TheStar.com: Alberta town struggles with gangs and violence

Hobbema, a once oil rich reserve of 12,000 Cree Indians south of Edmonton, Alberta, is struggling to regain control of its community from the grips of violent street gangs. Part of the Toronto Star's Crime & Punishment series, at thestar.com/crimepunish.

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[AlphaMaleVideos]

All the stereotypes about fucking dirty neichies are so true it hurts. 99.9% of you are a waste of life

[clay4444]

they dont get that much anymore. its gone and this is the legacy. as for school i think that agreement shouldn't be ridiculed as much as it is. these kids that go to universty and college are under guidelines that can take away that funding in a semester and very hard to get back on the "waiting list" which has thousands of other native american kids on it.

[clay4444]

put the racism aside and help your community.

[Lindsay montour]

well, where do you come from? maybe a white house with fancy thing's or maybe brought up from a ruff life?? like us Fagot asses.. where do you come off thinking your better then us, your just the same colour same damn skin and or maybe not the same as us! loosing the damn land to the white folks. Must be fun to brought up on land that aint yours!! brought to you from a cree/ shuswap NATIVE..

[Xeidasx]

NATIVES TRYING TO BE NIGGERS....... LMAO retards.....

[Marcos Castillon]

-commitment to teaching?! they get free schooling man. i alone know 3 native friends plus 2 metis buds that recieved full tuition. i bachelor of english and another in aboriginal stuidies...how more commited can an agency be? the root problem IS money, its the "18 tax money". give any kid of any race $180,000, most kids would go nuts and blow it on new vehicles,cloths. welcome to canadian capitalism. "enjoy" your stay..lol

[Marcos Castillon]

...hey i could agree with some of that, and i'm the farthest thing from a "indian hater" but you tell me, what do you think would happen if i, a caucasian male, 25 yrs old, walked around Hobbema neiborhoods, trying to preach to these "gang members" about how to straighten up and fly right?? I would get my ass beat!! regardless of my good intentions. and your naive to think different.wanna make a difference?stop the"18 taxmoney) let them get jobs like the rest of the world.stats dont lie

[chestbeard]

Seriously, if every reserve had pigs, chickens, cows, fields full of veggies, the people would be busier, more proud of their home, and healthier. It's not going to help everything, but it would be a start.