CBC and FSIN

[sumdumguy]

I feel sorry for those kids. Some of their role models are less than exemplary and what can they rely on? Disfunctional homes, broken everything. They turn to gang-style existence. Furthermore, the government doesn't clean up the gangs. Look at Saskatoon, Gormley talked about St. Pauls Hospital and young guys with backpacks cruising the halls and cleaning people out. BS, they can't stop it. If pawnshops are buying their loot, then shut them down, end of market.

[furrowtickler]

None of this would be an issue if the theft and vandalism was not happening , let alone daily

[ado089]

I had to move the combine through red pheasant today, that was a tense 40 minutes. 4-5 cops on the highway there too.

[sumdumguy]

I bet you could write a country song about that journey.

[ado089]

It's a shitty situation. Lots of neighborhood gossip but it sounds like he was a good kid out with some bad guys that day and it was not Stanley's intention to shoot anyone. One thing is for certain, there are plenty of missing details. I think sometimes we forget that the thugs that lead to these tensions don't treat their own kind any better.

[WiltonRanch]

It's a shitty situation. Lots of neighborhood gossip but it sounds like he was a good kid out with some bad guys that day and it was not Stanley's intention to shoot anyone. One thing is for certain, there are plenty of missing details. I think sometimes we forget that the thugs that lead to these tensions don't treat their own kind any better.

Bloody true. The average joe on the Rez gets terrorized by these asshats every day. Remember an old native friend was guarding the local Rez store at nights cause of theft and vandalism. Remember native guys I raced wagons with who'd have their horses shot, stuff stolen or vandalized all the time. It's a bloody third world situation on these reserves. I know a native guy who was a cop and they stationed him on another Rez and he just shook his head. You need to help fix the rezs. Clean up domestic violence and this will probably for the most part solve a lot of the missing native women problem. Ever drive down the road close to a Rez and see a native woman standing on the side of the road in distress? We all have. They are in a vulnerable position kicked out beat up whatever. Easily taken advantage of. The govt will spend millions to come to the same conclusion.

I read a few Facebook comments from natives. Some sure pull the colonialism comment and our settler mentality. However, it's 2016. Think we need to treat one another with respect, fix the social problems, and clean up the nepotism on reserves. But change needs to come from within and believe it or not I think native women need to be empowered because that is where the change will come from. They are the ones who typically who get the education, leave reserves to work, and raise kids on their own. That's what I see anyways. Barring the odd crook like the Atiwapiskat chief.