Cassien is homeless in Yellowknife. Aboriginal homelessness in Canada is a crisis.
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- What makes Canadian homelessness unique is aboriginal homelessness. Because residential schools literally destroyed generations of families Canadian streets are filled with thousands upon thousands of "walking wounded".
The numbers of aboriginal people experiencing homelessness in Canada are alarming, and if this social crisis continues to be ignored it will only get worse.
I wish everyone could see the aboriginal people as I do. They are a gorgeous people with a gorgeous culture. They are smart, compassionate, and if given the chance - productive. We must look past the drugs and alcohol, and the social differences. They are not like us, so solutions to end aboriginal homelessness have to be their solutions done their way. We need to provide them with a purpose to live and community.
I met Cassien in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Cassien is a drummer. I am a drummer, but not like this. I could tell by the way he stated he was a drummer that it was a respected position in his culture. You could also tell his self-esteem was low. Cassien should be very proud that he had the courage to be open about his situation. Meeting him changed me, and I hope it will change you. I pray this interview will change hearts and perceptions helping all the aboriginal people in Canada.
On the reserve Cassien never had to look for work. He was a respected carpenter and work came to him. He went to Yellowknife because of the lure of Yellowknife being a diamond capital. But because his culture is different he didn't have the paperwork needed to get a job.
Cassien has tried going back to the reserves. But after living in the city things were not the same. He now survives on the streets with help from his friends.
After this interview Cassien pointed to the cup he was holding and said "this is killing me. I want to stop drinking but I can't".
Please watch this powerful interview in it's entirety and share with everyone you know. I think I left a little bit of my heart in Yellowknife after spending time with new aboriginal friends. Cassien's story has changed me and I will never be the same.
Thank you Cassien. You're a very strong man and you should be proud. This interview will help your people and save thousands of lives. It's an honor to call you friend.
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Even though this was nine years ago as I watched this now I hope he's in a better place now and have a better life.
Hey he was still talking. He had more to say. I feel so bad for him.
This is an old video. Back then YT limited the length of videos.
Blessings for Cassien that he can find clarity and direction, hope and peace.
My dad ended up in Yellowknife. He was shipped off to group homes when he was young. He's an amazing man and raised us, but he struggles with addiction. My mom tried to help him but his passed made it too hard.
I hope you and your family are okay now, it's horrible when things go downhill like that, stay positive always! 🍀
His eyes tell such a sad story.....the eyes are the seat of the soul.
well described in the description -- residential schools are responsible for at least 95% of the broken situations that makes First Nations resort to the streets
Louis S That's very true!!!!
These folks were almost genocided. How can they get better? Only by our prayers.
@@pinkiesue849 or activism, legislation and political change
That's the purpose of residential schools, genocide.
@@louiss1625 well put Louis... prayers are helpful... making things right by political will and funding is the real answer. Government does this terrible things... yet they are absolutely fixable..
Looks like straight and honest craftsman. He should try to stay sober, would change things, I really believe.
I agree with that statement. I'm Tsilhqoti'n Denè in so called "bc".and the drink is a sure obstical in n8tv ppls lives.I fortunately do not drink or do drugs HECK I don't even smoke.So I am just a few hundred thousand of the LUCKY ones.Can't get a job because around here all jobs are grandfathered in.
It's hard living in our own land's within Canada.
@Reina Macarena canada worse. Its extremely enfolded into the canadian culture. They hate the Indigenous people of Turtle Island. Why else would they make them send the babies off hundreds of miles away to school with no one who loves them. Its not normal to make people send their children far away. That is genocide. Poor guy tries so hard with no education. Dirty colonizers.
Very beautiful guy with a good heart. It's to bad about needing certificates. It used to be if you did work, people knew about you, and you could go place to place finding work. Now you need a certificate for everything.
😢 Indigenous people...... The drum is very sacred. To beat the mother drum is honor. I pray someone to help. Honestly I just don't understand. 😢
So sad. He's so tormented.
