Perhaps the best idea is to leave folks well alone and not meddle in their business, apart from providing the supports they request for the dysfunction that the state caused them ie. detox centres, greater numbers of Aboriginal police in communities with the appropriate supports in place, suicide hotlines and hostels for women and children escaping abuse, better schools etc.....basically, the things that we do little for in FN communities.

but we love to meddle in their personal business.  Sometimes it feels like settlers think they have a god given right to meddle in every aspect of  Aboriginal affairs, and we've seen how horribly wrong that is.

Conversely, mainstream media gives settlers the impression that all is bad in Native communities, when that is not the case at all.  Check out APTN sometimes for a different, and yet more realistic perspective.