Per IIRC, Roosevelt: "If it wasn't for us, they would have killed themselves off a long time ago.
I had a lady friend, a very old and wise Seneca Indian...She says it was terrible; the children are not disciplined, most boys drink and are basically bums...AND THE GOOD ONES GO TO CANADA.
She was wonderful. Here name was Virginia Snow. She passed away a few yesrs ago.
American Indians were the early test case that showed how being wards of the state destroyed people ... so of course the progressives have extended the benefit to as many as possible.