Real people are involved. Real solutions are needed … not just more talk.

Past and Present ... the First Nations people
of British Columbia.  What is their future?

Type in the search term “first nations reserve problems” with Google, and immediately there are literally hundreds of thousands of results that come up.   

Titles of websites, news stories, studies, editorial commentaries and more … and they include these words and headlines …

• Urban First Nations Population Also Struggle With Poverty, Illness, and Hunger …
• MD says First Nations must find ways to curb alcohol use …
• First Nations water problems persist …
• Improving education on reserves …
• Suicide among Canada’s First Nation population …  
• First Nations on reserve have a rate of diabetes three to five times higher …
• First Nations struggling with governance problems …  
• The need to deal with the problems of on-reserve housing has been well documented 
• Sending cash to reserves no solution for deep-rooted problems …
• An Indian Industry has emerged amid the wreckage of many Canadian reserves …

And the Canadian Mental Health Association has these damming words to say: