I was taken from my home and raised as a “nice Jewish girl,” but I’m Indigenous | Becoming Nakuset

As a small child, Nakuset was taken from her home in Thompson, Manitoba and adopted into a Jewish family in Montreal. The story of how she reclaimed her Indigenous identity, with help from her Bubby. #CBCShortDocs #BecomingNakuset
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This intimate and personal film tells the story of Nakuset, a survivor of the Sixties Scoop who was adopted into an affluent Jewish family in Montreal.
Told through personal archives and stitched together with kinetic editing, Nakuset guides us through her life and introduces us to her abuse, confusion and struggles to reclaim her identity.
A story of hope and resilience, this short documentary chronicles how Nakuset, with the help of her Bubby (her Jewish grandmother), transformed her life and became a powerful advocate for her people.
Directed by Victoria Anderson-Gardner
Produced by Nakuset, Felicity Justrabo & Daniel Roher
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[@savannahs8914]

"I'm the first generation to keep my children" Powerful.

[@daisygirlmochi768]

@@503zzach Also just because they may LOOK more white doesn't mean they ARE more white! Some genes are just stronger than others lmao! I know Asians that look white too, but again that doesn't just automatically mean that they are white! They're fully Asian lmao

[@kellydalstok8900]

Trevor Noah’s younger brother said the following about variations in skin color: “You can have dark chocolate, you can have white chocolate and you can have milk chocolate. But it’s all Nestle.”

[@lilithjesus7718]

Also utterly heartbreaking. When will recompense be made for the evils our white ancestors have done to these beautiful people?

[@caleviwin]

@Messy really? You must not have seen many Asians then because whites and Asians can have similar features.

[@freshencounter]

❤️🙏🏾❤️ I’m sorry happy to hear this. I’m so sad for all the children lost and stolen, in all ethnicities.

[@AndreaS-xp6op]

I never understand why people adopt children so they can hate them. I'm glad she had somebody in her life to love her unconditionally and was able to pull herself out of the toxicity and achieve great things!

[@ohgreta]

Well said! I’m also wondering why they would have adopted her only to be so cruel? Ugh. Heartbreaking.

[@pinecrone8991]

i was about to say the same thing. Humans can be so evil...

[@chaimomma9198]

Maybe research sexual abuse in indigenous culture.

[@wingspan9842]

Maybe research the cash they make from foster care.

[@tobeannounced520]

I wondered if the mother had even put her up for adoption???

[@ITPCD]

bless that old lady who loved a child beyond bloodlines and skin color. true love and humanity had no boundaries.

[@CHUCKBALLER2025]

100% Agreed

[@chellep6740]

Amen! Glory to our Heavenly Father for blessing that lady in her life so that she may become the woman she is today! 🙏🏻💕 Glory to God!!! 🙏🏻💕💕💕

[@terde9651]

Yes!

[@katherines6322]

I'm crying. God bless that woman.

[@aunrahaomi7340]

Can't stop my tears when she talks about her babbi. 😭💚

[@shinewithinthedark]

Proof that all it takes is ONE loving figure, ONE person to believe in us, in order to change our lives entirely and change others' worlds just the same. It takes one person's love.

[@sedwards6337]

🙏💕

[@reginacall3883]

Great comment!

[@sharronhankins7722]

Yes!🙌😊

[@Starrrwarrrs6rbluey]

That is so true. Thats all ive ever wanted to get back to my life is one person who truly cares with no gain.

[@tatianamendoncastudio]

No, damage is done.

[@milkteanomnom]

My dad was adopted, and his adoptive family hated him. He was severely abused behind closed doors, but at mass each week, his adoptive mother would put on an act for the priests, and congregation. Everyone would tell my dad growing up that she was a saint, but she would whip him until he started bleeding behind closed doors. She was an extremely abusive person. Biological parents can do this too, but it has confounded me why anyone chooses to have children (biologically or by adoption), just to abuse them and hate them.

[@milkteanomnom]

@Bell Dora My dad is 64, and he grew up on a farm. I know he was adopted to be a slave for them. He had seven siblings, one died though. The sibling that died was their actual child, and they never abused their own kids (they had two of their own). Their son that died actually liked my dad, and so his mother was nice to my dad until his brother got sick at four years old from drinking water in a ditch and he died. After he died, my dad was blamed for this death, but my dad wasn’t in charge of keeping an eye on his brother. The one charge of that was his actual biological sister. Because they never blamed or abused their own kids, the blame shifted to my dad. His sister that is his adoptive parents real child even taught her kids that their “cousins” are not really family, and they are second class citizens. My cousin pushed my sister off a cliff, and into a ravine all while laughing hysterically. My sister was about nine years old at that time, and I was four. I was with them, and she wanted to push me off the cliff next, so I screamed as loud as I could. My dad came running. He had my cousin in tears, over what she did to my sister. My sister miraculously lived, because she got tangled up in a blackberry bush. She had cuts and bruises all over her body, broken bones, and blackberry stickers everywhere. Some of them were embedded deep in her skin, and doctors had to surgically remove them. After I was about 8 years old, my parents refused to be around them. They cut my dads family out of our life. I wish people didn’t adopt kids to this kind of crap to. I truly hope your experience didn’t include abuse. People that adopt children for slave labor, or to collect a check need to be stopped. However, if the government put a stop to it, a lot of children wouldn’t be placed in homes, and that’s all the government cares about.

[@topherh5093]

@@milkteanomnom My father was adopted too. Spoiled by his adopted father but abused by his stay at home mother. His adopted father was part native but his adopted mother was white, my father was white and very blonde. Unfortunately my father inherited his adopted mothers personality. I remember my grandfather being a very kind and sweet old man

[@Dayvakiin]

I'm so sorry for what he went through 💔♥️

[@estrellaleval870]

Im so sorry. Good vibes for your father and your family.

[@chanelno.5560]

People can be so evil. I’m sorry you and anyone else has or it going through this. Just try and find support from somewhere. I’m sending out love for you Xxx ❤️

[@emze.6516]

I feel like the Canadian government is being hypocritical... Why extend help to foreign countries and completely ignore the natives Canadians that need this help...

[@Tikamosh]

Because they don’t care about the Natives, same for the US.

[@julesherman6802]

@Funny Lady 84 millions? That's small. Try search how much Billion US dollars the US govt gave to countries who are willing to normalize ties with Israel. Yep, 2 BILLION US DOLLAR for each countries, during this pandemic where Mitch Mcconnel refused to give US citizen $2,000 stimulus check. Apparently ISrael is more important than US own citizen.

[@toudelougou7110]

@Funny Lady you're right my sister

[@ShoppersL]

EXACTLY! Just a show off

[@ashleys9829]

@Funny Lady God has favorites ?

[@thunderwoman13]

I was raised to be "nice Catholic girl" indigenous from Canada, currently in the states. We Will be ok. Proud of you for this.

[@sugarbum99]

Were your parents good to you?

[@thunderwoman13]

@@sugarbum99 No one is all good or all bad. I believe they thought they were doing the right thing. But, that said, what is right for one might not be right for another. It was a culture clash. I believe I was born with a different perspective and I chose to be myself. All Natives are said to be born with a great sadness. Our history trickles into today. It only matters that I, myself, turned out good. A lot more life lessons, opportunities and perspectives gained me wisdom and acceptance I might not have had staying on the reserve in Canada. It is slightly bittersweet. I work for a local tribe and have gratitude for the whole journey, good and bad.

