Really, do you think the substance abuse, sexual violence and abuse, and the mental health problems and suicidality that accompany those, that are more common on reserves than elsewhere, are anything BUT the result of hundreds of years of colonial policies?  People's communities, families, and lifestyle were destroyed, generation after generation.

As a descendant of the people who carried out those policies, and as a person who by virtue of the luck of birth only, enjoys so much privilege, I feel that shared responsibility for reconciliation and assistance in repairing the terrible damage that has been done.  That doesn't mean that Aboriginal people don't also have responsibility, but theirs is for the repair work that only they can do, not for the damage done.