Indigenous people constantly move from house to house because of improper living conditions and often creates them to be linked to higher rates of crime (Lisa Monchalin, 2016). The living conditions on reserves is well known to be poor, dirty, overcrowded and dangerous. Indigenous people are stuck in reserves because they have no other place to go and many do not have the knowledge or support to leave them. This creates a cycle of generations being stuck in the same victimized lifestyle. Reserves were given to the Indigenous people through the Indian Act of 1867, which were not ideal living conditions for anyone. The economic disparity, the poverty and lack of opportunity on reserves result in Indigenous people to commit crimes for basic
