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This is not an isolated incident. These schools operated all across Canada, were created specifically to "de-savage the indians", had zero accountability, and a
by kstenerud 5y ago
This is not an isolated incident. These schools operated all across Canada, were created specifically to "de-savage the indians", had zero accountability, and almost destroyed an entire people. These kids were taken from their parents, imprisoned in these places, and endured endless abuse for their formative years. And this went on until 1994 in some places!
This is Canada's great shame, and we've barely scratched the surface.
Arte made a very good documentary about it, but I can't remember the name atm.
- bondant 5y agoMaybe this one https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/093799-000-A/killing-the-indian-in-the-child/ https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/093799-000-A/killing-the-india... ?
- kstenerud 5y agoYes that's the one! Thanks!
- throwaway24006 5y agoFound it on YouTube, blocked in most countries but see workaround below [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL5I4u5RSpQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL5I4u5RSpQ Whitelisted regions: AD, AT, BE, BG, BL, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GF, GP, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MF, MQ, MT, NC, NL, NO, PF, PL, PM, PT, RE, RO, SE, SI, SK, SM, TF, VA, WF, YT [2] [1] downloading/streaming on VLC, mpv or whatever possible from this site: https://videocyborg.com/ https://videocyborg.com/ [2] source: https://inv.riverside.rocks/watch?v=JL5I4u5RSpQ https://inv.riverside.rocks/watch?v=JL5I4u5RSpQ
- tawaysat29may 5y agoAlso shared on IPFS: https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmeXqZxr6ky9ZmT7yVuoTyGB5mMsGVgpwxC7j61jgySsYP https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmeXqZxr6ky9ZmT7yVuoTyGB5mMsGVgpwxC7j61... The file downloads with a hash name, but its a .mkv container. Add the filetype to the filename once downloaded and it should play.
- ncann 5y agoI watch ARTE often and I wonder why this specific video is blocked here (Canada). Do they fear that they may face repercussion from the government or some other entities?
- throwaway24006 5y agoIs this blocked too? https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/093799-000-A/killing-the-indian-in-the-child/ https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/093799-000-A/killing-the-india...
- ncann 5y agoYeah that one is blocked as well.
- mykowebhn 5y agoThere is also this excellent and difficult-to-watch movie about a Canadian First Nations boy who is forcibly separated from his family and raised in one of the Catholic orphanages. He has an extraordinary talent for playing hockey--this is a Canadian film after all--but that talent is squandered from all the abuse he is subjected to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Horse_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Horse_(film)
- Xylakant 5y agoThere’s also a great comic book by Joe Sacco called “Paying the Land”. It’s an illustrated reportage where he travels to indigenous communities in Canada and recounts their stories. Resident schools and their destructive effects on individuals and communities are a recurring theme. I love the book, but it’s a hard read.
- jmcan 5y agoAlmost destroyed an entire people? I think they where pretty successful in that regard.
- gogopuppygogo 5y agoMight makes right destroyed entire ways of life in North America.
- sterlind 5y agoalmost, but not completely. there are still First Nations tribes, they still practice their cultures, the languages are critically endangered but many still have a few (usually elder) speakers. I volunteer working to revitalize a Pacific Northwestern Indian language. there's still hope, and still ways to help.
- Wendake 5y agoThe Documentary film "Picking Up the Pieces: The Making of the Witness Blanket" is very sad, but it has first hand accounts from some of the former students. https://humanrights.ca/story/picking-up-the-pieces-the-making-of-the-witness-blanket https://humanrights.ca/story/picking-up-the-pieces-the-makin...
- trhway 5y ago> we've barely scratched the surface. USSR had and Russia still has boarding schools for the children of the indigenous people of the North https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JVWOd-DsAw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JVWOd-DsAw. I wonder if there any reckoning is to come here.
- bluishgreen 5y agoNot just in Canada. In the US as well. https://smile.amazon.com/Kill-Indian-Save-Man-Residential/dp/0872864340?sa-no-redirect=1 https://smile.amazon.com/Kill-Indian-Save-Man-Residential/dp...