https://www.ryerson.ca/news-events/news/2021/05/how-much-does-canada-owe-indigenous-communities-for-stolen-land/
This article references how the Yellowhead Institute addresses, in its second Red Paper – Cash Back, where money that was given to the Indian Trust fund previously went and where it is now. (This article follows Yellowhead Institutes first paper- Land back). The review of the article also looks to clarify the myth of Indigenous Peoples getting “free money”. A quote from the article states “[t]he systemic underfunding of First Nations is one of the most central and violent forms of colonization in Canada today, yet it is rarely historicized or explained”. This website also includes a link to a YouTube video that describes the historical context of the Indian Trust Fund. For those students who question (or believe in the myth of free money for First Nations Peoples), this would be a good start to explain the history of why the settlers of Canada, and their governments, are actually the ones in debt due to the theft of Indigenous lands and resources.
Further resources: https://cashback.yellowheadinstitute.org/ (the original “Cash Back report)