Perry Bellegarde states in relation to this article that they aboriginals , have to do something, as if they stay under the Indian Act they will be gone in 50 years. Yet Stats Canada shows that the aboriginal population is growing at a rate three to four times faster then any other group. It also interesting to note that as of 2011 there were about 650,000 that identified as status aboriginals, and a total of 1.4 who identify as having aboriginal origins. Taking status aboriginals only, it is about 4 times what is was in 1870.  Overall a large percentage of the aboriginal population is young, so it's hard to see the need to 'adopt' more status aboriginals, unless it is money oriented. Simply put, if status aboriginals continue to grow at the current rate, then in the 50 years that Bellegarde talks about, we will not be able to sustain the current rate of payments.