I follow the youtubes here. What a wonderfull people you are interviewing. I love them all...and I admire them for their courage. I pray God will not forget them.
You are truly amazing!
Thank you for showing us these amazing people!
I could hug you!
I hope he gets out of homelessness and that he can see his children again!
Allyson he’s no longer homeless, I’m not sure how often he sees his son. I haven’t spoke to him in over a year but I’m pretty sure he’s back home, last I seen him.
He needs to go home! Do what it takes and suck it up for some time and he will feel good to be there after some time... He belongs with his people.
......not seeing his children.....broke his heart, I bet his children's heart's are broken not seeing him, it would be really worth his while to get some professional help, if he could to stop drinking....he needs to stop listening to what other people say, his parents did him a great disservice exposing him with their home brew, which is probably why he says that his grandparents ended up raising him, maybe he wasn't the only grandchild they were responsible for at the time, when adults say things children take it literally, as they have no yardstick to measure it against. His heart is broken, he really needs the right help, he is a good person....especially before he goes back home
The issue is, and this is the cold hard truth; It is the English and French settlers who caused this chain of events in the native population of Canada. Alcoholism is widespread (and also sugar addiction, e.g. drinking pop instead of water) and this is due to the fact that the native people of Canada did not have the same genetic enzymes to handle sugar and alcohol as the white settlers did. These native people knew how to live and it was taken from them and jumbled around and stuffed inside of a European society. So if anyone is ever racist to native people especially the people in MB and SK I'm looking at you, you're doing a disservice by not being sympathetic and realistic to the situations that native people face living in Canada after the period of residential schools, work camps, wars, etc. have taken their toll.
@@dystopiamane6411 I have never heard of the work camps. Can you explain? thank you.
Your interviews are so important. Thank you for having the courage and the strength to do this work, I hope the ignorant robots stumble across these and have their hard hearts softened a bit.
@TheLApitfighter @BrokenRRT @jody808 You're missing the point. Cassien, like thousands like him, cannot go home. Even myself I cannot go back & live with my parents. I've changed, they have changed. Now add the difference of culture, and that we distroyed their home - it's not an option
Invisible People Any updates on him ?
Sad story.. seems like a nice guy
beautiful write up... thank you for honoring this brother in this way. So much needs to be done to change our culture... so many suffering yet if we changed the huge loop holes on taxes for the wealthy, had corporations actually pay their share,,, and stop spending so damn much on wars we could make significant and long lasting changes for the average citizen.
@cdw100 he was beat up by police the night before. you've made some great comments on this conversation. love to know your history and also love all the information you can provide. This is a serious problem and I want to do right by everyone
sbarry88
fuck you.
Invisible People Some people on here are hating on Natives, they dont know the history! People who got rude things to say about Natives should keep their mouth shut. Also you should be saying something to those people, they should have some respect at least, if they dont got nothing nice to say, they need to keep their mouth shut.
he should go back home, set aside his pride and start over
Jody Pate pride is a killer big time
Jody Pate he’s back home :’D
Has a nice house, he just has to spruce it up
Canada lecture other countries about human rights. And ignore the homeless aboriginal that Canada created.
I hope things turned out better for him. Thank you Mark. This changed me, too.
Lol at slowly walking away as he starts talking about his life story.
lol?
Why do you cut it short???
I like these videos but the guy that does them is annoying. He should just let them talk instead of cutting them off. He kept saying “you can’t go back” and the guy said “well I could” and then he just kept pushing the narrative he wanted to push that there are no options for the guy he’s interviewing. Just let him tell his story. Also don’t cut off the video so quickly! This guy was just getting into talking about what he wanted to talk about and he just starting walking away.
Native have to be hired in the oil sands. They can't turn them down. Tell the Natives to head to Alberta.
Piontro Pechetrini
you are less than a piece of shit.
No-one is interested in the opinions of shit.
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@@piontropechetrini5640 You're disgusting.
