If it worked in the past, why not try again?

Selling reserve land could help solve poverty, says Calgary professor

First Nations people, you heard the man. Sell what little land you have left to the white man, so that he may build factories, mine resources and reward you with dead-end jobs that will disappear faster than your civilization. Perhaps, this time, the white man will, in return, give you a set of comfortable disease-ridden goose down douvets to keep you warm while your homes are razed.

Professor Flanagan, from the perspective of a wealthy white capitalist, your solution makes sense: let the rich reap the benefits of the land while the residents assimilate and toil for the table scraps. These people did not believe the land was meant to be owned until Whitey came and snatched it all up, slaughtering everything and everyone in its path. Your plan to help "solve" poverty will turn out to be their death knell.

Poverty cannot be solved by capitalism because capitalism thrives on poverty.