Justice versus conscience

I went to school with the kids from the Kahnawake reserve. I was always so impressed by them, they were “bad asses.” But I knew little about their history. They knew little about mine, my parents were WWII survivors from an area of Europe called “the bloodlands.” Let alone what my grandparents and great-grandparents experienced. In some way I sensed we were both survivors of dysfunctional, PTSD families. In later years I studied anthropology to find out more. I am impressed at the strength and resilience of the First Nations people in Canada. They survive, despite their past, not to mention present consequential problems. The world is watching. I believe Canadians can rise to the occasion and provide human rights to the survivors. Let alone learn how to provide help to more recent immigrants, with PTSD of their own. In the same manner that holocaust survivors have used media to document what happened to Jews. First Nations must do the same, for the same reason.

Priests better not get away with this again. It is time that they PAY for all they did and are still doing to our children.

My mother was a survivor of residential school.I never understood her Anger,as She would beat me.I was six yrs old.This broke something,with in my soul.I never knew until I was in my fourties.She,died from other causes in 1968.My two sisters spoke of some of their experinces,they were given rotten food by the nuns.I have no tears,left.I feel terrible for the children,that have been discovered.My hope is one day,not in my lifetime,I am 60 now,there will be a day,where,racism doesn,t exist.Our generations,are now mixed,our bloodlines too.

I’m glad this is catching peoples attention because we are looked down on but damn we try to conform to society.

I’m really bothered by the second word given in this title: LEGACY!! Those damn death camps were NEVER a legacy but rather hell on earth for any Native child who were forced to attend them!

The  refers to a particular time in history—roughly 1961 to the 1980s. During the 1980s the government changed child welfare laws so that bands could run their own social service, but problems similar to those seen during the  persist today.    Care to guess who the PM was for 15 of those years ???

Everybody should read the book GOVERNMENT INDICTED by Marc Stevens. That information needs to be understood by parents and taught to their children.

We could have learn so much from the Native People, life would be different today, if they needed our help they would have ask us, and they’re should have been a civilise way to help them. God bless and restore the Native People.

L’histoire du Canada,génocide , déportation ,assimilation etc.etc..

It is the children off the poor that suffer every generation.Indian lives matter !! But it’s funny how they are never mentioned .they were genocide and their land was stolen.

Return the land to the indigenous people, settlers should pay rent.

these schools were a front for genocide

all my sympathies to Indigenous communities across Canada😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Horrid abusers.

Genocide

Boys n girls rapped alot during the nights. Screams children frightened not knowing if they will b next

It was the indegenous people of North and South America, Australia in the past , now it is the Muslims being annihilated by white western powers. History repeating

Nous devrions vendre tout ce qui est la propriété des religions impliquées dans ce genocide pour indemniser les victimes et leurs descendants et ensuite interdire leurs présence sur le territoire canadien pour faire exemple de ce qui n’a jamais été et ne sera jamais acceptable.

Ik heb gezegd zij komen in schaaps kleding en grijpen als wolven, het is een schande.Op zijn minst zouden ze gedeelte van jullie land terug moeten geven, zodat jullie cultuur gedeeltelijk hersteld kan worden.CHRISTUS.

USA🇺🇸, CANADA🇨🇦, SOUTH AFRICA🇿🇦, AUSTRALIA🇳🇿 AND NOW PALESTINE🇵🇸 & Xinjiang🏳! Apart from supporting these first nations indigenous people, Please stand with those indigenious who are being colonised and oppressed today!

Dear Jesus Christ, I pray you wipe your church clean of sinful nuns and priests who don’t Practice your divine will. We trust in you.

Alot of babies born bc priests rapped the children babies born fr those imcidents where the baby was born n thrown into the incinerators nvr heard fr again. Children died bc of malnutrition n fr physical violence

Very Sorry 💯💞

Ps. And of us indians say the child welfare services are the new residential schools..the child services intrude into your home as if they owned it. There opinions on how things should b done n bought with are imposing yet that imposition is costly n yet they cry everytime we need money. Money they want n need money everyday. Now its out time bc we are the richest ppl in the world that have the most land. Amd we all know if u rich n dont havr land it means u aint rich..but if u rich n have land n that means your the richest person. Bank standards!

It happened across europe and the whole world not just native america..

Parents are to blame also! Not just priests and nuns . They were only kids, they don’t know nothing but to obey and listen. Shame on all the adults! You left your kids all alone!