@@piontropechetrini5640 Vile human being you are..
I hope he has found his way back to his children or at least found someone interested enough in his wellbeing to listen to him and to help him out to get back on his feet.
this guy should be a commedian. Love his dry humor. Hope he finds his happyness again.
I truly love the purpose of these videos, bringing an inside look into the issue of homelessness.
But the ending to this video really put me off. This Man was just beginning to tell his life story as the camera slowly pans away. He was clearly upset about not having his story heard, and you continued to carelessly pull away from him.
I’ve also noticed sometimes you tend to want to question the homeless about their opinons or get them to spin a certain narrative in their message instead of simply allowing them to organically tell their story from THEIR PERSPECTIVE.
As a result of seeing this in numerous videos on this channel, I may need to seek other channels similar to this for viewing. It really bothers me how inconsiderate this behavior is, to cut someone off in the middle of telling their life story, or over talking them seemingly without remorse.
Why bother interviewing the homeless if you’re not going to allow them to be fully heard?
I respect the message, but it’s starting to appear that this may be a scenario of attention/financial opportunity, albeit mixed in with some genuine care for the homeless.
I would strongly suggest you take some of these comments to heart. We want to hear the stories of the homeless without your interjections. Otherwise, I question the motive behind this channel.
What are you doing in your area to help the homeless?
Mark has made such a difference to thousands of lives.
God bless this man who has so much self doubt, and is injured deeply by his past. For you, I hope you find yourself, and gain self confidence and the courage to stop drinking. Every step is closer to independence.
Oh man, I am the same way, I’ll help everyone but never ask for help. I was brought up that way and it has cost me much in my long, not so glamorous life. When us men begin to cry you know there’s serious pain. Someone needs to make a movie about people like him. Humanity is all about the haves and have nots. If this were me I would of ended my life,” long ago. I don’t know how they continue to survive on the streets.
Sir! I much love what you do. Please let them finish please ! People barely talk to them
What came of this man? His story made me cry.
Delia Braun he actually lives in our hometown, he’s my uncle. I was surprised to find him on RUclips, found this through a totally separate post on Facebook
@@iBunniee woah. is he doing okay now??
I hope he makes it or gets back home. So sad
So sad. I hope he's doing better. 🙏💗
You need to know your amazing. Bless your heart!!!!
He is original Canadian
He's NOT Canadian LOL. He's Slavy/Cree Denè.
STOP being so SQUATTER ignorant.
We are NOT Canadian we are Denè.
The faster you learn THAT the better off all Corporate CANADA's European squatters will be.
Learn your history especially when your roots are NOT from here.
moving reflection on one life. multiply by the # of homeless and we have a whole lot of pain in the world that's overlooked. thank you so much for making these films. I will be passing it along.
@pray4theGay - it is beyond me how you can watch this video and judge this man so harshly. You must know nothing of Canadian Native culture or about God's mercy in spite of your user name which implies a faith. Or again...maybe you are all about judgement on many levels.
Bless him, is there an update?
Why did the interview end so early?
I feel the pain all i can wish the best for him
if he can put the poisen down- and get at least 6 months sobriety his whole way of thinking may change..he has been drinking since a pre-teen. That's when his brain stopped developing Socially. IF ONLY
Another example of alcoholism destroying a life, I wish he could find the strength to stay sober. In no time he can start building a latter and climb out of that hole in
I truly wish him the best
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I feel for this guy
This man's story is truly heartbreaking because he seems to be just devastated and regretful. It seems more often than not that these people having done anything wrong to find themselves in the situation they find themselves in. Yet we invest incalculable amounts into the criminal justice system when if we attempted to fund the root causes of those issues by helping the homeless and building employment around rehabilitation, perhaps that might go some way to solving a growing global epidemic of disenfranchisement.
Kids for Natives are just another income, they don't give a fuck about their poor little ones. they only represent another way of income. If I was a millionaire I would adopt all of these kids. and give them love and make them proud.
