Hobema?
BAT119 @ Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:03 pm
Why are is there so much crime on this reserve? almost every week there are some violent acts and it always seems the innocent are ones being hurt.
ziggy @ Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:16 pm
crack
Demian_164 @ Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:28 pm
government handouts
Brenda @ Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:35 pm
Why is there so much crime in a ghetto?
Tracker @ Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:56 pm
Gangs.
Brenda @ Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:18 pm
why do gangs exist?
ridenrain @ Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:07 pm
Decades of governments treating them like children has left in a dependancy trap and the desperation and powerlessness that goes with it.
Tracker @ Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:19 pm
Brenda Brenda:
why do gangs exist?
Different gangs exist for different reasons. Sometimes greed, sometimes survival. The list goes on.
Brenda @ Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:21 pm
And it all start with... poverty...
dino_bobba_renno @ Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:24 pm
Brenda Brenda:
And it all start with... poverty...
I'd agree with that but Hobema is probably one of the wealthiest reserves in all of Canada. If there is an issue with poverty there one really needs to ask why.
Demian_164 @ Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:27 pm
Brenda Brenda:
And it all start with... poverty...
so what do you propose we do? give them more money?
Brenda @ Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:45 pm
Demian_164 Demian_164:
Brenda Brenda:
And it all start with... poverty...
so what do you propose we do? give them more money?
No. The opposite, actually.
Kick their lazy asses and make them work for a living.
At least then, they won't have time to get into crime.
It is a circle... They have to break the circle.
Saskanna @ Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:54 pm
Call in Chief Louis! He'll smarten them up. 
Alta_redneck @ Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:14 pm
dino_bobba_renno dino_bobba_renno:
Brenda Brenda:
And it all start with... poverty...
I'd agree with that but Hobema is probably one of the wealthiest reserves in all of Canada. If there is an issue with poverty there one really needs to ask why.
They tricked the white man, they knew there was oil there and now they own a big pool of it. I think we should put in a land claim on behave of our ancestors and take it back.
I’m not sure if the people have settled yet, but there’s been talks going on for a couple years now over miss managed oil royalties, the last offer I heard of from the Feds. was $350M. They were going to take that offer back to band council and decide if that was good enough.
Tracker @ Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:26 pm
Brenda Brenda:
Demian_164 Demian_164:
Brenda Brenda:
And it all start with... poverty...
so what do you propose we do? give them more money?
No. The opposite, actually.
Kick their lazy asses and make them work for a living.
At least then, they won't have time to get into crime.
It is a circle... They have to break the circle.
The gangs or natives?