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Hey one big question where are the bodies and what did they do with them? Isn't disturbing graves and owning land against traditional values of aboriginals? And trust me I know the answers to these questions. But what do you think?(There was no bodies therefore no graves".
But we go to actual sacred cermeony for this, maybe dont miss lead young ones who dont know this real way of honouring good life thru Creator's ceremonies. We have to be at ceremony to honour Creator thru Creator's ceremonies, not online.
Banana: I only learned of residential schools this year. You further opened my eyes to the fact these schools went on into the 1990's. It is really hard to swallow the fact these atrocities were unknown to the average non-indigenous for so long. I am grateful for you, Mallory, and others who are willing to speak up and stand for the truth and further more, reconciliation. Please continue to share. Forever Ally.
Banana. Miigwech 🙏 I am the adult product of an Ojibwe father and Irish descendant mother. I still struggle with what to call myself, as all my formative years, even my “white” grandfather called me a half-breed, and treated my sister and I (especially me) differently than our full “white-blood” cousin. I have been following you long to feel the positive energy, with no recriminations that I no matter if a person is not “full blood” it does not matter, we are one family .. our blood all bleeds the same colour. The being said, I cannot identity with being ripped from my family, as having a “white” mother, and my father hating the Catholic Church with a passion, but having the Christian indoctrination well instilled, my sister and I were raised in the Baptist Church, and sent into the Public School system.
I want to make something clear as someone who grew up in Canada. We always knew native Canadian people were mistreated. We however never knew the extent our government had and to some extent was still going to eradicate their culture. When the full extent of what had gone came out pretty much everyone I know was sickened by it and still are. In my opinion compensation isn't nearly as important as undoing as much damage as possible to their people and culture. We can never fix what has been done but we need to do everything that can be done. I'm sickened by what was happening as I was growing up. I think personally that a certain number of seats in Parliament should be given to native people so they have some say in government moving forward. I don't know how many or what that would look like but I think it is vital to make sure they are a part of our government instead of being just subject to it. That's my opinion.
Have you heard of saint labre catholic native school in ashland montana. They milked my gran for years the tribal council sued them for being negligant with funds and exploiting children for profit. They used to send my grandmother dreamcatchers and feather jewlery and blankets(which screams culture appropriation to me) pleading for donations with childrens pictures and hand written letters. I doubt the kids had any say in wbether or not they wanted pictures taken they are still very much active. And they are catholic im very suspicious of them. It was founded in 1884 and according to them they were helping displaced natives when settlers moved in but that sounds off.
Banana. I am a bundle of emotions since the finding of the initial 215 unmarked graves in 2021. I will never forget that day or that week. My children were remote learning due to Covid, and I listened to my son's class. They took time out of each morning that week to read stories written by survivors and to talk about the TRUTH about what happened in residential "schools". I remember one day in particular, I hid in my office because I didnt want to disrupt my son's learning but I was balling my eyes out listening to his class. I still feel a lot of anger in regards to the "history" we were taught in school and how much the severity of the residential school system was down played. I did not understand the torment that the Indigenous people went through because it was taught as being not that bad. I am grateful that the truth has come out and is starting to be talked about more and more. I have since taken 2 Indigenous History and World View courses, plus Smudge Circle, to learn more. I hope that the history will never be forgotten but that we can learn from it and become something great as a country.
I can so relate… I know so little about my culture, my mom was less than honest about me and how I came to be… my mom was white and my dad was native… I was an embarrassment to her. But it is what it is and I can not change the past! But I can be a part of changing the future!
@@5pocketsful I am sorry to hear you were an embarrassment to your mother. I am sure you are a lovely person and I hope you have grown to be proud of who you are despite it all. The Indigenous peoples are so beautiful and I just cannot wrap my brain around HOW new comers/colonizers/Europeans could even fathom the idea to try and wipe them out. It sickens me to my core. During one of the history classes, the instructor talked a bit about how the new comers didnt bring all negativity to the Indigenous peoples and talked about trade of glass beads, metal tools and the like. I found myself imagining what things could have been like had the Europeans worked along side the Indigenous people and how grand things would be with Indigenous knowledge of the land, animals and spirit combined with the new technologies and materials from the Europeans... People learning from each other and working together. That is the dream.
@@SindyAnne it is my hope too! I see no reason why it cannot be so! I love most people and do not pick my friends by their ethnicity!we can all bring. Something to the table!
😭Canada and the US are forever tarnished by the sins against the indigenous people. There is only power represented, not good. It's a facade. Bring slavery in as well, and you have foundationally evil nations.
Banana. As a ''European', I had no idea about residential schools. I am in my 60's and had no idea about the injustice that indigenous people had to endure. I was always interested in some of the teachings, medicine wheel, and dream catchers. I had both and found them calming. It was not until the 215 graves discovered that I started to learn about the schools. I am ashamed that my 'people' had done such things.i had nothing to do with it, but I have experienced shame. I was aware of the protest in places like Ipperwash, but, but didn't really know what the issues were. I blame part of that on the way it was reported in the news.
Banana! I'm American and non-native. Knew none of this. Been relearning American history for 10+ years. Thank you so much for sharing this somber and tragic information
It goes back even furher, heres the real truth 'KKKanada system' hides from all on the stolen continent ruclips.net/video/FNcDtrf8YEA/видео.htmlsi=fET0lVAziYclfqJb
I’m the 9th great granddaughter of Marie-Catherine Plat, daughter of chief atsena plat. She was kidnapped by French missionaries with her mother and taken to France. At 14 she was returned to Canada as a “French woman” to marry a white Canadian man. Her heritage was covered up and hidden.
Can’t believe Canadians heard about this relatively recently. I’m American and learned about it many years ago. I studied North American Indian history, stayed with a Comanche lady for a while, did a vision quest in the desert. It was awful what I learned. But in the 70s the attitude began to shift and slowly, too slowly, we moved forward. President Biden appointed the first Indian as head of our Bureau of Indian Affairs. She was promoted to head of Health and Human Services and a Cherokee now heads BIA. The shock for me is not how horrific whites were to Indians. I’d long known that from our history books. The shock is how could Canadians not know? Who shut up the truth? That, Canadians owe it to themselves to learn. Banana!
I would say there is an even bigger key moment than all these. The singing of Treaty. When the Canadian Government signed Treaty One, on behalf of the british crown and their head of state at time, Queen Victoria. This set the precedence of the residential school program. It set the whole creation indian act. At that time of signing treaty, there was 3 main things that were promised: to ensure good welfare on heath, education, and land. Before this treaty, such as Selkirk's treaty and Robinson's Treaty's or the treaties with the Americans, the Anishinaabeg and the Crown never needed to worry about such things as education and land and health. The Anishinaabeg were able to care for themselves, they had everything they needed, especially in the great lakes area. But the plains were different, the buffalo herds were gone, the elk heard were gone, and so on. So the Anishinaabeg livlihood were almost gone. They talked about education because the anishinaabeg wanted to learn from one another. They knew they needed to learn european knowledge and the Anishinaabeg were hoping that the europeans would learn the Anishinaabeg knowledge. But that did not happen. Things were left out, omitted, not written down. Interpretations were different. And most importantly, the europeans did not accept, acknowledge and refused the Anishinaabeg knowledge/pedagogy. The creation of the indian act was put in place instead. And through that, the residential school system was enforced. I believe that Bishop Vital Grandin was a key figure into the formation of the Residential school system as most people today associate it to what we think about it. As he constantly advocated for it throughout his life. That is also why there was so many Catholic Run Schools, and why the Pope has to acknowledge that it wasn't just a few bad apples who tainted the schools. It was tainted from the very beginning, from the sponsorship of the Catholic church. The residential school system was created to break a child down and re-mold them differently. But all this, wouldn't have happened if it was not for the treaty and what Anishinaabeg had envisioned, for education. A common phrase I heard growing up as a kid was that education is our new buffalo, and there is some truth to that. Another thing, treaty in Anishinaabemowin that i often heard as a kid was agoodiwin---au-gou-deh-win---which in this context, translates to: that which we already have but will have more.
Banana. I am on this planet only because my mother survived residential school. Due to her trauma in residential school I became a 60’s scoop statistic. I will never get to know my mother because she died too young. I went to University of British Columbia. My first two years were done in Kamloops. I used to sit and do my homework in an orchard, within walking distance to where our UBC classes were held. The building was the former Residential School in Kamloops. The GPR found the 215 unmarked graves in the apple orchard. I never felt scared or sad in that orchard doing my homework as an adult. Nothing felt eerie. I went on to UBC in Vancouver. I became a teacher, and live in the lower mainland. As a teacher, I rarely come across an Indigenous family who is proud to be that. There is a lot of shame. Based on most of these comments, I realized nobody befriended an Indigenous person. If you got this far, type Ally. Then become one to Indigenous people.
