Marginalization

In Cape York Australia a national holiday is celebrated called "National Sorry Day"

This Unofficial holiday was established to apologize for the way the government had treated the indigenous people of Australia. They are mainly apologizing for the "stolen generations" of children that were taken by both the government and religious organizations for their own purposes. This also includes the seizing of aboriginal lands and many damaging policies made by Parliament against them.

As a result of this holiday treatment of the Indigenous people has much improved with increased rights that allow them to make the necessary negotiations for their ancestral lands. Some compensation money has also been given, although many argue that not nearly enough has been given to rightly make up for what was done. The Australian government has never stated an apology though, and what needs to be done will most likely not happen until an apology is made.

Back in Canada, the Lubicon people face a touch challenge ahead of them. Oil companies are clearing the forests to drill for oil, the Lubicon need these forest and the wildlife inside to make their living. They have made many pleas to the federal government but have failed to grab their attention through peaceful protest, instead they have turned to more "active" ways to make the government pay attention. Mostly by taking the logs of the trees the oil companies have chopped down and blocking the road with them preventing the oil companies from getting their workers to the oil wells. This has made the feds listen a little as negotiations are now hit and miss.
The major problem the Lubicon face is the fact that their livelihood is being destroyed right before their eyes and as hard as they try to get help, no one will listen to them. they have tried negotiating through peace, violence, and every manner they can think of. However because the federal government has never actually ceded the land to the Lubicon officially they may not get the help they need until it is to late.
A simple solution to this problem would be to compensate the Lubicon people for the land and work that is and has been taken from them, this should be done by the oil companies as they are the ones that have destroyed these parts of the Lubicon life. This would also get the lubicon off the governments back so they could focus on other very important tasks.