Indigenous Services was created when the department formerly known as Aboriginal Affairs was split into two: Crown-Indigenous Relations on one hand and Indigenous Services on the other hand. That was also merged with the first nations and Inuit health branch at Health Canada, which is what a former minister of aboriginal affairs used to call the 11th province of Canada. That is, I think, a good description of what it is. It's providing the economic services, social services, education, health, childhood protection and so on to individuals and communities spread across the country.
It's understandable that, with a major reorganization like a department being split in two and then a merger of branches into that new entity, there could be some adjustments needed. I think, in good part, the difficulty in meeting targets or setting targets has arisen not only because of that but also because of the new priorities or the priorities of the government that resulted in an increase in resources to these two newly created entities.