Wado agehya. There are a number of us who have experienced a loss of of our culture. We in the NDN community need to share our culture and teachings within our own communities. Too often we get stuck in proving our Indianess by blood lines instead of immersing and growing our culture internally. Great job on communicating historical facts.
I’m from gemany and I’m having a presentation on this topic. I’m really shocked about the fact that there are still so many people not knowing about this.
Bro get some real facts if you did a presentation based off this information you were lied t and lied to others. Not 1 body has been found in "mass grave".
An indeigenous friend went to a psyciatrist and said he was so stressed sometimes he did not know if he was in a Tee Pee or a Whigwham . The doctor said relax man you are 2 tense
Banana...I only learned properly & thoroughy 1 year ago. I was totally devasted as a mom & grandma! Im appalled I was never taught the true history in school or anywhere else because now I realize Ive been living a lie! Also the sorrow I carry for Indigenous (especially who I know) and that many years earlier I could have and would have been therr for them. I dont neglect or reject anyone and to think that was happening is beyond comprehension. Facing facts as they really are will take time to digest (for everyone) but Reconciliation can certainly begin and continue to grow. Love your red yellow black & white hearts!!🧡
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE DOCUMENTARY! From the bottom of my heart I have the utmost RESPECT to the Indians-Indigenous-Native people of Canada! Great civilization, great and ancient history!! I'm really really proud that my husband is coming from this great civilization-culture-history-background!! As a Greek myself, I feel the pain and I absolutely understand all those "covered" dark sides of history!!❤
Thank you for your talk. I had a close guy friend whose family was torn apart by White law. He had to live at residential school. And, my family being from Louisiana, Natchitoches tribe my mother told me and my siblings how terrible it was for them back in the day when that was going on. My granny told my mom and she told me and my siblings Indian peoples got killed and treated so bad that if you could blend in do that and be quite. I was always in trouble because I am super proud of my heritage.
I think that the inhumane treatment of indigenous people and the trauma suffered at the hands of the government needs to be brought to light. The indigenous people should be compensated and have their full rights restored under the human rights act.
Banana. I have only begun learning about the true extent of the treatment of indigenous people in North America in the last year. I had no idea it had been going on for so long. Take any one of the events you presented and it is terrible. All of them combined is heart wrenching and hard to comprehend.
Thanks Mallory, yes I know of this from my mom, I grew up in Germany and know this about Canada. When I came here to life in CA to me celebrating Canada day would be for me like Germany would celebrate the Second World War and how many people got killed. That inspired me to make a statement and create my own flag, with your consent I would like to share the link to my flag?! I also learned from someone that the maple leafe is inspired by indegenous culture, but they are not happy about it because of the way the Canadian Government treats indeginous people.
Banana: thank you for this teaching. I feel better prepare to give an answer of the hope that lies with in me… now I can be more supportive to those around me who are asking questions regarding this issue!thank you so much!
Thank you so much for this! I have been looking for introductory content about Canada's real history for my ESL students for soon long. The way you explain everything is excellent for folks who are new the the subject as well as English learners. Thank you for making this so educational and accessible 🧿
Banana! I’m an ESL teacher too! I thought I was the only one who tried to include information about indigenous people in my lessons. It’s nice to meet you!
Banana! I have a vague recollection of being taught about residential schools. From what I remember, it seemed as if they were glorified, suggesting that colonizers were doing Indigenous families a 'favour.' Canada has a truly despicable past and I don't believe that we are anywhere close to true reconciliation. I appreciate you helping us learn the true impact of these actions. Thank you for sharing the truth with us.
I remember the vigil at parliament hill. My roommates and housing coordinator had contributed to a three month vigil. We were able to keep it until voting day and even had a teepee to smudge and pray. We had shoes where we put cedar to help their spirits walk in a good way. We created a letter based on recommendation of the security who watches over the parliament hill. At first i ran up very distraught. However i had left my smudge bowl gor others to utilize and it was beautiful. Turns out the security had no idea if i would be angry enough to create vengence. He walked up to me to see what we were doing and we had explained that we were praying for their soitis to walk in a good light because they may be trapped or not know they are gone. The security radioed his partner and told him to lower his scope. They sae us in their towers and the security actually smudged and prayed with us on multiple occasions. As soon as they saw how devestated we all were they pushed to help keep our vigil protected until voting day(September 2021) we wrote a letter to his boss explaining how important it is for us to greive as a nation and the security had mentioned how their bosses at first were okay with a week of greiving however the security absolutely refused to be the ones to gather up 215 pairs of shoes and throw out a vigil with garbage bags. I have never felt so loved in my life.
Banana. I'm surprised to read so many Canadians were unaware of these events and transgressions of Canadian history but glad that more information is getting out there about the truth. I'm 22 and thankfully I remember learning about these things in school. I hope that that is a sign our education system is becoming more based in truth and reconciliation regarding what we are taught about our history.
Here because of the series 1923. One Native American tells another "Canada is worse" and it got me curious. Already subscribed. Thanks for the enlightenment.
I don’t believe we were lied about, personally we were though about trades, wars, assimilation, overall bad things but not really about the schools. I’m not sure it was done out of bad fate but more because it was going too much in detail vs the amount of history to learn. As a French Canadian from Quebec we didn’t even learn that much about other provinces even.
It was just schools... All kids died and were beaten. And yeah there were some pedo priests.. but I would say they were better off than in modern schools. Just because it is easy to see the harm in the old schools.... It's not easy to stop and identity the rainbow mayhem.... No offense to anyone. I think most would prefer to be diddled by a priest than put on hormones and have your genitals and breast cut off. Maybe that's just my opinion
Banana, As a child from the 1950's absolutely nothing was taught about the history of Canada's indigenous peoples. This includes right up though high school. It is so very sad. Thank you for making this education.
You're absolutely right, the lack of education about the history and culture of Canada's Indigenous peoples is indeed unfortunate. Thank you for your support and for recognizing the significance of this education.🙏🏽
I was never educated about this history, but sparked by a relationship with a Cree woman I began to research and read books such as "The Legend of Big Bear"... Then after a trip to Rwanda right after the Genocide of a million people I began to get a clearer picture of the forces that seek to remove the history of people and to blur identity and to create a passive and greedy consumer culture.
Banana. This is very insightful (I am British, not Canadian, but have an interest in History and taught it for some time). I remember reading the news in 2021 with the mass graves...but sadly, I wasn't surprised as I knew that the people suffered a lot. Keep up the good work to raise awareness
Banana. I landed on your site as I was looking for a Canadian equivalent to Dee Brown’s “Bury my heart at wounded knee” (which is an amazing book on the diversity across indigenous nations and the US Government’s direct policy of genocide, I.e., “that the only good Indian is a dead Indian” and their unscrupulous betrayal of treaties and theft of territory). Since reading the Truth and Reconciliation Report I have been looking for an honest treatise of our Canadian particular history, but every turn I take seems to reinforce indigenous myths of “the peaceful natives in harmony with nature”, European myths of “honest treaty negotiations”, lists of publicly available facts (like those listed in your video), and endless tales that obfuscate “truth” as completely one-sided justifications. Historical truths are far more complex and it’s difficult to capture the incentives and contexts of the past in single words like oppression, assimilation, genocide, murder, deceit, etc. Canada is a large country and our indigenous story, pre European and post 1600s, is incredibly diverse with indigenous treaties, wars, slavery, raids and power struggles already existing. And added to this dynamic, the European customs, laws, gods, and greed. The French desires and approaches were vastly different than the English, which was vastly different from the Dutch, the budding Americans (especially post civil war). So, I yearn for a Canadian history that differentiates the Mohawk interests from the Huron, from the Montagnais, from the Denai, from the Inuit. Modern history is replete with challenges amongst and across First Nations, so how can we be so ignorant as to accept that all First Nations were or are unified in their distrust of Canadian governments. My single leadership role model and hero is Tecumseh (a Shawnee) who attempted and failed to create a Confederacy, not in service of the British, but in service of the native he failed because of their diversity of interests and their individual quests for power. So, if you can, and if you’ve read this long comment to this point, reply with “banana split”, direct me to a Canadian version of Dee Brown’s book that combines and cites indigenous versions of history with Government sources in a manner that substantiates the clear political truth behind the American genocidal policy (which has left me sickened to our collective pasts). Truth attempts to dispel myths, and myths of our collective history abound. Sincerely, David
I knew in grade school that what both my grandfather's had told me about how the US did their tribes and how they did their people. It was a totally different image than the Noble Savage. I was told of massacres and the hatred and attitude towards them when folks had a problem with anybody who definitely appeared to be native even..My grandfathers both had problems with people that looked at them like "You should be dead!" The conquerors write the history and so many tales told about how warlike the indigenous pepe we're, and that we were always at war with each other..And their is the native version passed down by the old people of what really happened way back then and it is strikingly different..They often would wait untill the warriors were out hunting and would basically murder the noncombatants and say it was a victory over hundreds of warriors..Papa said it wasn't like that at all in the John Wayne movies were he would shoot Fifty warriors down like flies...One cowboy could out fight a 100 warriors...The warriors were portrayed by non-natives.The thing is historians have accepted the account of the soldiers as fact! Cause our savagery justifies the reason for what happened. So no one will sympathize with what happened in the US wars against every one of the Native Nations..A political way for them to keep a claim on the land taken from each native tribe.. Thank you for this video, I knew that things in Canada were just as bad or worse here..I tell people that my ancestors didn't surrender..Out horses and guns did..Lol
Good on Canada for at least taking steps "forward." I am afraid that we on the southern border will require another 25 years before the topic will be publicly breached. And by that, I mean that once the current dominant white faction actually become a numerical minority for the first time in American history, attempts at truth and reconciliation may be possible. From what I can tell, any accurate recounting of US history is being labeled as CRC - Critical Race Theory. I only found out about the residential schools in November of this year - 2022. And add to that, it has only been recently that the depth of the genocide attempts directed at our indigenous natives and their descendants made it onto my radar.
