The percentage of Aboriginal inmates in provincial prisons increased dramatically between 1978 and 2001, in every province in Canada.

Canadian Inmate Health – Oahai Manual, May 2003

What Solutions Have Been Offered

• According to statistics one of the largest causes of Aboriginals in jail has to do with poverty

http://www.johnwalkercrimetrendsanalysis.com.au/Indigenous_files/image008.gif

• The federal government gives about $7 billion a year to First Nations and has added 2,000 bureaucrats to Indian Affairs over the past 15 years

• http://www.thestar.com/iphone/news/investigations/government/article/883213--an-indian-industry-has-emerged-amid-the-wreckage-of-many-canadian-reserves?bn=1

• As well, both the Canadian and US government has invested a large amount into programs and services dealing with Aboriginal society aids

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/research-funding/scientific-meetings/2006/indigenous-suicide-prevention-research-and-programs/participants-list.shtml

Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' HealthOttawa, ON, CanadaJune 2000

First Nations & Inuit Suicide Prevention Association of QuebecMontreal, QC, CanadaEstablished in 2001

Community LifelinesSt. Catharines, ON, CanadaEstablished in 2001

National Aboriginal Health OrganizationOttawa, ON, CanadaNovember 2004

First Nations & Inuit Suicide Prevention Association of QuebecMontreal, QC, CanadaEstablished in 2001

Dilico Ojibway Child & Family ServicesThunder Bay, ON, CanadaOpened to public 1998

Flying Dust First NationMeadow Lake, SK, CanadaEstablished 2002

SERVICES Services are not helpful to the aboriginals and their programs are unsuccessful in aiding their situationshttp://www.angryharry.com/images/incarceration.jpg

- Part of what makes these programs ineffective is the lack of people that attend these programs

MONEY Money that was given to the Aboriginal people has fixed some problems such as housing and clean water to some aboriginal societies. However, specifically to reduce the Aboriginal incarceration rate it has done little