[@hikama.3318]

@@thunderwoman13 and people say whites aren’t cruel and evil. The oppression of Natives and Africans speaks volumes😔

[@lindamahrer1760]

@@hikama.3318 WHAT THE POLITICAL SYSTEM IS DOING ...THAT IS THE BASIS OF MUCH.....trafficingofewhitechildrenyoungpeoplecpspayoffstrickledownmoneybilliondollarbusinesswhitechildrenblackasianitdoesntmattertheracemeficalkidnappingitsbigbusinessthepoorsuffer

[@Shylade]

🥰

[@holaczesc5335]

The fact that this happened so recently is terrifying

[@dani8shawn]

Right! I'm so confused. How are these children being stolen? I think the native culture is so beautiful and have such pride, I'm so over the hurt the better equipped give to the under equipped. It's so unbelievably frustrating that people can hurt each other so easily. Clearly the sounds aren't for a day but sometimes generations long.

[@Ujuani68]

But true. 😖🤦‍♂️😡😥

[@JoraAustin]

it’s still happening

[@Starrrwarrrs6rbluey]

Recently? Shes way older now from 3 years old.

[@JoraAustin]

@@Starrrwarrrs6rbluey it happened recently relative to all of north american history. it has been a long time relative to one life, but the fact that people it happened to are still alive/young enough to tell their story and advocate for change is a huge deal. like, let’s be real this is still happening, just in a different form.

[@AwakeningToSpirit]

I cannot even comprehend the pain and loss she grew up feeling. ❤️❤️❤️

[@nasithach8027]

Hi Cindy!! I’m one of your subscribers!! 😘😘 ❤️❤️❤️

[@helenhunter4540]

Try harder then (to comprehend the pain and loss).

[@availanila]

@@helenhunter4540 do you only use literal meaning in your dialect or are you trying to be a wine SJW?

[@angietyndall7337]

Indigenous People have the same things happen across the globe from what I've learned in school,online, from my friends and classmates, who are Indigenous People. It's time to say enough is enough, because it's basically abuse.

[@jitaamesuluma9730]

well i can

[@carolinalomeli9128]

This brought back flashbacks of my elementary school friend confiding in me that her adopted White parents would beat her and verbally abuse her for being Native American. I felt terrible not being able to help her. She sat next to me on the school bus, I didn't know where she lived but we bonded everyday during the short ride to and from school. One day, she just stopped using the bus and I never saw her again. This was 45 years ago and I still think of her, hoping she has a better life now.

[@ladyprophetofcle]

Wow. So sad and powerful 😢

[@gracehaven5459]

You should report to an investigation bureau, for all you know she's trapped in human trafficking or some kind of other confinement even as a grownup. Even if it turns out she's fine it is worth reporting it just in case she isn't if she was your friend. I work in social work myself it sounds unlikely but it isn't as unlikely as you'd think unfortunately.. Please consider it

[@srezzy1326]

Please reach out to her, maybe she’s on Facebook?

[@carolinalomeli9128]

@@srezzy1326 , unfortunately, I only knew her first name and I forgot it.😪 She was in a different class. I remember asking my classmates if they knew her and they did not. She was a transfer from another school and very shy.

[@gracehaven5459]

@@carolinalomeli9128 an investigation firm would be able to track her down based upon the few details you do know, example the age, grade and her first name.

[@kl3321]

When she said "I am the first generation to keep my children" that broke my heart.

[@spacekase2319]

The fact that she started this whole thing warning them that her adopted family was probably gonna try suing and slander to undermine this whole interview is so sad to think about. But this woman should be extremely proud of herself for evolving from her pain into this beautiful life she has. And even though her family are mean and nasty people, her Bubbie is definitely proud of her.

[@zoricamastrovic3914]

Don't you know what is karma!? Don't blame always other people.

[@galacticstarseedfederation7445]

Because everyone knows Jews will ruin your livelihood.

[@galacticstarseedfederation7445]

@@zoricamastrovic3914 Because everyone knows Jews will ruin your livelihood.

[@robertmcadam2216]

Thats not what she said - “You all are gonna get sued” she is doing the legal stuff. Frankly she seems to have benefitted from a loving home.

[@claire040776]

Thankfully this woman had her grandmother 'Bubby' who helped guide her through the toughest times of her life! Im so glad she helped her find her birth family!

[@fuzzybumbbumb]

Her saving grace and guardian angel. Life can be hard. She's lucky to have had her.She succeed bc someone believed in her as a child.

[@tangogent]

Like Nakuset, I would not be here but for the unconditional love I received from my maternal grandmother.

[@chaimomma9198]

It was tough having a rich family and going on vacations. She even had 1st world problems, an eating disorder. I bet her two other sisters that grew up with her mom didn’t.

[@chaimomma9198]

@@fuzzybumbbumb that’s absolutely right.

[@jdeane9442]

@@chaimomma9198 these things have nothing to do with who you are in your heart, or who you are in the depths of your soul.

[@anniegillespie7935]

Grandparents don't realize what wonders they can do to help a child's life by giving unconditional love

[@johnnydtractive]

Anyone can make a difference in a child's life. Even strangers--kindness & a smile mean a lot to a child who has been taught to believe they don't deserve those things.

[@coreenaburke5775]

I do, I know my grandmother who, sometimes I felt was the only one who loved me. Not true really my parents loved me but, she was always so good to me.

[@ananyats5063]

If it wasn't for my grandmother I would have ended my life a long time ago.

[@anniegillespie7935]

@@ananyats5063 my grandma's been dead for forty years and I still think of her almost daily

[@ananyats5063]

@@anniegillespie7935 I'm so sorry for your loss.my grandma died of cancer, she was and still is a light in my life

[@darthtaiter]

No child should ever 'Want' to be Loved.... they should simply BE LOVED.

[@sallykramer430]

God we'll make things right . When we cross over to the next. Heaven these people we'll answer for the abuses they gave out to these children.

[@darthtaiter]

@@sallykramer430 heaven can wait, I'd prefer they have a taste of good old fashioned earthly retribution right down here.

[@billdillon666]

Amen, kodiak Boll d.

[@melaniemansfield3319]

Not just the children all of us. We should all be beloved.

[@melaniemansfield3319]

@@sallykramer430God make it right can I ask you who or what made it wrong. Why is there suffering of all kinds. Why do you get a bunch of people together praying or in my words chanting over a person that is dying. Why are you wanting to bring them back to this density? Isn’t this black magic. Heavy black magic. Are you eating meat isn’t that animal sacrifice? I don’t think the animal actually wanted to die for your consumption of eating it.

[@EbsCherryPie]

I’m a Metis mom who instead of getting the correct help, had my children ripped from me and put into a Mormon home. I hope more like this lady can help future Metis/Indigenous single moms. Find more Indigenous foster homes.

[@elisabethgelb7347]

Single Moms? Smarten up Women and Find Real Men who are committed and invested in raising their Children in a healthy environment. PARENTING IS A TWO PERSON JOB.

[@elisabethgelb7347]

There is a lack of indiginous homes to foster and adopt indiginous children.

