just get a job? when do they plan to get off what is effectively welfare? if, as mentioned, some tribes are doing well, i would hope so. if someone gave me billions, i'd be doing well too.
This is what I used to think too. Then I found out just how fucked up the Indian Act is. I don't think you fully understand the extent to which the Canadian Federal government has its bureaucratic tentacles into their lives, controlling pretty much every aspect of their existence, and managing it poorly.how about they just get a job?
It's not clear why this issue has hit the media now, but native communities have been living in those conditions for decades. Google "Davis Inlet".Why did they wait until the temps dropped to minus 30 for this zit to fester before they popped it?
Does it change your opinion any to learn that they aren't legally allowed to do anything other than ask Ottawa for funding? They are required by law to live in government owned homes...That kind of squalor doesn't happen over night.
If it's on their land - the natives can have the mineral rights.So James, who gets the mineral rights? It's not like there's a shortage of cash going out of their territory, it's just not going to them.
