How being tied to a culture can be detrimental to a person is depicted in the play The Rez Sisters. This is done in the form of how being aboriginal people that are poor stops them from achieving what they want in life.
This is shown in how Pelajia Patchnose wants to improve the reserve’s living conditions like the peoples housing, education, and the roads. The chief is not doing anything, but the sisters can’t do anything because the women in her culture are bound by it not to lead and must follow the antiquated rule. I believe roads could be a symbol of how bad it is for the indigenous people living in Canada, for the reason roads are seen as the roots or start of a growing civilization.Their roads not being paved shows a lack of care for the people that were here before the Europeans. Even after all this time we have just pushed them away and hid them away on reserves and not gave them the respect they and their culture deserve. These indigenous people are trying to hold on to their culture which is good, but how they are doing detrimental because it isn’t allowing them as a culture to integrate into an average Canadian lifestyle. I believe they must not leave behind their culture but move away from reservations and this segregation caused by the immigration of the first European settlers. As well as we must respect the treaties and give the indigenous people what is they deserve and what was bound by law. The breaking of these treaties shows a lack of respect which needs to be put to an end and the government should put more funds into the indigenous communities to make up for this act.
The Main problems with how are government and society treats aboriginals leads to lower quality of life for those people. This shows up in many different ways from the 5 to 8 times higher suicide rate, or the fact the there's an almost 80% unemployment rate among indigenous communities. Also the conditions of their houses and the money they are given is far to low for them to live an average life with (Shown here).
That's why many aboriginal communities look run down, and have dirt roads, with poor accessibility to basic needs. These problems will only get worse if they are not addressed and fixed soon enough. The government should put money into the communities to rebuild local economies and allow for more job opportunities to grow. In general their culture has been a detriment because it has not allowed them to move past these issues and move on into a new life for them and future generations.
That's why many aboriginal communities look run down, and have dirt roads, with poor accessibility to basic needs. These problems will only get worse if they are not addressed and fixed soon enough. The government should put money into the communities to rebuild local economies and allow for more job opportunities to grow. In general their culture has been a detriment because it has not allowed them to move past these issues and move on into a new life for them and future generations.
Sources:
Highway, Tomson. The Rez Sisters. Markham, Fifth House, 1988.
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