Because most northern native reservations made alcohol illegal, alcoholic people don't like that.
He is from were the sky touches the tress, were the birds hang in tree, were wolf is one with others. But drinks make a man homeless. His name is man who drinks too much.
I really agree with this but wouldn’t it make sense for all homelessness to be a crisis?
Love the Indian's cool people
Wafflezombies1964 First Nations not Indian
Indian is a perfectly acceptable and legal term. PC police be dammed.
@@MrWhite-pn7ui Indians are from India.
Blu Pyxi .... no need to explain, goes to show you how uneducated he is !! Can’t fix stupid !!
Life sucks sometimes
he has a cool voice
A lot of people sound like him in Fort Good Hope. I agree. There is a really nice tone to people's voices.
i heard you were traveling threw Canada , Do you have any videos from sask, toontown.
I should think he would just go back to his family and community. He is a carpenter there, and wouldn't be homeless.
He looks so broken :'(
it can be sad all over
How can you be homeless in Yellowknife? After summer, comes winter.
People should never go a boom town with out a place to live or qualifications to work.
If he has the skills then why not get the qualifications or "tickets" so he is able to get his foot in the door. He's an alcoholic due to growing up with it, but there doesn't seem to be any aim to break the cycle, just acceptance that that's his life.
Having no certification doesn't help
I hope he gets a job again
Brockett 99 department?
Cassien this is you house! You Don't need come back if you can't.
The guy looks like Evander Holyfield.
He was oviously recently in a fight, when they taped this. Natives & latins do have hot tempers! plus love our drink
Na, most likely he just fell on his face while he was drunk.
Whites make war and Natives and Latins have hot tempers, stupid !
That's your problem quit drinking your life will be much better
Parents - Do NOT introduce your kids to alcohol or drugs: this is the result.
8yrs ago,, yo Bro.. itz 2020 now,, aint seen my youngest since he was 12,,, 2008,, called 3 diff county sheriff office for welfare checks,, emailed the Gov. of OHIO ( USA) got the response, get back to ya,,,nofuckingbody cares. pay yer support ,,, ok give me my son every other week!!!life goes on with you and without you!! per Beatles!!
@sp123 let me see..hmm... well he isn't planning a bum fight... so the answer is to RAISE FUCKING AWARENESS.
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time natvie millon club was gone replace by building new community .jobs for candian people
That's a lie tomorrow won't be s better day that's bull. You just have to get up and make something good of the day and go from there
poor man he seem just came from a fight or something his face is swollen and bruise😢😢😢
So sad for him 💔💔💔 that he drinks a lot. He can stop if he what's to.
Teresa Johnson it’s not as easy as you’d think. It’s difficult when you’re an alcoholic and depend on it to numb the pain and forget the hurt. Shoot, I would quit if it were that easy. But I have cut back significantly
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I pray someone was guided by Jesus to help him...
Everybody you lights not good for you and everybody you love and loves you and good for you because of the natural meaning I love they have in this world at the end of the day I seen his pain but alcohol a kills I don't care what race you are got to put that junk down
One of the problems with First Nations/Native culture is after drumming and singing is finished, it’s time to drink and get wasted. They drink all night until the early hours.
I was always afraid of drinking because I had seen it all my life. Didn’t start drinking until my 30’s because thats just what people do. Tough day...have a drink. Game is on...have some drinks. Low and behold, it got me too.
Im 1/4 Scots Irish and 3/4 American Indian, so Im about as genetically predisposed to alcoholism as one can get. Eventually had to get on antabuse to stop.
But I understand the struggle and I feel for people who arent as fortunate to get the kind of help they need.
He said half "slavey" does that mean white ?
No Slavey is a historical name for the group of Natives that lived in the Northwest Territories of Canada that resided around the Great Slave Lake. This is actually one of the biggest lakes in the world. It is called this because of the practice between different native groups of enslaving their rival tribes.
