We should do more as a society for indigenous people and personally I have tried on several levels, when I moved to Winnipeg in 89 the problems were acute, by the time I left in 2012, things had improved quite a bit, I saw normal social and political progress and evolution underway. We are not perfect and Canada surely is no utopia and we should always hold ourselves to these ideals and set the standards of human rights for all people, not just adhere to a rule book, lead. Everybody has the right to respect (with notable exceptions) and the right to flourish in the pursuit of happiness. Life is cruel and hard enough, we need not add to the suffering of each other as we pass through, and that's what we are doing, passing through till we pass away, all of us, and everything we know and love, without exception, will be wiped away by time.