[@bigbertha4080]

Sadly, due to abuse in the home, drunkenous, incest, physical violence from indigenous men...children are often removed by social services for the health and safety of children, not just indigenous. Children do not understand, they are too young to understand why. BUT often it is a hard decision to let the child stay and be further abused or to remove them and have questions of why. Our women's shelters across Canada are filled to the brim with Indigenous women needing safety from an abusive indigenous husband, father etc. But sometimes we need to "go there" and talk about these matters. The reserves are filled with secrets, secrets of violence, rape, incest and murders. How can these matters be fixed?

[@sparksfly6149]

@@bigbertha4080 Well, a lot of these issues are perpetuated by the systemic issues that led them to begin. For one, reserves are often far from other towns, with little as means of entertainment. This means youth quickly becomes bored, seeking alternative ways to relieve boredom (ie, drugs). Additionally, reserve/tribal police are often incredibly understaffed, having to cover 100s of miles with less than 5 people. The jurisdiction of the reserve police is also greatly limited, allowing outsiders to commit crimes in the reserve with almost no way to be persecuted. Essentially, reserve police jurisdiction ends at the reserve border. This means that if say, an outsider white man sneaks in, r*pes a Native woman, and then leaves the reserve; unless there is solid evidence (pretty much just video evidence, as reserve police don’t have access to DNA test kits or forensic labs) there is absolutely *nothing* that can be done. There’s also a lack of reporting from the feds on crime committed to Native Americans. For example, Native Americans are the only major ethnic group without a missing persons category under the official yearly report. This means we don’t know, officially, how many Native Americans go missing each year, apart from speculation. Basically, a large part of the current issues surrounding crime in the Native American reserves are systemic. You’ve told a large group of individuals all with seperate languages and cultures, “Look, we’ve given you land now! Go and live like you used to. Except, we erased most of your language. And you need to have a police force. Oh, and you also need permanent housing, and you need a standard highschool education!”. If we fixed this, and allowed either extreme to be true these issues would mostly resolve themselves. Either a) allow Native American reserves to be mostly lawless, except with a few ground rules (no killing, namely), removed mandatory education and housing structures and such. Except - due to the erasure of Native culture many skills have been lost to time, thus this may not be a feasible plan anymore. Or b) fund the construction of proper schools, fly in highly trained teachers who will work closely and with the instruction of the community, improve internet access and cell reception, implement after-school activities (sports and such) to curb the boredom issues amongst youth, and improve the communication between precincts and jurisdiction of the reserve police. Also probably try and boost the in-reserve economy (see if anyone’s interested in running a store thats construction was government funded, but leave the rest up to the indigenous managers) as well as offer apprenticeships and certification courses in reserve (college is tricky for some Native Americans, as it’s a bit of a cultural no-no to leave family for long periods of time).

[@666myname666]

Hey Metis is a large tribe you need 1/4 of association to get in the band. There is alot of help for metis . you just have to find it and that is the real test.

[@snuassauns]

So glad that she had her Bubbee.

[@knitter4years]

Me too. Bubbee saved her. You need that light in your childhood.

[@LearnGermanwithMarzipanfrau]

Sometimes it takes just one kind person to make you believe in love again. Be that person for others.

[@michellekosteriva8473]

Me too💜

[@asdzanyazhi7]

Wow. I was doing genealogy and found out that children were adopted out to Jews on the east coast. The protestant's did this. I have cousins that had that happened to them. They come back now and then. One of them wrote a book, 'The Lost Birds'

[@bubaaaaaaaaa]

May her bubbee rest in peace. She's probably proud of her

[@rumeokafor475]

How can the native borns of a land be treated like this? This is a symptom of a greater issue. I feel for this race of people.

[@kotaniyumiko]

That is the really of colonization. It turns people in to assets, properties, others, savages not people who are rightfully on the land they were born on.

[@debrapaulino918]

I think the greater issue is fear. Fear that your religion isn't everything there is to it and subsequent questions having to be dealt with.

[@shelbyberry4349]

@@debrapaulino918 the issue is slavery. To think you are so great you have right to bound somebody by chains, or rip a baby from their mothers arms. It's not fear, it's greed.

[@angieruthw]

@@shelbyberry4349 slavery has existed all over the world for all of history and still does. The sex slave trade and human trafficking gets zero attention and yet is the largest money maker in the WORLD. Why is everyone ignoring it?

[@socio-economicnewsnetwork4740]

No one is indigenous the natives migrated from Asia thousands of years back in several waves, dna testing proves they have dna matches from Asia, I am a indigenous too. No one is native to this land, fact is that the birth place of humans is Africa and Africa is the only motherland to all of us. Go and study anthology

[@grayhatjen5924]

The sixties scoop was a souless, foul thing exacted on Indigenous families and children. So glad Nakuset had such a wonderfull Bubbe.

[@centerfold8]

It’s like the stolen generation in Australia

[@gabrielp9646]

Its like the babies stolen by Franco in Spain.

[@AliceWonders22]

Yes! Praise Jesus that he found her a way to cope and endure. What a wonderful Bubbe she had. Two beautiful souls. ❤️

[@blackwolf9524]

😟 So many of my brothers & sisters have suffered soooo much. Sending u many blessings. 🙏✌️

[@NikkiSchumacherOfficial]

It happened to white and black kids too. Still happens to any kids in poor situations today. Adoption companies have lots of shady things going on most of the time.

[@vulnikkura]

I want to hug her so badly. I SEE YOU. I BELIEVE YOU. I AM PROUD OF YOU.

[@ms.donishaowens7982]

Exactly 100%

[@angelackerman7865]

Believe all women right ?

[@amiraj4838]

@@angelackerman7865 what💀

[@janetfayard672]

💚🌎🌍🌏💚

[@pyrointeam]

Instead of hugging her, keep your eyes wide open, there are many untold stories happening around you, maybe some children that really could need a hug and support. Read their faces and behavior it will tell secrets the tongue doesn't tell.

[@AMYV3]

I wonder if her grandma was more kind and understanding because she experienced WW2 and saw her granddaughter experiencing prejudices as well. And I’m sure she was just a great soul too ❤️❤️

[@maggie2sticks717]

Maybe she was a just a decent person. Someone doesn't have to experience horrors to be kind.

[@v2krpl37dh]

​@@tao-abdn Gosh, I hope not. Being beautiful doesn't give a child any more need for love, or any more right to love. All children need and deserve love.

[@nekri4]

What do you know?

[@mwatts-riley2688]

Wow Interesting concept. 💡

[@mwatts-riley2688]

@Golden Crown . where'd you GET all that info? How can it be verified? What source please? M. IL. 🇺🇸

[@AndradeJessie]

RIP Bubby, by being a good human you helped an endless number of people in need. You gave her the keys to open so many doors.

[@nancywelch1]

Bless her Bubby, being able to be honest against all odds what a Blessing. RIP Bubby

[@debrapaulino918]

That is so true isn't it. Judaism says it is tekum olam. Repair of the world.

[@artemis3306]

@@Sc-dd6hb bubby means grandmother

[@madisonbetts3871]

Thank you bubby!!

