Part of me really feels like you missed the point. Although your questions are presented as rhetorical, I still want to address some of them.
"This is not your place to come up with a solution." / "The conclusion the book comes to is that what Junior has to do to break the cycle is to leave the reservation. If everyone leaves, what happens to the culture? Do other people have other solutions or is this the accepted solution?"
In my mind, the practical solution isn't about hand-wringing and fretting because that's counter-productive. Start here (http://delicious.com/starkeymonster/forcluelesswhitepeople) and familiarize yourself with Racism 101. We (white folks) can't undo the crappy actions of our ancestors, but we can actively work together with POC as allies. How so? Here (https://edgenet.edgewood.edu/whiteprivilege/being%20a%20strong%20white%20ally.htm) are (http://web.cortland.edu/russellk/courses/hdouts/raible.htm) a few (http://resistracism.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/the-model-of-the-white-ally/) places (http://www.tolerance.org/teach/activities/activity.jsp?ar=674) to start (http://www.antiracistparent.com/2008/01/18/ask-arp-how-to-be-a-strong-ally-to-kids-and-parents-of-color-at-school).
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Date: 2009-06-02 08:55 am (UTC)"This is not your place to come up with a solution." / "The conclusion the book comes to is that what Junior has to do to break the cycle is to leave the reservation. If everyone leaves, what happens to the culture? Do other people have other solutions or is this the accepted solution?"
In my mind, the practical solution isn't about hand-wringing and fretting because that's counter-productive. Start here (http://delicious.com/starkeymonster/forcluelesswhitepeople) and familiarize yourself with Racism 101. We (white folks) can't undo the crappy actions of our ancestors, but we can actively work together with POC as allies. How so? Here (https://edgenet.edgewood.edu/whiteprivilege/being%20a%20strong%20white%20ally.htm) are (http://web.cortland.edu/russellk/courses/hdouts/raible.htm) a few (http://resistracism.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/the-model-of-the-white-ally/) places (http://www.tolerance.org/teach/activities/activity.jsp?ar=674) to start (http://www.antiracistparent.com/2008/01/18/ask-arp-how-to-be-a-strong-ally-to-kids-and-parents-of-color-at-school).