Malala's viewpoint here is best explained by describing her as a fearless person. She is ready to face her fears of the Taliban to raise a very important issue that many people her age are suffering from. In her point of view, she is helping a lot of people and that alone removes her fears and gives her courage to continue her advocacy.
The main goals of Indian reservations were to bring Native Americans under U.S. government control, minimize conflict between Indians and settlers and encourage Native Americans to take on the ways of the white man. But many Native Americans were forced onto reservations with catastrophic results and devastating, long-lasting effects.
A. Brooks only ended up paying a $300 fine and continued with his job.
(This happened on my birthday, so the subject rather interested me.)