First Nations Last

How is it that our history of colonization has left the people and communities who originally inhabited our lands have been pushed to the fringe of our societies? Was it their relationship with the earth didn't allow for or encourage exploitation that did it in- they got in the way of the drive for more, the treadmill of production? Somehow their way of living was deemed 'uncivilized' and yet it is our current 'civilized' society that exploits the land, takes and doesn't return, harms people's livilihoods, food supplies and water sources and lets the externalities of our actions fall onto other people to deal with. People who don't matter as much such as the poor, racialized and marginalized groups. It just seems ridiculous that common stereotype has mainstream Canadian society asking why 'they' (the first nations people) continue to complain so much- as if the money that gets dwindled down through council etc. really makes up for all the harm done culturally and environmentally....