Yeah like talk about wild time whole tribes genocide and anhilation of an entire other tribe. The native wars were old school savage. Head hunting and all . Badd ass but wow definitely genocide
Banana 🍌 I'm a first generation Canadian w.e that means .. but was VERY Rarely learned about Indigenous culture. And that breaks my heart as I love it soo much
Absolutely! Please feel free to share, Wendy. Sharing knowledge and resources is a great way to spread awareness and understanding. Thank you for your support, and I hope the video brings value to your group! 🙏🏽🧡
I feel like I’ve known about residential schools for a really long time. But I don’t think I was taught it in school. It was definitely their CBC radio episodes at least 8-10 years ago, that I heard first hand accounts of the horrors of ppl who attended. And also effects on 60s scoop survivors. Certain stories stand with me daily literally daily, as I empathize when I watch my young daughter go through her day and I imagine what horrible things young indigenous ppl suffered during those times 😢
Banana. I am trying to understand how residential schools happened and am very curious if there is information about the education system present and available to indigenous children from 1876-1975 on reserves. Was the school too crowded? Was the curriculum too different from Provincial standards? On a different series of questions: Were parental rights suspended and the children taken at gunpoint? Who in their right mind would have the Catholic church organizing a school for non-Catholics?
Banana 🍌 I grew up in the Okanagan Valley and Yukon. The teachings of indigenous people were always present bit the real teachings were talking to the people I grew up with and realizing their stories. Not always easy to hear but it gave me utmost respect for them. They deserve it.
What about MMIWG? Where would that fit? Would that be a 9th key event? I am a grade 9 teacher and I use your videos in class so I want to make sure I honour the spirit of the videos and respectfully ask where to include this? Thank you.
i do have to ask, how many graves were from disease, TB, etc. One thing I loved about working in Canada, snap lake diamond mine, with so many wonderful native folk, we learned, spoke, told stories, histories, I hear a lot more about how they treated themselves long before, but that is another story. I loved learning the cultures of the different nations while there, so much history, so many stories, even learned a little bit of Cree. HAd the absolute honor ofworking with folks that wanted to work, even native language and history classes were taught in camp for the youngsters and whoever wanted to participate. Beautiful experience, even though worked under horrible foreman. Leo Primeau can suck it. But the folks i did meet and learn and love there were forever in my mind thereafter. One of my best friends in Edmonton, and still to this day, old apprenctice, Metis, love to death, and same back. His family were heavily involved in negotiations in past. There is so much more to hear and tell, just saw you here today, just not enough, willl have to see more. Thanks, Peace.
Hi Malory! Thank you so much for your content I respect you so much. I know you’re from Canada BUT how can I (white American non-native) best support the indigenous people of Canada and America? I’ve recently learned about the truth of the horrors the indigenous communities suffered for decades, in Canada and America, and I’m speechless. I’m a spiritual woman and many of my wonderful spirit guides are of Native American/ indigenous heritage and I feel compelled to help reconcile!! Let me know your thoughts. Thank you beautiful soul. Much love to you. ❤❤❤
I live in the U.S. I recently saw a documentary on PBS Channel called "LITTLE BIRD ". I was shocked and saddened to by the Sixties Scoop, which made me want to dig deeper into Indigenous Canada. Until then, my only knowledge of atrocities committed against Indigenous People were those done in the United States. Since "LITTLE BIRD" and "COMING HOME", the Behind the Scenes documentary, have been reading every book I can find and viewing every documentary available. That's how I discovered your Channel. I am so glad we have access to this. Unfortunately, most of the Channels, documentaries, TV Series and movies are only available in Canada. Hopefully, that will soon change. Meanwhile, I am grateful to PBS for allowing people in the U.S. to discover the horror of what occurred in Canada. All this time, I thought these things occurred only in the United States. As for your Channel, keep up the Great work!
Thanks for sharing this video my mother, grandmother, and her father all went to them residential school on the Piapot reserve where they all grew up in Saskatchewan Canada near the town of Regina, and she told me the horror stories and the punishment they all have to face by the Catholic priest and nuns that where in charge of them residential (boarding) schools.
Banana. I remember a brief chapter in elementary school about residential schools in the us. Failed to mention, they were old military grounds and followed military rules. Usually ran by staff who had a deep hatred for our people. My son got into trouble when he got up & began yelling at his history teacher, who was bragging to the students about his family buying land for a quarter from the "dumb" Indians. My son is proud of his Chihene & Yaqui heritage.
Your video is very interesting and I'm teaching intercultural competences in Germany. Is it accurate to use the word indians? because i was taught that columbus used it and is a word that indigenous peoples don't like to be called. But please enlighten me. I just worked myself a little bit into the topic
Banana. I was never taught anything about indigenous culture. And I am Métis. But do not have status. So I want to learn and maybe get my status. Better late then never!
I see that this video was published 2 years ago, but it just came through on my feed today. Despite its age, other people will come upon it so I felt some comments were necessary because of its biased POV and shortage of facts. The presenter tells how the Indian Act has impacted Indigenous lives and that it is still in force today, but we are not told that the White Paper of 1969, under Pierre Trudeau, proposed to abolish the act. The Tribal Council, however, was opposed to it because they knew that their people would have no choice but to fully assimilate, not to mention the fact that it would mean the end of the billions of dollars that flow into the indigenous community annually. The residential schools came into being because the natives wanted them. They knew their people would be left behind if there wasn't some way of including them on the road to the future. Attendance was voluntary at first but did eventually become mandatory, although it was never successfully enforced. The so-called "scoop" involved removing children from abusive homes, largely because of alcoholism among a people who chose to live on welfare. The TRC was a decidedly one-sided affair as all members of the commission were Indigenous. The result was a biased, flawed, and contentious document that has little to say about the many thousands of individuals who benefited from the schools. Also, billions of dollars were paid out to individuals who claimed they were abused based on anecdotal evidence alone. Only a handful of the accusations saw the inside of a courtroom and due process. The thousands of claims may have been attributable to a psychological contagion or it might have been the greatest fraud ever perpetrated against a modern government. As for the "unmarked graves" at places like Kamloops the 215 "missing children" have been accounted for and the so-called graves have yet to be excavated and likely never will be. It would not be politically wise to do so because the GPR findings are only soil anomalies. This will hold true for other GPR findings too. The real, but unkempt graveyards contain only children who died of the same natural causes children of the white population died from at the time. The presenter's opening remarks about indigenous people being oppressed couldn't be further from the truth. It only serves to contribute to a victimhood her people seem to enjoy wallowing in. I would ask her what would she have done if she were in the colonizer's shoes, with a technology and culture light years beyond that of the sparse, primitive populations inhabiting the land to which you've migrated? Left them to fend for themselves? Or try to bring them into the modern world with whatever tools available to you at the time? The former would have left them in a sorry state had they even survived it, which is doubtful. Instead the paternalism and Christian values that she would disdain, not to mention the hundreds of billions, if not trillions, of dollars spent on their welfare, have given the indigenous population the education, tools, and resources to right the perceived wrongs they feel have been committed against them. That seems pretty damned generous to me. Still, colonization is blamed for all their ills, but blaming someone or something else is what people do when they refuse to accept responsibility for their inadequacies and problems.