@@a1m598 I had no idea thanks a lot for sharing the info!
This guy should move to LA and peruse acting I don't know why but I feel like I can see him on the big screen something about his energy/ I can relate to him in some ways when you feel stuck it's so hard to move on when you're homeless it's the hardest mental hurdle ever
Amberdigital? Adgibewhatee?
Things don't "fall apart", you let them fall apart. It is sad that homeless people can't realize this. The future is bleak unless a person knows that they are in control. The only way a person can be in control of his/her self, is if they always take responsibility for their self. The moment blame or cause of circumstance is place on others, system...then the person is left at the mercy of other people, the system,luck... to rectify their slump. It leaves them feeling powerless and feeling like they can't change their situation, when the truth is that only they can change their own situation once they realize that they must take responsibility for themselves.
Basically, if we blame others, then we make ourselves the victim. People whom never allow themselves to be a victim, will never struggle for long because they know they have the power to get out of whatever situation they got into. The moment we blame others, we must wait for them to change to fix our situation. In the mean time we will fool ourselves with a bunch of excuses as to why we must remain in a rut.
The only way to truly help homeless people, is to find a way to convince them that they must change their "victim" mindset, to regain control of their life.
Idk dude one time I met some dude who got laid off from his job in Alberta and got stranded at a work site for like a week with no food and he hitchhiked all the way back to Vancouver and began looking for work again and aside from a couple interviews with no avail, between that and the high rent in Vancouver he eventually accepted that he would have to be homeless until he found work. He told me that it had been 4 years and he had a lot of setbacks and got addicted to down and has been homeless ever since. P.S. Making things harder for him his mom basically disowned him when he turned 18 for her own selfish reasons, drugs and her boyfriend and he never knew his dad. So when I heard his full story and I could tell the man was being honest with me, I gave him $40 and some weed and we went out for some beers as well. And that's an example of things falling apart.
With that being said however, I do about 70% agree with what you said, especially the last paragraph. I just think it's easier said than done for most homeless people to change their mentality, but certainly a high number of them don't even try to do good for themselves, but then again also there are some people who truly got dealt a bad hand in life. God bless
Nooo
Try to go home get out of there an stop drinking to get job.
It's really not as easy as you think it is..
what the fuck, why are you putting victims of circumstance on camera for the whole world to see?
The whole purpose of the channel is to bring to attention the "invisible" people in the streets, those the higher classes largely choose to ignore, politicians like to pretend are a myth. Homelessness is a very real problem.
Making him think back, recollect the pain, start to cry and then slowly walking away from him?! You are just another capitalist in disguise, Mark. Shame on you for walking away like this! So ugly! Unsubscribed! Goodbye
Parents that let kids drink at 12 years old ? Maybe Indigenous people need some understanding of family values .
don684 why would you say that, when white people took the aboriginal kids away from their family.
And why in many cases are/were the kids removed from their families? The parents have issues with alcohol, drugs. They can't take care of their kids. There are a lot of Indigenous children born with fetal alcohol syndrome. It is still going on. Just listen to this man his parents did not raise him his grandparents did. A man's job is to provide for his family, that is what men do. Getting involved in drugs and alcohol is a waste of a life. This man's parents lacked the basic values a family needs.
No "white people" want to remove children from their home. It is done because the children are not being cared for properly.
don684 No the indigenous people never had alcohol at those times, and no diseases. Those came from the white people who invaded their land. They never had alcohol in their homes. They were living a peaceful life until white people came to their land(Christopher Columbus).
You are talking about the 1700's .I am talking about more modern times.
don684 Your obviously dont know history!!!
All so easy, stop pissing it up and get a job! Sorted!
They expect money for NOTHING!! they feel that they are entitled. they don't need to work, the rest of Canadians have to pay for their addictions. For them to work is a sin.
EXCUSES EXCUSES EXCUSES
well described in the description -- residential schools are responsible for at least 95% of the broken situations that makes First Nations resort to the streets.