[@cadavher]

And people still think our indigenous population needs to "get over it already". "It didn't even happen to you", "why are you mad over something that happened so long ago", like man, some people really have no clue. Friendly reminder, the last school was closed in 1996, that is FRESH. Some reserves still don't have clean water. And we still take children away from families dealing with the fallouts and place them in horrible foster situations rather than giving the parents/families help&resources to heal those wounds. We have a LONG way to go. There is no excuse for ignorance. As a white woman with indigenous family&friends, I've seen my privilege.

[@litchtheshinigami8936]

unfortunately people who can only see black and white cannot see the scars that belong to those that were hurt.. now i'm mixed race myself (my mother is european/indonesian and my dad is african/native american) and though i have never truly been hurt like my ancestors were yet when i see a depiction of it it makes me sadder than anything else.. it just doesn't hit like other disasters to me.. i bet someone of jewish heritage must feel the same.. knowing it could have been you and your close relatives in that position.. knowing that the pain they must have felt must have been unbearable

[@angelikaskoroszyn8495]

This kind of people don't know that empathy exists? I'm white and I was raised in the same country I was born in and yet I feel upset. It's worse for those who know they could've ended in the same sytuation if they were less lucky. I don't understand why it's so difficult to comprehend

[@deb9784]

Wow, sounds exactly like what they say here in the US! But they continue to abuse African-Americans, hold us down, and belittle us to this day! I am also part Cherokee, so my heart aches with those who are cast aside and marginalized!

[@elleran1969]

Yep same in Australia

[@espeon871]

Ikr, and how can one get over years of injustice? The fact people are so dismissive about native people and their struggles are so ignorant and inconsiderate.

[@sesedancer10111]

“First generation to keep their children.” Just speechless

[@oliviaharris3959]

My grandfather was stolen from his family at seven years old, and lived in the Native American boarding schools. Horrible things happened to him there. Things he wouldn’t talk about until he was on his deathbed. He never got to reclaim his culture and history. I had a punch to the gut when watching this as I had the realization that hopefully I will be the first generation to keep my future kids. He was taken from his family, and the problems caused from that made him into a struggling father, and he lost my mother, who turned out the same and lost me. This stuff is seriously generational and I didn’t realize that till just now. I feel kind of dumb for not fully understanding my family history or how I got to where I am. It’s also sad that I don’t even know what tribe he was or anything. I don’t know too much and I’m regretting it.

[@lucindalove7606]

1. It’s never too late to find out about him, even if through your DNA. Start there and reach out for help from tribesmen. They want nothing more than to gather everyone in pride! 2. YOU ARE NOT SOMEONE ELSE’S PAST CHOICES!!! 3. You are strong and courageous and a mother! 4. Reclaim what is rightfully yours! Find your people! You will find freedom from so much you don’t even know you are carrying! I was a stolen Jewish baby and I cannot tell you how reclaiming my heritage changed my life! I wish you all the success and sending hugs!

[@YunikuYosefMomoka]

Go to city Hall, show your birth certificate and I.D. then grab all your family records. Go to the records bank if they tell you no. Find out what they were and take lessons to learn their language if you can't find someone to teach you.

[@BenDover-wu6lu]

My dad didnt know alot about his family history either and we are in the US, so not sure how different from Canada but they don't have too many documents that kept track of our natives. My dad's birth certificate is a fricken joke. He died and wasn't able to give us much information either.

[@YunikuYosefMomoka]

@@BenDover-wu6lu I'm telling you.. Go tote records bank.. The government or your Canadian government isn't gonna tell you the truth.

[@kathypiazza7228]

Not your fault, we don’t know things till we know them. You now know that you would like to know what nation you are originally from, I hope there’s resources to you to find out, or old friends of his might know. Good luck in this & all you do.

[@lovepurple88]

The best revenge is happiness.

[@debraderoos5225]

This is the best line. I'm going to hold on to this for myself. I was not raised by my birth mother. I was raised by a step mother who did not like/love me. It is the most hollow empty feeling to be raised in a house where you are not loved.

[@Julzsavedandsetapart]

I'm living proof this statement is truth.

[@marig6184]

@@debraderoos5225 absolutely, the best revenge is to live well! My mother did not love me either.

[@teacheschem]

@Susan Grimm - and whose fault is that. Just like in the US- indigenous people were cheated and continue to be discriminated against!

[@munirahmujahid68]

@Susan Grimm You’re logic is the type of logic that defends the transatlantic slave trade as being better for Africans than their previous communities in Africa. You’re logic is also the type that supports colonialism as being better for all of the oppressed because of the forceful exposure to European culture. There’s nothing wrong with European cultures inherently. However, mistreatment of people will definitely haunt the aggressors and if punishment comes before the aggressors choose to make amends, no one will be able to turn the tide. People are already waking up to the atrocities that resulted from European colonialism and imperialism and addressing things appropriately. So please be of the people that will actually be remembered for helping all people without any injustice done to any and you will be rewarded accordingly.

[@jenw9463]

That family portrait was heart-breaking. The two blond children were in between the parents and she was on the outside. Thank goodness for Bubbeh. She not only helped Nakuset, but all of the others Nakuset is helping, too.

[@vikingdogmanship]

The parents sucked. not the childrens fault. no matter the hair colour

[@daniellecarrigg2702]

My thoughts exactly!!!

[@carriemindplsable]

those kids were only blonde due to European admixture

[@Zeldafan1ify]

Notice how even the dad was willing to put his hand over his son's shoulder but the hand that Nakuset clings to feels totally rigid and cold. Just horrible.

[@mariekatherine5238]

Now that she knows her background, she’s free to accept or reject either or both cultures. Why would they adopt a child from an ethnicity they despised? Follow the example of your Bubbe. May her memory live in your heart always. She was and is a true Jew. Teach your children to be proud of being Indigenous and of their great grand Bubbe.

[@moodyspoint7377]

Her culture, and Jewish heritage had nothing to do with her kind and accepting nature. Just like you and everyone seems to be wanting to separate the Jewish identity of her adoptive family from their selfishness and cruelty towards her. lol you can’t say Jews are just as loving and kind as bubby and not cruel and evil as her adoptive family.

[@kimqueen324]

She is indigenous and was displaced into a stranger family who was jewish. One adult in that family was decent to her. You can't chose who you are. And it is her ancestors and indigenous family who guide her.

[@rayphillips5237]

@@moodyspoint7377 I don't thin she meant it like that. In the jewish religion we believe that you should fulfill as many mitzvahs that you can and be a good person. Thats what a true jew is. Obviously the family was the complete opposite.

[@Bootystank99659]

I think she was adopted by jews and she’s not Jewish she’s indigenous and has her own unique culture

[@merek8514]

Bubby knew the deep meaning of family and roots. RIP Bubby!

[@barbaraseymour3437]

I do hope you are happy now with your children and their father.

[@janmyers7539]

💗👍she sure did, shame others didn't.

[@mw7845]

She was such a beautiful soul 💕

[@krystaldaniels7940]

I'm so sure her "Bubby" is smiling down on her full of pride! She was most definitely there to see her recieve that award!🥰

[@iciajay6891]

She sounds amazing.

[@trenae77]

God Bless Bubby and all women like her!! And God bless you, Nakuset for taking what could have been a soul-crushing experience and turning it into a platform to reach out and support other women and children caught in the same cycle!!The best advocate for victims is a survivor!

