A thoughtful well said post.  I agree.  It seems it's ALWAYS about the money.   We already know that billions of dollars of funding to FN reserves has been severely misused.    Attawapiskat is a classic example of the poster child for poverty and despair, but there is next to NO information on the hundreds of millions of dollars and millions of dollars worth of housing that was given to the band by DeBeers.  I watched the BC documentary on the Cross Lake Reserve... The chief said she was tired of having to 'beg' the government for the same benefits all other Canadians received.  I was astounded: in addition to their tax free status and government payments, they have a modern school and sports facilities.  There is no hospital (pop: 6500), but neither do the NN's in the city of cross lake.   Media, academia and politicians all encourage & support FN's sense of victimology and entitlement.  As long as this situation continues, there will NEVER be reconciliation.