I learned ALOT from dating a girl from the Ogibiway tribe in northern Ontario. I always felt bad about something,,,, that I, (a 37 year old white male), that i had ABSOLUTLY nothing to do with, and would support your cause 100% of the way; UNTIL, i learned how they feel about ppl like me, and my grandfather. I understand the frustration, but YOU have to gry and understand MY generations frustration from being told that we, and our race, are nothing but rapists and worse.... Like, i , had NOTHING to do with these things, and i would NEVER support the things done; but whats funny, is that I GDT BLAMMED FOR it anyways...... And,,, having my tax dollars that i work hard for, to give natives their "tax exempt", doesnt seem to be enough to clear my name, so fuck it. Ive been to the reserve in North Bay, and was disgusted to see the winter "netting" on the lake. Catching LITTERALY above 500 fish within 1 day, choosing maybe 20 of them to eat, and leaving ALL of the rest on the tip of the ice to die..... Just because "they can". Shooting a bear in the woods, (outside of hunting rules mind you) and not eating it because they shot it for " practice". This is what i have seen with my own eyes, its disgusting, and the new native generations are being taught WRONG. And i am a canadian, i was born here, and i pay taxes to make MY country a better place. (Even though its going to you) and this might sounds racist; its not. Ive never been racist.. (not as much as thr natives in this country anyways)
I'm so sorry to hear about what you've been through and seen. I understand how you feel. I have a video about Truth and Reconciliation that explains how we should move forward to achieve reconciliation and resiliency because we believe that we should not get stuck in the 'Truth' and only focus on the things that happened in the past.
Banana. I’m from the US, first times feasting of any of Canadian native history. Did they have residential schools in USA too? Please tag me on video if you have more info
Grandfather went to Residential School in the US at the age of six and ran away ten years later. His scars were deep. They reverberated through the generations. At least Canada is addressing this, I doubt the US will. Banana
It would be helpful to ha e on yr youtube, an Elder who we can connect with & ask questions or he speaks on a certain topic or point. We hear about Elders but dont see them...just a thought🧡
Banana: So…how do we move forward from these atrocities that happened? My feeling is that no matter what happens this will not be reconciled because of human behaviour. With the world in its current state and people calling for blood on the other side of the world. And to be perfectly honest, I think that the only way that we can actually make right on this issue is have all the native tribes run the country. Revamp the education system and have a massive culture change etc. However, I do not see this happening for quite a few reasons. One being that the powers that be, the global elite would never leave that happen and corruption lays in the heart of every person who yearns to wield power. Also that people love to play tit-for-tat
Ive been learning up on the crimes of canada and the US against native americans. My town was named after the Wenatchi people who never got reservation land and have to share with other band like the coville and their fishing rights arent even honored(im not sure but i think some have fishing rihhts but its fragile.)
This whole experience of learning the truth caused me to search out my own history and we were using drums and circles with herbs too! Now Im wondering if this is Indigenous in my family history. Seems so. Like you I never liked history as a student but now it has become very important. We just cant sit down and re-write history. It is what it is! 🧡
Funny I'm related to Cyrille Monette - Odile Bouin but who are the first original native indigenous connected to my grandparents Cyrille Monette - Odile Bouin in Canada 1:47
Banana - Thank you for these videos. I'm finding them very educational. I am a teacher taking a course called First Nations, Metis, Inuit Part 1 that teaches some of the history of Canada. I work with young children (grades 3 and younger). What do you think people who work with young children should be telling them about the history of Canada and residential schools? I'd be interested in hearing your ideas.
No I never learned about any of this in school. I had to take it upon myself to learn about it as an adult. I even graduated from a high school on the same land as a residential school (Heritage Park Secondary in Mission BC). I was furious I never learned more 😢
Thank you for this video, truly. I am learning about my history, I grew up in the 80s, apart from my indigenous family. My parents got divorced and was told I had little indigenous blood in me. Which I do from my father. I know nothing about my heritage and culture. I am slowly starting to learn who I truly am,There is so much information to gather. Thank you for these videos. Banana.
@@Anonymous_Whisper first I'm not a bug I'm a proud indigenous woman who was learned alot from my elders in my community and from the fire keeper at my resver and many wise indigenous teachers at the local university. I look forward to keep learning many truths. I wish much peace.
@@rachelladouceur873 yeah but you say you are just figuring things out now.... So you can be learning the "new" history which is false. Also I didn't call you big it was a typo. Third can you admit that some residential schools were not that bad.. actually just normal. Also also this was an era where kids had no rights... Disease was rampant.. it was not mass murder it wasn't genocide. And in the end it's the government that is the issue.. maybe some diddler priest... In reality the Current regime has cut off many indigenous childrens parts . Very recent law suit was settled about the native kids in the child services and foster care. If you really cared you would look to the future and current circumstances... Can't fix the past. Lying and calling it genocide doesn't help either.
banana I am a grade 7/8 teacher who has the opportunity to teach Aboriginal Studies. Along with some great PD's I am pleased to be able to use these vidoes in my class.
Thank you for the work you do in educating youth! It’s such important and often undervalued work shaping our future generations. If you have any ideas of content you’d like to see for students please let me know 🧡 chi-miigwetch!
BANANA! BANANA! BANANA! I have been trying to learn more about the whole issue about residential schools and the 94 Recommendations for Reconciliation for several years now. I am appauled that the Government of Canada and organized religions did such things to try to alter the future of First Nations children and actively destroy their culture. It is disgusting to me! I am Caucasian by birth - I cannot do anything about that - but I can do what I can to try to mend the hurt and the damage. Please help me to do that.
BANANA we watched this with the kids for our canadian thanks giving. we dont do turkey and fake rock and boat story.we do family day and learn something new about Indigenous genocide. .
Yes I have heard of this, it's shameful disgusting truth still playing out today. Loretta Saunders with Child, tattooed on my chest. It's very clear who is the savage in the history of both Canada and the US. Emmylou Harris, lost unto this world. Karoo southern africa. ❤
Banana Thank you for teaching the truth. Heard of the schools but no idea of the time line in Canada. I thought it was so long ago. I will be searching for the same info for the schools and government acts here in tge US. Ali
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Thank you.
Hey one big question where are the bodies and what did they do with them? Isn't disturbing graves and owning land against traditional values of aboriginals? And trust me I know the answers to these questions. But what do you think?(There was no bodies therefore no graves".
But we go to actual sacred cermeony for this, maybe dont miss lead young ones who dont know this real way of honouring good life thru Creator's ceremonies. We have to be at ceremony to honour Creator thru Creator's ceremonies, not online.
Banana: I only learned of residential schools this year. You further opened my eyes to the fact these schools went on into the 1990's. It is really hard to swallow the fact these atrocities were unknown to the average non-indigenous for so long. I am grateful for you, Mallory, and others who are willing to speak up and stand for the truth and further more, reconciliation. Please continue to share. Forever Ally.
Hi Stephanie, thank you so much for your kind words, your support, and above all, for being ally 💕💕 much love to you!
It's not true and it's re writing history.... 😢
What about the billion+ since 1492? ruclips.net/video/FNcDtrf8YEA/видео.htmlsi=fET0lVAziYclfqJb
Banana.
Miigwech 🙏 I am the adult product of an Ojibwe father and Irish descendant mother. I still struggle with what to call myself, as all my formative years, even my “white” grandfather called me a half-breed, and treated my sister and I (especially me) differently than our full “white-blood” cousin.
I have been following you long to feel the positive energy, with no recriminations that I no matter if a person is not “full blood” it does not matter, we are one family .. our blood all bleeds the same colour.
The being said, I cannot identity with being ripped from my family, as having a “white” mother, and my father hating the Catholic Church with a passion, but having the Christian indoctrination well instilled, my sister and I were raised in the Baptist Church, and sent into the Public School system.
Thank you for watching and sharing!
Ojibrish is a good description
I want to make something clear as someone who grew up in Canada. We always knew native Canadian people were mistreated. We however never knew the extent our government had and to some extent was still going to eradicate their culture. When the full extent of what had gone came out pretty much everyone I know was sickened by it and still are.
In my opinion compensation isn't nearly as important as undoing as much damage as possible to their people and culture. We can never fix what has been done but we need to do everything that can be done.
I'm sickened by what was happening as I was growing up.
I think personally that a certain number of seats in Parliament should be given to native people so they have some say in government moving forward. I don't know how many or what that would look like but I think it is vital to make sure they are a part of our government instead of being just subject to it. That's my opinion.
What's your take on indigenous truth?! Let us know in the comments below! :)
Have you heard of saint labre catholic native school in ashland montana. They milked my gran for years the tribal council sued them for being negligant with funds and exploiting children for profit. They used to send my grandmother dreamcatchers and feather jewlery and blankets(which screams culture appropriation to me) pleading for donations with childrens pictures and hand written letters. I doubt the kids had any say in wbether or not they wanted pictures taken they are still very much active. And they are catholic im very suspicious of them. It was founded in 1884 and according to them they were helping displaced natives when settlers moved in but that sounds off.
This is the "new age Orwellian truth". The kind that rewrites the history and changes the future.. so we have no present.
Banana.
