One of the main problems with the indian reservation system was that government agents

The government agents in the Indian reservation system were representatives of a paternalistic and bureaucratic system whose purpose was to keep the First Nations down economically, politically and culturally and dependent on the state for their existence. In Canada the First Nations are gradually gaining independence and self-reliance as they prosecute their land claims and fight for their rights to the land and resources and to protect Mother Earth, alongside concerned white people.