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NOS2Go4Me,Jul 10 2007, 03:54 PM Wrote:I guess my point is why can't more natives just take the education that is being freely given to them?  I put myself over $20,000 in debt to educate myself beyond a secondary school level and any aboriginal citizen has access to that same education for free!

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Its not free. Bands disperse their funding, which is a product of treaties and not taxpayers money, as much as they can. Eduaction takes a large chunk of that but they cant afford to fund everyone to go to school. Some people are put on a waiting list and some as long a 5+ years. Osap is not readily available since we are eligble for alternate funding. Sometimes happens that oosap needs a letter from the band stating that they cannot afford to fund a student and this somehow launches an audit on the reserve, so its a pain in the ass for them and they often say yes the student will get funding just not right now...