I am a bundle of emotions since the finding of the initial 215 unmarked graves in 2021. I will never forget that day or that week. My children were remote learning due to Covid, and I listened to my son's class. They took time out of each morning that week to read stories written by survivors and to talk about the TRUTH about what happened in residential "schools". I remember one day in particular, I hid in my office because I didnt want to disrupt my son's learning but I was balling my eyes out listening to his class. I still feel a lot of anger in regards to the "history" we were taught in school and how much the severity of the residential school system was down played. I did not understand the torment that the Indigenous people went through because it was taught as being not that bad. I am grateful that the truth has come out and is starting to be talked about more and more. I have since taken 2 Indigenous History and World View courses, plus Smudge Circle, to learn more. I hope that the history will never be forgotten but that we can learn from it and become something great as a country.
I can so relate… I know so little about my culture, my mom was less than honest about me and how I came to be… my mom was white and my dad was native… I was an embarrassment to her. But it is what it is and I can not change the past! But I can be a part of changing the future!
@@5pocketsful I am sorry to hear you were an embarrassment to your mother. I am sure you are a lovely person and I hope you have grown to be proud of who you are despite it all.
The Indigenous peoples are so beautiful and I just cannot wrap my brain around HOW new comers/colonizers/Europeans could even fathom the idea to try and wipe them out. It sickens me to my core. During one of the history classes, the instructor talked a bit about how the new comers didnt bring all negativity to the Indigenous peoples and talked about trade of glass beads, metal tools and the like. I found myself imagining what things could have been like had the Europeans worked along side the Indigenous people and how grand things would be with Indigenous knowledge of the land, animals and spirit combined with the new technologies and materials from the Europeans... People learning from each other and working together. That is the dream.
@@SindyAnne it is my hope too! I see no reason why it cannot be so! I love most people and do not pick my friends by their ethnicity!we can all bring. Something to the table!
We hear you it's a tough truth to learn. Thanks for watching!
😭Canada and the US are forever tarnished by the sins against the indigenous people. There is only power represented, not good. It's a facade. Bring slavery in as well, and you have foundationally evil nations.
Banana.
As a ''European', I had no idea about residential schools. I am in my 60's and had no idea about the injustice that indigenous people had to endure.
I was always interested in some of the teachings, medicine wheel, and dream catchers. I had both and found them calming.
It was not until the 215 graves discovered that I started to learn about the schools. I am ashamed that my 'people' had done such things.i had nothing to do with it, but I have experienced shame.
I was aware of the protest in places like Ipperwash, but, but didn't really know what the issues were. I blame part of that on the way it was reported in the news.
Thanks for your comment and for watching!
Ummm there was no 215 graves... Not 1 body found. Sooo?
And you still don't know anything 😂
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Lol. All a big hoax
Banana! I'm American and non-native. Knew none of this. Been relearning American history for 10+ years. Thank you so much for sharing this somber and tragic information
I learned about residential schools about 5 years ago through Kevin Annett, I was sickened with what I learned.
It's a hard truth to learn. We hear you. Thanks for watching.
You should spend some time learning about what they do to their own people in some of the reserves that would also make you sick.
What did you "learn"?
It goes back even furher, heres the real truth 'KKKanada system' hides from all on the stolen continent ruclips.net/video/FNcDtrf8YEA/видео.htmlsi=fET0lVAziYclfqJb
My mom went to a Residential School. I have my mom’s school ring, school jacket, and school yearbooks.
I’m the 9th great granddaughter of Marie-Catherine Plat, daughter of chief atsena plat. She was kidnapped by French missionaries with her mother and taken to France. At 14 she was returned to Canada as a “French woman” to marry a white Canadian man. Her heritage was covered up and hidden.
Can’t believe Canadians heard about this relatively recently. I’m American and learned about it many years ago. I studied North American Indian history, stayed with a Comanche lady for a while, did a vision quest in the desert. It was awful what I learned. But in the 70s the attitude began to shift and slowly, too slowly, we moved forward. President Biden appointed the first Indian as head of our Bureau of Indian Affairs. She was promoted to head of Health and Human Services and a Cherokee now heads BIA. The shock for me is not how horrific whites were to Indians. I’d long known that from our history books. The shock is how could Canadians not know? Who shut up the truth? That, Canadians owe it to themselves to learn. Banana!
I would say there is an even bigger key moment than all these. The singing of Treaty. When the Canadian Government signed Treaty One, on behalf of the british crown and their head of state at time, Queen Victoria. This set the precedence of the residential school program. It set the whole creation indian act. At that time of signing treaty, there was 3 main things that were promised: to ensure good welfare on heath, education, and land. Before this treaty, such as Selkirk's treaty and Robinson's Treaty's or the treaties with the Americans, the Anishinaabeg and the Crown never needed to worry about such things as education and land and health. The Anishinaabeg were able to care for themselves, they had everything they needed, especially in the great lakes area. But the plains were different, the buffalo herds were gone, the elk heard were gone, and so on. So the Anishinaabeg livlihood were almost gone. They talked about education because the anishinaabeg wanted to learn from one another. They knew they needed to learn european knowledge and the Anishinaabeg were hoping that the europeans would learn the Anishinaabeg knowledge. But that did not happen. Things were left out, omitted, not written down. Interpretations were different. And most importantly, the europeans did not accept, acknowledge and refused the Anishinaabeg knowledge/pedagogy. The creation of the indian act was put in place instead. And through that, the residential school system was enforced. I believe that Bishop Vital Grandin was a key figure into the formation of the Residential school system as most people today associate it to what we think about it. As he constantly advocated for it throughout his life. That is also why there was so many Catholic Run Schools, and why the Pope has to acknowledge that it wasn't just a few bad apples who tainted the schools. It was tainted from the very beginning, from the sponsorship of the Catholic church. The residential school system was created to break a child down and re-mold them differently. But all this, wouldn't have happened if it was not for the treaty and what Anishinaabeg had envisioned, for education. A common phrase I heard growing up as a kid was that education is our new buffalo, and there is some truth to that.
Another thing, treaty in Anishinaabemowin that i often heard as a kid was agoodiwin---au-gou-deh-win---which in this context, translates to: that which we already have but will have more.
Wow I can't type my full comments odd as hell?
I'm making a condensed comment.
Banana.
I am on this planet only because my mother survived residential school. Due to her trauma in residential school I became a 60’s scoop statistic. I will never get to know my mother because she died too young. I went to University of British Columbia. My first two years were done in Kamloops. I used to sit and do my homework in an orchard, within walking distance to where our UBC classes were held. The building was the former Residential School in Kamloops. The GPR found the 215 unmarked graves in the apple orchard. I never felt scared or sad in that orchard doing my homework as an adult. Nothing felt eerie. I went on to UBC in Vancouver. I became a teacher, and live in the lower mainland. As a teacher, I rarely come across an Indigenous family who is proud to be that. There is a lot of shame. Based on most of these comments, I realized nobody befriended an Indigenous person. If you got this far, type Ally. Then become one to Indigenous people.
Wado agehya. There are a number of us who have experienced a loss of of our culture. We in the NDN community need to share our culture and teachings within our own communities. Too often we get stuck in proving our Indianess by blood lines instead of immersing and growing our culture internally. Great job on communicating historical facts.
I’m from gemany and I’m having a presentation on this topic. I’m really shocked about the fact that there are still so many people not knowing about this.
Well basically it’s another hitler who succeeded.
Bro get some real facts if you did a presentation based off this information you were lied t and lied to others. Not 1 body has been found in "mass grave".
Very different from Winnatou stories
An indeigenous friend went to a psyciatrist and said he was so stressed sometimes he did not know if he was in a Tee Pee or a Whigwham . The doctor said relax man you are 2 tense
Haha oh boy!
Banana...I only learned properly & thoroughy 1 year ago. I was totally devasted as a mom & grandma! Im appalled I was never taught the true history in school or anywhere else because now I realize Ive been living a lie! Also the sorrow I carry for Indigenous (especially who I know) and that many years earlier I could have and would have been therr for them. I dont neglect or reject anyone and to think that was happening is beyond comprehension. Facing facts as they really are will take time to digest (for everyone) but Reconciliation can certainly begin and continue to grow. Love your red yellow black & white hearts!!🧡
We hear you! Thanks for watching and for sharing your thoughts and insight!
This video is not "how things are or were".
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE DOCUMENTARY! From the bottom of my heart I have the utmost RESPECT to the Indians-Indigenous-Native people of Canada! Great civilization, great and ancient history!! I'm really really proud that my husband is coming from this great civilization-culture-history-background!! As a Greek myself, I feel the pain and I absolutely understand all those "covered" dark sides of history!!❤
Thank you for your talk. I had a close guy friend whose family was torn apart by White law. He had to live at residential school. And, my family being from Louisiana, Natchitoches tribe my mother told me and my siblings how terrible it was for them back in the day when that was going on. My granny told my mom and she told me and my siblings Indian peoples got killed and treated so bad that if you could blend in do that and be quite. I was always in trouble because I am super proud of my heritage.
