[Virginia Ridgerunner]

It is the reservation system that teaches them to suck the gubmint teat and stay under the income standard that would upset the gravy train they are on.

I don't disagree with anything you say, and quite frankly, the reservation system IS working EXACTLY the way that the 19th century U.S. government wanted it to work.

[dirtboy]

quite frankly, the reservation system IS working EXACTLY the way that the 19th century U.S. government wanted it to work.

Yep, complete cultural and familial obliteration. I can't begin to imagine the extent of the impact of the turn-of-the-century boarding schools on two generations of Indians.