Part of the problem is that saying anything remotely critical of indigenous peoples' decisions is an untouchable "third rail".  Question the blaming of a schoolyard assault on reserve to "video games, or maybe the loss of identity and lands", and the questioning doesn't survive the "civility test" here.  

Canadians are not apathetic about the plight of the indigenous peoples.  But they have no time for indigenous leaders who insist on acting like sovereigns, entitled to unspecified but ever-increasing funding with no strings attached and not subject to scrutiny.  And we're turned off when any legitimate questioning is treated like racism.

If the only options are to drink the kool aid or look away, don't be surprised if many just look away.