Oh yeah how did the tribes and clans interact before the "white law". You speak of? Genocide rape slavery and torture were the "laws".
I think that the inhumane treatment of indigenous people and the trauma suffered at the hands of the government needs to be brought to light. The indigenous people should be compensated and have their full rights restored under the human rights act.
Get rid of reserves. And everyone highlight it's the wack governments fault.
For my own edification. Have any graves been excavated?
Banana. I have only begun learning about the true extent of the treatment of indigenous people in North America in the last year. I had no idea it had been going on for so long. Take any one of the events you presented and it is terrible. All of them combined is heart wrenching and hard to comprehend.
Thanks Mallory, yes I know of this from my mom, I grew up in Germany and know this about Canada. When I came here to life in CA to me celebrating Canada day would be for me like Germany would celebrate the Second World War and how many people got killed. That inspired me to make a statement and create my own flag, with your consent I would like to share the link to my flag?!
I also learned from someone that the maple leafe is inspired by indegenous culture, but they are not happy about it because of the way the Canadian Government treats indeginous people.
Banana: thank you for this teaching. I feel better prepare to give an answer of the hope that lies with in me… now I can be more supportive to those around me who are asking questions regarding this issue!thank you so much!
Thanks so much for watching!
Thank you so much for this! I have been looking for introductory content about Canada's real history for my ESL students for soon long.
The way you explain everything is excellent for folks who are new the the subject as well as English learners. Thank you for making this so educational and accessible 🧿
I'm so glad you found this video helpful! Thank you so much for watching :)
Banana! I’m an ESL teacher too! I thought I was the only one who tried to include information about indigenous people in my lessons. It’s nice to meet you!
Lol and you didn't get real history bin this video
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Banana!
I have a vague recollection of being taught about residential schools. From what I remember, it seemed as if they were glorified, suggesting that colonizers were doing Indigenous families a 'favour.' Canada has a truly despicable past and I don't believe that we are anywhere close to true reconciliation. I appreciate you helping us learn the true impact of these actions. Thank you for sharing the truth with us.
I remember the vigil at parliament hill. My roommates and housing coordinator had contributed to a three month vigil. We were able to keep it until voting day and even had a teepee to smudge and pray. We had shoes where we put cedar to help their spirits walk in a good way. We created a letter based on recommendation of the security who watches over the parliament hill. At first i ran up very distraught. However i had left my smudge bowl gor others to utilize and it was beautiful. Turns out the security had no idea if i would be angry enough to create vengence. He walked up to me to see what we were doing and we had explained that we were praying for their soitis to walk in a good light because they may be trapped or not know they are gone. The security radioed his partner and told him to lower his scope. They sae us in their towers and the security actually smudged and prayed with us on multiple occasions. As soon as they saw how devestated we all were they pushed to help keep our vigil protected until voting day(September 2021) we wrote a letter to his boss explaining how important it is for us to greive as a nation and the security had mentioned how their bosses at first were okay with a week of greiving however the security absolutely refused to be the ones to gather up 215 pairs of shoes and throw out a vigil with garbage bags. I have never felt so loved in my life.
Miigwech, thank you for this informative video!
Thanks for watching!
Banana. I'm surprised to read so many Canadians were unaware of these events and transgressions of Canadian history but glad that more information is getting out there about the truth. I'm 22 and thankfully I remember learning about these things in school. I hope that that is a sign our education system is becoming more based in truth and reconciliation regarding what we are taught about our history.
We hope so too. 🙏🏽 Thank you for your comment! I really appreciate it. 🧡
Here because of the series 1923. One Native American tells another "Canada is worse" and it got me curious. Already subscribed. Thanks for the enlightenment.
I don’t believe we were lied about, personally we were though about trades, wars, assimilation, overall bad things but not really about the schools. I’m not sure it was done out of bad fate but more because it was going too much in detail vs the amount of history to learn. As a French Canadian from Quebec we didn’t even learn that much about other provinces even.
It was just schools... All kids died and were beaten. And yeah there were some pedo priests.. but I would say they were better off than in modern schools. Just because it is easy to see the harm in the old schools.... It's not easy to stop and identity the rainbow mayhem.... No offense to anyone. I think most would prefer to be diddled by a priest than put on hormones and have your genitals and breast cut off. Maybe that's just my opinion
Banana, As a child from the 1950's absolutely nothing was taught about the history of Canada's indigenous peoples. This includes right up though high school. It is so very sad. Thank you for making this education.
You're absolutely right, the lack of education about the history and culture of Canada's Indigenous peoples is indeed unfortunate. Thank you for your support and for recognizing the significance of this education.🙏🏽
As long as ALL the truth is told, not just the fluffy stuff. Slavery, war, genocide BY the natives, you know, TRUTH
I was never educated about this history, but sparked by a relationship with a Cree woman I began to research and read books such as "The Legend of Big Bear"... Then after a trip to Rwanda right after the Genocide of a million people I began to get a clearer picture of the forces that seek to remove the history of people and to blur identity and to create a passive and greedy consumer culture.
Banana. This is very insightful (I am British, not Canadian, but have an interest in History and taught it for some time). I remember reading the news in 2021 with the mass graves...but sadly, I wasn't surprised as I knew that the people suffered a lot. Keep up the good work to raise awareness
Another great video as usual thanks and keep them coming .
You're so welcome! Thanks for watching!
Damn , my ancestors went to those schools in fort Frances , my grandmother never liked talking about her childhood . I’m ojibwe
Banana. I landed on your site as I was looking for a Canadian equivalent to Dee Brown’s “Bury my heart at wounded knee” (which is an amazing book on the diversity across indigenous nations and the US Government’s direct policy of genocide, I.e., “that the only good Indian is a dead Indian” and their unscrupulous betrayal of treaties and theft of territory). Since reading the Truth and Reconciliation Report I have been looking for an honest treatise of our Canadian particular history, but every turn I take seems to reinforce indigenous myths of “the peaceful natives in harmony with nature”, European myths of “honest treaty negotiations”, lists of publicly available facts (like those listed in your video), and endless tales that obfuscate “truth” as completely one-sided justifications. Historical truths are far more complex and it’s difficult to capture the incentives and contexts of the past in single words like oppression, assimilation, genocide, murder, deceit, etc. Canada is a large country and our indigenous story, pre European and post 1600s, is incredibly diverse with indigenous treaties, wars, slavery, raids and power struggles already existing. And added to this dynamic, the European customs, laws, gods, and greed. The French desires and approaches were vastly different than the English, which was vastly different from the Dutch, the budding Americans (especially post civil war). So, I yearn for a Canadian history that differentiates the Mohawk interests from the Huron, from the Montagnais, from the Denai, from the Inuit. Modern history is replete with challenges amongst and across First Nations, so how can we be so ignorant as to accept that all First Nations were or are unified in their distrust of Canadian governments. My single leadership role model and hero is Tecumseh (a Shawnee) who attempted and failed to create a Confederacy, not in service of the British, but in service of the native he failed because of their diversity of interests and their individual quests for power. So, if you can, and if you’ve read this long comment to this point, reply with “banana split”, direct me to a Canadian version of Dee Brown’s book that combines and cites indigenous versions of history with Government sources in a manner that substantiates the clear political truth behind the American genocidal policy (which has left me sickened to our collective pasts). Truth attempts to dispel myths, and myths of our collective history abound. Sincerely, David
Banana. Why banana?
Thank you for this! I've known all of this for my whole life. Fighting for our voices !
You're so welcome!
I knew in grade school that what both my grandfather's had told me about how the US did their tribes and how they did their people. It was a totally different image than the Noble Savage. I was told of massacres and the hatred and attitude towards them when folks had a problem with anybody who definitely appeared to be native even..My grandfathers both had problems with people that looked at them like "You should be dead!" The conquerors write the history and so many tales told about how warlike the indigenous pepe we're, and that we were always at war with each other..And their is the native version passed down by the old people of what really happened way back then and it is strikingly different..They often would wait untill the warriors were out hunting and would basically murder the noncombatants and say it was a victory over hundreds of warriors..Papa said it wasn't like that at all in the John Wayne movies were he would shoot Fifty warriors down like flies...One cowboy could out fight a 100 warriors...The warriors were portrayed by non-natives.The thing is historians have accepted the account of the soldiers as fact! Cause our savagery justifies the reason for what happened. So no one will sympathize with what happened in the US wars against every one of the Native Nations..A political way for them to keep a claim on the land taken from each native tribe.. Thank you for this video, I knew that things in Canada were just as bad or worse here..I tell people that my ancestors didn't surrender..Out horses and guns did..Lol
Good on Canada for at least taking steps "forward." I am afraid that we on the southern border will require another 25 years before the topic will be publicly breached. And by that, I mean that once the current dominant white faction actually become a numerical minority for the first time in American history, attempts at truth and reconciliation may be possible. From what I can tell, any accurate recounting of US history is being labeled as CRC - Critical Race Theory.
