Self government and land claims. Disability, political rights, economic development these are very difficult issues to deal with, and cannot be resolved overnight. A lot of education needs to take place, and it begins at the community level. People dump on bureaucrats, and its not just at the Ottawa level that education is required, it's at all levels. T here's a lack of understanding at the public bureaucratic levels as well.
Reasons become excuses.
The whole matter of disabilities have been shuffled around, first to Indian Affairs, then to medical services, and back to Indian Affairs. P eople with disabilities, in 1988, decided to explore the depth of the problems. Indians know how to deal with disabled people. It became an excuse not to do anything. Medical services were saying the best thing was to take you away.