[@glittermama]

My nonna was the only person who demonstrated love to me in childhood. She's still with me; I carry her around in my heart. I love her more than I can say and thank her for love and care, without which, I would probably not be here.

[@marciaannedonahue463]

Krystal Daniels, you took the words out of my mouth!

[@francis234]

My uncle here in America was taken from his family and sent to Salt lake city as a child. He was sexually abused during his whole childhood. When he moved back to the reservation he told me he cried. He felt like he was home for the first time.

[@17Kristy]

I've read about the taking of Native American children that took place in the US for decades. Horrible.

[@krsball]

That's horrifying and I hate this for him. May those monsters get what they deserve.

[@francis234]

@@krsball He told me the only way he could move on is to just forgive and let'em go, that he found himself and knows who he is now. He is kind and still has trouble socially. But he is a strong and gentle soul.

[@1gatorgurl]

People don't care that this type of trauma goes deep...like DNA level deep. Just like your uncle cried when he moved to the reservation...my family has been removed from Africa for several centuries, but cried when first visiting the continent of Africa. Traveling with a group of Black Americans, everyone exited the plane in silence and then sat on the tarmac or picked up soil...and cried. Even with no direct family connections, just being on the continent felt like coming home.

[@francis234]

@Perine I'm sure you mean my uncle. I will let him know. He is a really nice person indeed

[@hiedao.7847]

I am native from Brazil and I live in U.S, this work is so important, it is so important for native american youth in the Americas to find their voice, their healing path, it is possible to recover and heal and make it into something beautiful and meaningful not only Canada, U.S, but also Mexico, Peru, Brazil, ALL OF US NEED A DECOLONIZATION OF OR MINDS!!!

[@mawcha]

PREACH. decolonize your ideals and you’ll be able to sort what was instilled in you and what actually affects reality. this is the damage of an eurocentric mindset to bipoc individuals. it’s painful as hell.

[@robyn9617]

Adopted from Colombia w Indigenous roots and cannot find any family history esp from the country i was born in

[@anapaulauwu2586]

Toda família brasileira têm alguma história bizarra sobre algum parente "pego no laço ou na senzala"... É bizarro o quão normalizado isso é na nossa cultura...

[@jamieharrison192]

Finding my own roots. Did not grow up with my family. It’s hard when your skin is olive and you look different. Now at 37 I’m feeling more beautiful than ever. This woman is a hero of mine. I’m unique and loved by my savior and that’s what matters 🥰

[@Ujuani68]

Don't forget the Native Hawaiians, either. THEY were ALSO treated like dirt!😥😡

[@suedefringe]

Bubby is looking down and smiling. Bubby lives on through your kids.

[@Trund27]

Thank you Bubby, for loving this beautiful woman.

[@JamieGraceProductions]

Thank you so much for sharing her story.

[@ceciliaanabelcantoralroque8843]

💜💚💙💛💖 love, love, love, yes!!!!

[@LiiBrown]

Incredible and heart wrenching story. I was adopted by a woman who wanted me to be a trophy piece instead of a child. My Gammy much like your Bubby, saved my life and gave me the love I’m still running on today. Bless you

[@lizmerrick6883]

With these kind and nurturing grandparent figures, I wonder how common it is for kind and loving people to raise selfish and unkind kids who go on to be bad parents. Or maybe they had kids too young and grew into their 'true selves' later in life. In my 30s I'm already much wiser and more nurturing than I was in my 20s.

[@deborah8056]

@@lizmerrick6883 I think it’s the last point you said. Grand parents realize what they might have done wrong later in life and correct any mistakes. Also grandparents don’t have as much pressure and expectations as a parent except to just be there to show support.

[@carolynjoy4236]

Blessings to you and this brave lady 🙏🙏🙏

[@mariaashot5648]

Sadly, a lot of people are simply unprepared for what it means to be a mother or a father. It is very, very hard. And no one knows, whether they give birth to biological offspring or adopt, exactly what they individual will actually be like, until they are 20-25 years into it... Each baby comes with her or his own personality, vulnerabilities, yearnings. There's no way to predict any of it. Fostering/adopting is generous and kind but you also have to be gracious, patient and continuously unwavering in your love & acceptance.

[@lienbijs1205]

I don't understand why people change the name of their adopted child like they want to erase their whole identity.

[@shelbyinmon8654]

Thank you I thought I was the only one

[@kayc.8283]

Fun fact: Changing an adoptive child's name is forbidden in islam. It is also not permissible to call the adoptive child YOUR child, as the title of the biological parents cannot be erased. Lineage is not to be re- written.

[@kayanurshiya3778]

@@kayc.8283 what if the child was abandon as a baby and no birth certificate , no ID etc. What will happen?

[@kayc.8283]

@@kayanurshiya3778 in this case it would be different, as there is no known information about their identity or ancestry. But if it's known, than it's not permissible to keep it hidden from the child or "pretend" like the child has the same heritage as their adoptive family. Including the child as a part of a family is great and highly encouraged and heavily rewarded in Islam, but the child shouldn't have to lose their identity and create a new one.

[@lienbijs1205]

@@kayc.8283 I have a foster daughter. She is now almost 26 and doesn't want to have contact with her father. Her parents were divorced and in the country were she came from her grandfathers arranged the case. Mother was forced to hand over her child to the father and never saw her daughter back. I heard it was a big drama. Her father took her to our country in Europe and was remarried. She suffered terrible child abuse and the child protection service took her away. I am a registered foster mother. She became our foster daughter. She was very traumatized, automutulated herself by cutting with any sharp things in her arms. Although she kept her own name, she feels like I am her mother and I call her my daughter. Only by official things I had to call her my foster daughter but I had to explain to her why otherwise she felt rejected. I am not religious so I also don't need to follow any rules from any religion. I personally think it is better if a child can grow up in the same culture and religion but Muslim families find foster children complicated regarding other children from opposite sex will be haram without without hijab, things like that.

[@shirleylake7738]

Her adopted grandmother was her guardian angel here on earth. Every child needs someone who loves and believes they have potential for their future.

[@johnnydtractive]

Her adopted grandmother helped her find her way back to her family, which is so amazing.

[@hunterjardine7148]

It truly makes me wonder why her adoptive parents were so cruel when her grandmother was such a kind soul.. where did they learn those abusive traits from

[@His_Masterpiece]

“That love was stronger than all that toxicity...” 🥺❤️

[@haveaniceday-n8w]

I know, right?

[@clod8]

I just broke down crying when I heard her grandmother say she’d help her find her family.😭😭😭

[@jfournerat1274]

She was a kind woman who unlike the rest of her family genuinely cared for her granddaughter even though she wasn’t biologically related to her.

[@myxochi]

Thank you CBC for highlighting stories like this. We need to hear more of the stories of the 60s scoop. Too many people still don’t “get it”.

[@mscanadianbakin]

A whole documentary needs to be made on the 60s scoop and AIM

[@leeloooooooooo]

So true. Some dude I was driving thought it was a conspiracy because he didn't learn about it in school and they are teaching it in school now. Like?????

[@mountiandogman]

,

[@mountiandogman]

Cowards

[@hannahy4823]

It's the first time I've heard about it. Absolutely sickening.

