"further attacking the subsistence economy by subjugating on-reserve populations to the cash economy through "tax reform"; and implementing changes like conversion of reserve lands into fee simple..."

thanks for mentioning this Corvin, it's also very core to the problems that small farmers today have in staying on the land.

this is an area where, as a small organic farmer trying to stay on the land, I find it very important for progressive economists to make more careful distinctions when it comes to mantras on increasing taxes- always it should be specified that corporations should be taxed, currently getting subsidies, deferrments, candies for offshore vagaries, etc.
People who actually work on the land do not need, cannot afford more tax. period. This perspective needs to be understood as well by thos,e like the Ontario Green Party, who think the solution to economic problems is to tax land and not corporate income. completely stupid.

Of course, as you've noted, the issue is entirely couched in the issues of real estate, forced assimilation of land into the cash economy, prices, and buy-offs.

I'm also quite sure that there is complete lack of interest by Indigenous people, and small farmers, myself included, for any attempt at nationalization of land by current governing structures. Rather laughable, in fact at this point.

Even those who are interested in building small intentional communities of some form or other find themselves in the same bind- faced inevitably with the cash casino. Many have turned into corporate entities in their own right, with rotating volunteers doing the work, the 'communities' forced to prostitute themselves to financiers as well. Financiers which are killing the earth's community...

anyway, thanks for listening.

there is hope of course, in the fact that we're still able to talk about these issues.