I only found out about the residential schools in November of this year - 2022. And add to that, it has only been recently that the depth of the genocide attempts directed at our indigenous natives and their descendants made it onto my radar.
Yeah like talk about wild time whole tribes genocide and anhilation of an entire other tribe. The native wars were old school savage. Head hunting and all . Badd ass but wow definitely genocide
Banana 🍌
I'm a first generation Canadian w.e that means .. but was VERY Rarely learned about Indigenous culture. And that breaks my heart as I love it soo much
is it okay to share this video with a group of 20 people or so. very helpful and educational... thank you
Absolutely! Please feel free to share, Wendy. Sharing knowledge and resources is a great way to spread awareness and understanding. Thank you for your support, and I hope the video brings value to your group! 🙏🏽🧡
I feel like I’ve known about residential schools for a really long time. But I don’t think I was taught it in school. It was definitely their CBC radio episodes at least 8-10 years ago, that I heard first hand accounts of the horrors of ppl who attended. And also effects on 60s scoop survivors. Certain stories stand with me daily literally daily, as I empathize when I watch my young daughter go through her day and I imagine what horrible things young indigenous ppl suffered during those times 😢
I was never taught about this at school, and I know why now.
We hear you. Thanks for watching!
Because it was a lie/ propaganda?
Thank you , greatly appreciate it. The truth need to be share wide and far.
Banana.
I am trying to understand how residential schools happened and am very curious if there is information about the education system present and available to indigenous children from 1876-1975 on reserves.
Was the school too crowded?
Was the curriculum too different from Provincial standards?
On a different series of questions:
Were parental rights suspended and the children taken at gunpoint?
Who in their right mind would have the Catholic church organizing a school for non-Catholics?
All very good questions.. I'll try to help... This video was a tad woke and inaccurate.
As a new immigrant, this video was really helpful.
Banana 🍌 I grew up in the Okanagan Valley and Yukon. The teachings of indigenous people were always present bit the real teachings were talking to the people I grew up with and realizing their stories. Not always easy to hear but it gave me utmost respect for them. They deserve it.
Watched the Al Jazeera program. The sins against children, genocide and church complicity. Ugh it really made me cry.
Thank you for your effort to bring forth the Truth . I hope you are doing well and keep on doing the Good Fight . Your wisdom is nice to hear .
Banana: thank you for sharing knowledge of Canada's history which I am still learning the sad truth. Hopefully, this will not be repeated ever again.
Agreed and thanks for watching!
Lmao 😅😅😂 well it's happening to all Canadians now. But at least native ancestors fought hard for their rights. They the only group left with any now.
What about MMIWG? Where would that fit? Would that be a 9th key event? I am a grade 9 teacher and I use your videos in class so I want to make sure I honour the spirit of the videos and respectfully ask where to include this? Thank you.
.... Put it under the government co-op of the human right movement. That acronym is for sure government language. Start your own chapter
i do have to ask, how many graves were from disease, TB, etc. One thing I loved about working in Canada, snap lake diamond mine, with so many wonderful native folk, we learned, spoke, told stories, histories, I hear a lot more about how they treated themselves long before, but that is another story. I loved learning the cultures of the different nations while there, so much history, so many stories, even learned a little bit of Cree. HAd the absolute honor ofworking with folks that wanted to work, even native language and history classes were taught in camp for the youngsters and whoever wanted to participate. Beautiful experience, even though worked under horrible foreman. Leo Primeau can suck it. But the folks i did meet and learn and love there were forever in my mind thereafter. One of my best friends in Edmonton, and still to this day, old apprenctice, Metis, love to death, and same back. His family were heavily involved in negotiations in past. There is so much more to hear and tell, just saw you here today, just not enough, willl have to see more.
Thanks,
Peace.
Is there a playlist with more videos about this topic?
I am so curious to learn more about indigenous people.
Do not take this video as fact then
Hi Malory! Thank you so much for your content I respect you so much. I know you’re from Canada BUT how can I (white American non-native) best support the indigenous people of Canada and America? I’ve recently learned about the truth of the horrors the indigenous communities suffered for decades, in Canada and America, and I’m speechless. I’m a spiritual woman and many of my wonderful spirit guides are of Native American/ indigenous heritage and I feel compelled to help reconcile!! Let me know your thoughts. Thank you beautiful soul. Much love to you. ❤❤❤
Here is what you do ignore the propaganda and treat them like everyone else
Banana!! This helps me understand the truth for Canada as it compares with the US. Awesome video as always.
Thanks so much for watching!
Thank you tapping into my roots❤
You are very welcome. 🧡
I saw a news article on sad and gruesome details about a school where indigenous children were mistreated.
Lmao don't read the news... And believe the brain wash
I live in the U.S. I recently saw a documentary on PBS Channel called "LITTLE BIRD ". I was shocked and saddened to by the Sixties Scoop, which made me want to dig deeper into Indigenous Canada. Until then, my only knowledge of atrocities committed against Indigenous People were those done in the United States. Since "LITTLE BIRD" and "COMING HOME", the Behind the Scenes documentary, have been reading every book I can find and viewing every documentary available. That's how I discovered your Channel. I am so glad we have access to this. Unfortunately, most of the Channels, documentaries, TV Series and movies are only available in Canada. Hopefully, that will soon change. Meanwhile, I am grateful to PBS for allowing people in the U.S. to discover the horror of what occurred in Canada. All this time, I thought these things occurred only in the United States. As for your Channel, keep up the Great work!
I almost guarantee what you saw was modern propaganda
Read the book grave error
Thanks for sharing this video my mother, grandmother, and her father all went to them residential school on the Piapot reserve where they all grew up in Saskatchewan Canada near the town of Regina, and she told me the horror stories and the punishment they all have to face by the Catholic priest and nuns that where in charge of them residential (boarding) schools.
Back in the day kids got it rough. Beats were expected for kids and women
Banana: Thanks for including the Sixties Scoop - it is an under-reported and impeotnt piece of Indigenous history.
Banana...great video, and I'm interested in watching more and learning more from you. Thanks for your hard work.
Thank you so much for your kind words, Mike. I really appreciate it. 🧡
Banana. I remember a brief chapter in elementary school about residential schools in the us. Failed to mention, they were old military grounds and followed military rules. Usually ran by staff who had a deep hatred for our people.
My son got into trouble when he got up & began yelling at his history teacher, who was bragging to the students about his family buying land for a quarter from the "dumb" Indians. My son is proud of his Chihene & Yaqui heritage.
So sorry you and your son experienced this!!! We hear you!!! Thank you very much for watching!
My neighbour just received a hundred grand for losing his language. However, he didn’t lose his language. In fact, he speaks his language very well.
for loosing his language? Is that all he lost? Sad
Your video is very interesting and I'm teaching intercultural competences in Germany. Is it accurate to use the word indians? because i was taught that columbus used it and is a word that indigenous peoples don't like to be called. But please enlighten me. I just worked myself a little bit into the topic
Punched in Natives deceiving Canada and this came up number one.
I am Indonesian, we both have very similar histories
Banana. I was never taught anything about indigenous culture. And I am Métis. But do not have status. So I want to learn and maybe get my status. Better late then never!
I see that this video was published 2 years ago, but it just came through on my feed today. Despite its age, other people will come upon it so I felt some comments were necessary because of its biased POV and shortage of facts.
The presenter tells how the Indian Act has impacted Indigenous lives and that it is still in force today, but we are not told that the White Paper of 1969, under Pierre Trudeau, proposed to abolish the act. The Tribal Council, however, was opposed to it because they knew that their people would have no choice but to fully assimilate, not to mention the fact that it would mean the end of the billions of dollars that flow into the indigenous community annually.
The residential schools came into being because the natives wanted them. They knew their people would be left behind if there wasn't some way of including them on the road to the future. Attendance was voluntary at first but did eventually become mandatory, although it was never successfully enforced. The so-called "scoop" involved removing children from abusive homes, largely because of alcoholism among a people who chose to live on welfare.
The TRC was a decidedly one-sided affair as all members of the commission were Indigenous. The result was a biased, flawed, and contentious document that has little to say about the many thousands of individuals who benefited from the schools. Also, billions of dollars were paid out to individuals who claimed they were abused based on anecdotal evidence alone. Only a handful of the accusations saw the inside of a courtroom and due process. The thousands of claims may have been attributable to a psychological contagion or it might have been the greatest fraud ever perpetrated against a modern government.
As for the "unmarked graves" at places like Kamloops the 215 "missing children" have been accounted for and the so-called graves have yet to be excavated and likely never will be. It would not be politically wise to do so because the GPR findings are only soil anomalies. This will hold true for other GPR findings too. The real, but unkempt graveyards contain only children who died of the same natural causes children of the white population died from at the time.