[@annoraedits]

Man I CRIED. I BAWLED. That was so deep. Changed me in so many ways, damn. She said it herself, HER BUBBIE SAVED her. Man, I also wish her bubbie would still be here to see how much Nakuset has done for the Indigenous community. This video changed my life. The power of film.

[@ginajones2328]

I cried too. How awful

[@angelackerman7865]

@Breeze ikr, nor did we get the other side of the story

[@angelackerman7865]

Get a grip

[@elin9382]

@@angelackerman7865 they taped her mouth shut and told her her people were the dregs of society. what other side is there?

[@susieusmaximus5330]

Do you want to understand? If you want to, it can be explained to you. If you're trying to say that because you claim not to understand, nothing was wrong, that's another matter.

[@theworldisavampire3346]

Bubbie was a saint. God bless Her Beautiful soul

[@dynasty2121]

This brought so many tears to my eyes, when I heard her say “there’s generational trauma that effects us deeply.” It’s a very true statement.

[@julieannec1969]

Mind blown. I am an adopted Metis kid. Still haven't got my status at 51, after a life journey of finding out who I am. I can relate to alot of this :( A person in limbo between 2 worlds.

[@elowynnrose2395]

Same, I got my status finally through the 60's scoop conferences that were held throughout Canada a couple of years ago. Before that it was very hard, I even had my biological family tree (luckily). I grew up in the system, was supposed to be adopted out to a Jewish Family as well, but the mother died within the first year, and the papers were never signed. I aged out at 18 and had nobody. IT was really really painful and hard and still is incredibly lonely.

[@foofookachoo1136]

@@elowynnrose2395 I’m SO sorry!!! Please find GOD. He can be your family for now.

[@sugarbum99]

@@foofookachoo1136 God is with her

[@thunderwoman13]

We come from the stars. Heal in Nature and music. Magic has always been real and we are so connected. Be well sis, status isn't everything, you know who you are. I see you.

[@helenhunter4540]

@@foofookachoo1136 "God" is an idea. We need other humans, particularly humans of the kind we came from. The idea of "finding God" is bizarre to me. Where do you "find" God? In the woods? Order "him or her" online?

[@MsAwesome6814]

Why would you pay all that money to adopt a child just to abuse them, heartbreaking. She is so beautiful too and deserved a loving family.

[@c.s.804]

All I can imagine is that they thought they were sterile, and having kids was a societal expectation. Once the wife got pregnant, they didn't give a damn a damn about their stolen kids anymore and were just considered an extra burden

[@maggie2sticks717]

She never really said they abused her. She said she was treated differently. Come on, what teenager doesn't feel like they're put upon? She's a professional victim.

[@cammiosis]

@@maggie2sticks717 are you nuts? Trying to steer a person away from their cultural identity is abusive! You have to be a monster not to understand her pain!

[@300books]

@@maggie2sticks717 : Years of psychological abuse is extremely damaging to a person, especially when it starts in childhood. Even depriving a young child of love and nurturing hurts their development. If it wasn't for this woman's grandmother, she probably would not have thrived.

[@MS-nj4jx]

@@maggie2sticks717 taping a child’s mouth shut when they are crying and asking for something is abuse.telling a child that because of her racial identity she is destined to become something horrible is abusive

[@annut8554]

Bubby has left you a legacy of love and grace, you can pass on to generations.

[@veerubyluv9785]

"Somebody get me a choker." 🤣 despite everything she's been through she continues to smile, and crack jokes. God bless her heart and bubbys beautiful soul ❣❣

[@sc-bj2fs]

Culture matters. You can't adopt it out of someone, nor can you replace it with your own. It's very important adoptive parents are screened/ vetted about cultural sensitivities if they are adopting someone from another background. The self hate taught can do real damage.

[@hazelbd8201]

Exactly

[@carolineglenn2918]

Exactly. Any government/adoption agency needs to ensure prospective parents are dedicated to guiding their child and helping them learn about their birth parents and heritage when they are able to understand. It is so important for kids to feel loved for who they are.

[@YanasooSibarah]

This is actual taught in Islam about adoption

[@wealthweb1]

Ok...what about mixed race people? Do they "choose a side"?

[@sc-bj2fs]

@@wealthweb1 Are you asking if a mixed race child is adopted, or if a mixed race person adopts? Recently, I watched a Blasian Comedian explain how he felt growing up,& it was pretty funny.

[@gayleearnhart8597]

Years ago had a friend who was 100% Black Foot from Canada. She told me how the children on the reservation were taken by the government and placed in an orphanage. She told how she could look out the window of the orphanage and see her family home . So very unfair and sad.

[@Nireni]

@Perine The erasure of a native cultures. That's always been the end game of many goverments. They persecute native cultures in different ways to try to minimize their spirit and erase them so people forget they exist.

[@lilyfuzz1]

heartbreaking

[@plo5fish576]

:(

[@peggyt1243]

Gayle - I was a foster mother. Children often create a narrative. There is always a reason a child is taken into care. Because of your comment I have been researching for hours. Your friend might have lived in a "residential school" but not an orphanage. In Alberta (Blackfoot area) a school was built on the reserve. Children lived at the school as the parents did not always live in one place. It is impossible to have a school that travels with people when they go hunting. The government had built several day schools on the reserve but attendance was dismal because the children left and travelled with their parents.

[@taylormarie1526]

Residential schools were built to assimilate Indigenous people-not because parents were off “hunting.” The government took Indigenous children and put them in both residential schools and orphanages, where they were sold off to other cultures and white families in order to “kill the Indian to save the child.” Well into the 80’s and 90’s. Look into the “60s scoop” or listen to this women’s story. The reason Indigenous children were taken out of their home was to forcibly assimilate them, not because children “created a narrative.”

[@TurtlesAndTortoises302]

This is dehumanizing: She was in a *catalogue* and they _picked_ her out like a new toy! They had a catalogue *full of children, unknowing that they were in a catalogue* ready to be shipped off and sent to another family simply because they chose them. This woman is inspirational, I'm so so glad that she's been able to get a good life for herself and change the lives of other people 💫 God bless her and God bless her bubby and God bless all the kids like her and all indigenous people who are struggling

[@lesliefroelich4144]

all adoption agencies have a catalogue of adoptable children, not sure why that in itself is a problem.

[@TurtlesAndTortoises302]

@@lesliefroelich4144 The problem was those children had families, but I should have specified

[@SuzysRedStripes]

My question: Why the hell was this even a thing?

[@angelasepi657]

This is the same treatment given to Indigenous people by the US federal government.

[@angelasepi657]

Set up to fail from the start by the feds.

[@crystaltelf288]

I’m so glad she found such love from her Bubby...that is everything for a child...just simple pure love. May you have a positive affect for so many of your people who deserve so much more than they ever got. You’re a huge success, Bubby would be so proud!

[@lindawolfe2885]

Her bubby was there to see her success. Her bubby is now her angel. 💕💐💫

[@Lobo_Loco1]

I think our Canadian government has a long way to go when it comes to reparation's for the Native people, this is simply shameful and disgusting.

[@marciloni12]

Yes, the government allowed it, turned a blind eye to so many atrocities so reparations are in order.

