A majority of bands published their financial results and it actually led to a change in management in some cases. The bands with nothing to hide were happy to oblige their members, the bands who didn't only raises cause for concern. Your statement reeks of political bias and shameless ignorance. It doesn't matter which government is in charge, what has changed in northern reserves over the last 20 or even 40 years? Nothing. The Indian Act is broken but there is a vocal minority of militant first nations leaders who are hostile to any change because of the power they get under the current system.  No private property rights, reserves in the middle of nowhere... the Indian Act has been broken for over 40 years. Even Pierre Trudeau tried to fix the system and it was rejected by the same camp of militant leaders. There are many bands that are empowered and successful on their own but we don't here about them in the news - instead we get the same old from the vocal minority.