The presenter's opening remarks about indigenous people being oppressed couldn't be further from the truth. It only serves to contribute to a victimhood her people seem to enjoy wallowing in. I would ask her what would she have done if she were in the colonizer's shoes, with a technology and culture light years beyond that of the sparse, primitive populations inhabiting the land to which you've migrated? Left them to fend for themselves? Or try to bring them into the modern world with whatever tools available to you at the time? The former would have left them in a sorry state had they even survived it, which is doubtful. Instead the paternalism and Christian values that she would disdain, not to mention the hundreds of billions, if not trillions, of dollars spent on their welfare, have given the indigenous population the education, tools, and resources to right the perceived wrongs they feel have been committed against them. That seems pretty damned generous to me. Still, colonization is blamed for all their ills, but blaming someone or something else is what people do when they refuse to accept responsibility for their inadequacies and problems.
I have Mi'kmaq and Iroquois first Nation Native American of Canada 😊
That's awesome. Thank you for sharing! 🧡
I learned ALOT from dating a girl from the Ogibiway tribe in northern Ontario. I always felt bad about something,,,, that I, (a 37 year old white male), that i had ABSOLUTLY nothing to do with, and would support your cause 100% of the way; UNTIL, i learned how they feel about ppl like me, and my grandfather. I understand the frustration, but YOU have to gry and understand MY generations frustration from being told that we, and our race, are nothing but rapists and worse.... Like, i , had NOTHING to do with these things, and i would NEVER support the things done; but whats funny, is that I GDT BLAMMED FOR it anyways...... And,,, having my tax dollars that i work hard for, to give natives their "tax exempt", doesnt seem to be enough to clear my name, so fuck it. Ive been to the reserve in North Bay, and was disgusted to see the winter "netting" on the lake. Catching LITTERALY above 500 fish within 1 day, choosing maybe 20 of them to eat, and leaving ALL of the rest on the tip of the ice to die..... Just because "they can". Shooting a bear in the woods, (outside of hunting rules mind you) and not eating it because they shot it for " practice". This is what i have seen with my own eyes, its disgusting, and the new native generations are being taught WRONG. And i am a canadian, i was born here, and i pay taxes to make MY country a better place. (Even though its going to you) and this might sounds racist; its not. Ive never been racist.. (not as much as thr natives in this country anyways)
I'm so sorry to hear about what you've been through and seen. I understand how you feel. I have a video about Truth and Reconciliation that explains how we should move forward to achieve reconciliation and resiliency because we believe that we should not get stuck in the 'Truth' and only focus on the things that happened in the past.
And still we treat others with REZPECT
WE ARE STILL HERE ❤️💛🤍🖤
Banana. I’m from the US, first times feasting of any of Canadian native history. Did they have residential schools in USA too? Please tag me on video if you have more info
Grandfather went to Residential School in the US at the age of six and ran away ten years later. His scars were deep. They reverberated through the generations. At least Canada is addressing this, I doubt the US will. Banana
We're sorry to hear about your grandfather. I hope the US starts to address the issue.
I really appreciate you sharing all of this information.
It would be helpful to ha e on yr youtube, an Elder who we can connect with & ask questions or he speaks on a certain topic or point. We hear about Elders but dont see them...just a thought🧡
Great idea, thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Won't happen because the elder would probably tell the truth
where is the proof about actual graves?
@roycallioux1159 Fortunately, none. There weren’t any graves containing child remains found.
Banana: So…how do we move forward from these atrocities that happened?
My feeling is that no matter what happens this will not be reconciled because of human behaviour. With the world in its current state and people calling for blood on the other side of the world.
And to be perfectly honest, I think that the only way that we can actually make right on this issue is have all the native tribes run the country. Revamp the education system and have a massive culture change etc. However, I do not see this happening for quite a few reasons. One being that the powers that be, the global elite would never leave that happen and corruption lays in the heart of every person who yearns to wield power.
Also that people love to play tit-for-tat
Ive been learning up on the crimes of canada and the US against native americans. My town was named after the Wenatchi people who never got reservation land and have to share with other band like the coville and their fishing rights arent even honored(im not sure but i think some have fishing rihhts but its fragile.)
That's interesting! Thank you so much for sharing! 🙏🏽🧡
This whole experience of learning the truth caused me to search out my own history and we were using drums and circles with herbs too! Now Im wondering if this is Indigenous in my family history. Seems so. Like you I never liked history as a student but now it has become very important. We just cant sit down and re-write history. It is what it is! 🧡
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and for watching!
Funny I'm related to Cyrille Monette - Odile Bouin but who are the first original native indigenous connected to my grandparents Cyrille Monette - Odile Bouin in Canada 1:47
Banana - Thank you for these videos. I'm finding them very educational. I am a teacher taking a course called First Nations, Metis, Inuit Part 1 that teaches some of the history of Canada. I work with young children (grades 3 and younger). What do you think people who work with young children should be telling them about the history of Canada and residential schools? I'd be interested in hearing your ideas.
So they literally abducted those kids!!! That’s so scary and sad
Yes, it's heartbreaking to think about what those children and their families went through. 😔
I thought the funding for research on " the scoop" was never actually provided.
No I never learned about any of this in school. I had to take it upon myself to learn about it as an adult. I even graduated from a high school on the same land as a residential school (Heritage Park Secondary in Mission BC). I was furious I never learned more 😢
How old? I learns it In school every year until high school
And any accounts of pedo priests?
I learned of it all over 30 years ago.
Thank you for this video, truly. I am learning about my history, I grew up in the 80s, apart from my indigenous family. My parents got divorced and was told I had little indigenous blood in me. Which I do from my father. I know nothing about my heritage and culture. I am slowly starting to learn who I truly am,There is so much information to gather. Thank you for these videos. Banana.
No history on this video
@@Anonymous_Whisper I feel bad you don't know Canada real history.
@@rachelladouceur873 oh but* I do passed down by relatives... And you should worry about yourself.
@@Anonymous_Whisper first I'm not a bug I'm a proud indigenous woman who was learned alot from my elders in my community and from the fire keeper at my resver and many wise indigenous teachers at the local university. I look forward to keep learning many truths. I wish much peace.
@@rachelladouceur873 yeah but you say you are just figuring things out now.... So you can be learning the "new" history which is false. Also I didn't call you big it was a typo. Third can you admit that some residential schools were not that bad.. actually just normal. Also also this was an era where kids had no rights... Disease was rampant.. it was not mass murder it wasn't genocide. And in the end it's the government that is the issue.. maybe some diddler priest... In reality the Current regime has cut off many indigenous childrens parts . Very recent law suit was settled about the native kids in the child services and foster care. If you really cared you would look to the future and current circumstances... Can't fix the past. Lying and calling it genocide doesn't help either.
#9. Coercive vaccine mandates with job, recreation and travel restrictions on all indigenous people.
Not just the early 80's. I was scooped in 86.
banana
I am a grade 7/8 teacher who has the opportunity to teach Aboriginal Studies. Along with some great PD's I am pleased to be able to use these vidoes in my class.
Thank you for the work you do in educating youth! It’s such important and often undervalued work shaping our future generations. If you have any ideas of content you’d like to see for students please let me know 🧡 chi-miigwetch!
The first I recall hearing about it was watching "Dr Quinn, Medicine Women". Sickening
What breaks my heart is there are many who r actually proud of it !
Breaks my heart non intelligent propaganda is spread and believed by non intelligent people.... Like this whole video and comment section
@@Anonymous_Whisper Uneducated.
You are awesome and truth never leaves the room or land
BANANA! BANANA! BANANA! I have been trying to learn more about the whole issue about residential schools and the 94 Recommendations for Reconciliation for several years now. I am appauled that the Government of Canada and organized religions did such things to try to alter the future of First Nations children and actively destroy their culture. It is disgusting to me! I am Caucasian by birth - I cannot do anything about that - but I can do what I can to try to mend the hurt and the damage. Please help me to do that.
BANANA we watched this with the kids for our canadian thanks giving. we dont do turkey and fake rock and boat story.we do family day and learn something new about Indigenous genocide. .
Yes I have heard of this, it's shameful disgusting truth still playing out today. Loretta Saunders with Child, tattooed on my chest. It's very clear who is the savage in the history of both Canada and the US. Emmylou Harris, lost unto this world. Karoo southern africa. ❤
Banana
My students need to watch this video. Thank you for making it!
God bless you this helps me
Banana
Thank you for teaching the truth. Heard of the schools but no idea of the time line in Canada. I thought it was so long ago. I will be searching for the same info for the schools and government acts here in tge US.
Ali
Hi Ali, thank you for watching our video! We are so glad that you want to continue learning.