[@LeileeBaker805]

💯

[@aaronkastriotiseni1406]

It's always the easiest way to hide behind the government. Why didn't you put white citizens in that same bag? They are as guilty as the government, but no, everyone kept quiet until the era of social media where people start raising awareness using all sort of platforms available. Now that people can't hide of their crimes anymore, everyone is saying "oh...this is so terrible".

[@bellaevans4488]

“Reparations” and how do you want that to go? If you’re so for the government taking our money and using it on whatever they want to, maybe give all your money to them because you’re such a “bad” person for being born. You’re such a “bad” person for having nothing to do with the decisions that YOUR GOVERNMENT decided. Go ahead, give you money to the people that literally DID THIS. And expect them to then go and give it to the people they destroyed… “Reparations” are the stupidest thing EVER talked about by dems.

[@bellaevans4488]

@aaron Oh look a Racist against white people. I bet you don’t know many white people, and if you do you hate them and judge them because maybe over 100 years ago they had an ancestor who was “racist” just like YOU are.

[@CaToRi-]

Adoption is not for every person that can’t have biological children.

[@nadjak3410]

Exactly. Adoption is an option to have children, but never an alternative to child bearing. Some people who might be decent parents for their bio children would be horrible at fostering or adopting.

[@mokachyna22]

For some women and couples, children are a status symbol.

[@qiralyncassette]

@@nadjak3410 what do you mean by never an alternative to child bearing?

[@qiralyncassette]

Flat out being parents is not for everyone

[@CaToRi-]

@Has Goodles Agreed

[@laurapetchul1895]

What a beautiful woman, inside and out. I just recently learned of the 60’s Scoop, the residential schools, and the horrific stories of children being ripped from their mothers’ arms to endure a life of abuse at the hands of those who fostered or adopted them. My heart goes out to all who suffered- there are so, so many. Thank you to your hubby and all the bubbies out there…. It can take just one person in someone’s life to love them enough to make it through. May you continue to heal and share your stories. We need to hear them. I want to hear them.

[@lindsaynicole8967]

My grandma is a residential school survivor, along with aunt's and uncles. And my mom was part of the 60's scoop ☹️ she didn't get to grow up in her culture. She was taken at the hospital and my grandma would visit her in the facility they took her to until she was placed in a foster family. Didn't see her again for 22 years. My mom was abused and neglected in her foster families but was adopted by a great family. Still sad though. It's crazy to me how many people are so unaware. The 60's scoop lasted until the early 90's and the last residential school closed in '96 I believe. Insane how recent these events took place.

[@Mo_1P]

Your bubby definitely saw this. She only transitioned to a different realm but her spirit is always with you.

[@johnnydtractive]

And her Bubby lives on in every kind & good thing she does, & in the love she gives to others. What a legacy, both she & her Bubby are amazing women.

[@mladeau2105]

The picture of her grabbing her 'father' for comfort is telling.

[@putjesusfirst9814]

:((

[@alexc9985]

the 2 other children had their arms around the other kids :(

[@bowtoyoursensei554]

It was. And the way she was standing on the outside with her parents' arms around the other siblings...heartbreaking and infuriating.

[@citytrees1752]

She was probably told to pose that way by the photographer. She wasn't grabbing for comfort. That sounds like a projection.

[@mladeau2105]

@@citytrees1752 so what if it is? A comment is often your own viewpoint of a situation. I'm not looking for you to educate me.

[@nataliebarahona2198]

The family picture of the other children on the inside, while she’s holding on to one parent by the arm, outside both parents; SAIDS ALOT.

[@ms.p1969]

I noticed that too

[@susane4078]

As a loving grandmother, Just goes to show how one loving person in a child’s life can be the positive difference! I can only hope to be a very cherished memory in the minds of my two grandchildren after I’m gone. I love them so much.

[@inthesameuniverse]

This makes my heart warm I hope you have a healthy , happy , long life you’re an amazing person ❤️

[@donnavickers6058]

I sincerely hope that my bonus grandchild feels that way when I'm gone. She had a very troubled beginning but I've strived to let her feel my unconditional love. Every child deserves that. She may not be flesh of my flesh but we are connected through the heart.

[@susane4078]

@@donnavickers6058 ♥️

[@Aylali]

I know Bubby is a stranger to me, but I love and miss her from this story alone.

[@melanierose3909]

This is so heartbreaking. I am sorry that you went through this. I was taken away and placed into foster care. But I never forsed to to be anything. Infact I was forced live in a system never adopted out. My parents never came back for me. I longed to be adopted to someone who loved me. Than I listed to your story. The grass is not greener on the other side. I fought hard to over come eating disorder. My grandma ended up taking me in and my teen years where spent with her. It changed me. I will spend the rest of my life trying to help others who grow up in care or where fostered out. My grandma died when I was 22 years old from cancer. But she gave the streght and hope i needed as an adult. This video is live changing. Please every one don't stop telling your story! Lets help each other out. Videos like this are a great way to help end this.

[@ashelton]

Her intro was absolutely gut wrenching. Seriously, her pain was palpable.

[@ilovemontse]

My family preserved my indigenous heritage and I thank them so much for it. I wish her so much happiness may she live with prosperity and love.

[@amechealle5918]

I have a Navajo sister. She may not be my biological sister but the year we spent together taught me so much. As soon as she was old enough to go to school her family was forced to send her to boarding school. She spent almost none of her growing up years with her family. Then as a teenager she was put in a program that they spend the school year with Mormon (cult) family’s out of state meaning no time with their family. Living with white families being pushed to conform. It’s terribly wrong. She cried a lot, we talked a lot and I got a bigger picture of how she and her friends were loosing their culture. When she was 18 she went back home. I only hear from her once in a while but when we do get to talk our bond is still there. I love my Sister and am glad she has once again found her culture and embraces her heritage. 💕

[@M.A.Y.Y]

Well you can understand why she seems a bit distant. Butttt.... I hope your relationship gets better now that you're both adults now and can choose ways for yourselves. All the best to you and your sis ! 💞

[@ladyprophetofcle]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@lynndubai4984]

My 4th generation grandmother -Cherokee was adopted by a German couple. I hoped they loved her! They can remove you from your tribe but your genetic attachment will always bring you home.

[@tan5923]

This is why it is important to teach adopted kids about their culture. I personally know an indigenous girl adopted by a white family & they worked so hard to raise her in her culture.

[@paulinacontreras4160]

Bless their heart for that

[@M.A.Y.Y]

Nice

[@pattedechat2457]

Culture is not biological. It's based on what you were raised in, not what you were born in.

[@worshipthecomedygodseoeunk4010]

@@pattedechat2457 that may be true on a practical/idealistic level, but for most adoptees (i am one) its more complicated than that. culture for many of us is not just what we are raised with or what we are born into. its what we choose. we work very hard to make that choice. how people around us see us, how society sees us, how our family sees us, not one is more important than the other. because ultimately, we decide what parts of us we want to connect with. and for a lot of us, that means we include our birth cultures in our lives. for a lot of us, its out of necessity for growth, development, maturity, healing, to find those roots and unearth those losses. and when i say MANY of us, i mean majority. even if its little things like food or language, its still important. because those roots never really go away. you cannot cut a child off from their family tree and all of a sudden they're a blank slate. no, cultural belonging is a self-discovery, an identity. its history as much as it is practical knowledge about food traditions or whatever. there are many cultural camps for adoptees to keep in touch with their birthcultures. and they are valid.

