Well I seldom agreed with Jean Chretien but even he recently said that the reserve system does not work.

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and hoping for a different result.  There will not be a different or better result with the reserve system.  Throw money at it, dress it up, give it a different name, throw even more money at it but there is nothing that will make it any better.  What hope would any child have of growing up in a desolate part of the world with no promise of a job or any future.

When will the adults (both native and non-native) come to this conclusion and start making proper choices for the kids?  I guess we could dwell forever on residential schools and what happened 400 years ago but wouldn't the smart thing be to start making better choices now?