[@lunalalaurie1049]

@@pattedechat2457 culture is in the blood. This is why it's important for every race and culture to embrace their ancestors and their traditional ways.

[@puleen3821]

"I feel like i was only a visitor in that house.. and the bond.. i don't get that. that doesn't exist for me"-hits me. I legit know how that feels. 🥺

[@carolynjoy4236]

I wish you peace and love 🙏

[@heythere8318]

people should not be adopting children if they don’t know how to treat their adopted children the same as their biological children.

[@kmk6942069]

People should not be adopting children if they don't know how to treat their adopted children as HUMAN BEINGS Also.... people should not be having [biological] children of they don't know how to treat their biological children as HUMAN BEINGS Adoption isn't a bad concept.... kidnapping children and selling them for financial gain under the guise of "protecting them from a bad home environment" is not only wrong and immoral, but flat out EVIL. Furthermore, it is in essence a forum of slavery... the adopting parents pay a sum of money in order to have documents stating they are the new legal guardians/ parents of said child, adoption agencies are paid a fee for their services, foster parents are paid a monthly salary for having an additional child at their home while the child until a more permanent placement for the child is established or the child turns 18 yrs old, surrogates are paid a fee for their services, and the child(ren) are expected to [freely] be happy and grateful for being uprooted from home and being sold to strangers whom they (typically) are expected to call "mom" and "dad"... none of the money transferred between adoption agencies/ foster parents/ adoptive parents/ surrogates/ etc is put into a secured account as an emergency reserve fund for the benefit of said child to ensure that child will have the financial resources available to ensure the don't have to go without basic necessities (medical care, food, a home, etc).... instead all that money being exchanged goes to helping those establishment to continue collecting and selling/ trading children

[@heythere8318]

@@kmk6942069 i agree

[@826roo]

I totally agree

[@FM-dv6kn]

Narcissists don't know they have no empathy.

[@lalainenash2006]

But we are only hearing one side of the story.

[@ThisIsYourOnlyWarning]

This woman and her Bubby are two amazing humans and women. I'm sorry that she had to go through all that she did. I hope her second half of her life journey is kinder to her and she gets to make her Bubby even prouder!

[@edvh88]

So sad. Makes me wonder why her bubby’s son, her adoptive father, was so cold and distant. I don’t understand how you could adopt a child only to treat them so coldly. It’s heartbreaking. So glad she survived and is now able to advocate for other native people.

[@kevincurtis4654]

The love of money is the root of all evil. All he could care about was his business. It’s a shame, people get so caught up in vanity & seem to forget that there is so much more to life than material wealth.

[@taltalim18]

Many men a generation or two ago were more cold and distant especially the older they were and it was many times reflective of how they were raised by their father.

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

people are not always like their parents

[@Contrapuntalist]

Sounds like his wife was a piece of work

[@jase123111]

@@taltalim18 Yes, in the 'good old days' it was the mother who was taking care of the children and the father used to go out and work to get money for 'his' family. When they are home they are just too tired to interact with their own children, or they are conditioned to think it's not manly to play with their children. Kind of sad for everyone, the kids, the mother, and also the man too. Glad it's mostly changed these days.

[@MikaMitenaLives]

I was adopted, I recently in the past decade found out I was indigenous. I was raised in a Chinese American household and I can really relate to a lot of this story.

[@rosaliamartinez8956]

You strong lady are the epitome of what a real Warrior looks like .

[@happymack6605]

It just takes one person to change a kid’s life by giving them love, kindness and hope. Thank God for Bubbe! For me, it was my father’s parents, and my best friend’s dad, and my neighbor’s mom. If it weren’t for them, I would have killed myself. It doesn’t cost anything to be kind. You never know how much your words or small acts of kindness can affect a kid. Kindness is why I’m still here, so I try pass the kindness on.

[@lisaellis2593]

So true!

[@tonirodriguez6649]

Love & many blessings for your precious heart 💜

[@correanne5366]

had a good babysitter & a loving gma...otherwise I'd be idk

[@marilyntape508]

😊🇦🇺

[@auspiciouscloud8786]

You know that it’s not just adopted kids who are abused in that same way... My parents lost their first born son, and then I was born, a girl. I was raised like a mistake that they wished they could return, everything that she said brought back so many memories of my biological parents. Thank goodness that my daughter taught me how to love. ❤️

[@layasaul28]

They say "It's never too late to have a happy childhood"--that through our children we have another chance. Now that I'm older... there are the grandkids too. And just in case there's some small part of you that believed your parents, please know that God doesn't make mistakes. The whole world needs your light! Keep shining.

[@ak.alaska]

That’s lovely your daughter taught you how to love!

[@auspiciouscloud8786]

@@layasaul28 ❤️❤️❤️😙

[@auspiciouscloud8786]

@@ak.alaska ❤️❤️❤️ yup that she did!

[@northvanwan7428]

friggin canada eh ?

[@globalcitizenn]

In the context of the news of mass graves of Canadian children being found, this hits hard

[@mainecoonmomma9494]

The horrors that these children endured are baffling to me. And it just makes me mad when she speaks of how they told her that if you sit at a Jewish families table you’ll have lots of food but if you go to a Natives home then there will be drugs and alcohol, smh. I am white but grew up on a reservation and any home that I went into normally the first thing that I was asked was if I was hungry... Thank the heavens for her Bubby. I am so glad she found her family and who she really is.

[@barbarathomas9534]

you cannot deny that with native Americans there are those sociological problems and you cannot fault the Jewish parents for not wanting their adopted child to be involved in that so stop your nonsense. You know damn well that the native Americans have very serious sociological/famililal problems

[@nevaehlheaven]

I'm glad you're vouching. That's admirable unlike the first person who commented under you

[@rabbitman8535]

@@barbarathomas9534 well isn't it obvious why? It because of people like these. People who seperate thier children from thier mothers and fathers and siblings creating these issues.

[@mightyea]

@@barbarathomas9534 why are there problems with Native Americans? Is it because the Jewish people that took children that were separated by their parents felt their lifestyle is superior to Natives?! Based on your response it sounds like you also have problems of superiority... Is it because you’re Jewish or White?

[@YunikuYosefMomoka]

You're a sharecropper 🙂 My family started off as sharecroppers too. My family is from Blue Hills reservation.

[@DReed1945]

If she only knew then that the pain she went through would turn out to be what she learned from to help so many people. Her grandmother helped with that strength.

[@heathercbc7287]

Your bubbee must be so proud. You’re a wonderful woman and mother.

[@korradog81]

Nakuset is BEAUTIFUL. God bless you Nakuset.

[@liliebilie]

I never understood why people adopt children and mistreat them. Bless her bubby, truly must have been a beautiful person.

[@pennyburris3466]

You are amazing ! My son is Native we love him so much ..We are in contact with his family and his tribe ..My son is a gift to me ..Please keep doing what you do because I know not all children are treated equally and they need to be ..Bless you ..

[@ah3985]

I’m here crying both out of her pain and suffering, but being lucky to have a grandmother that idolized you and helped you achieve your dreams.

[@audreyhill9105]

I am an Indian Residential School survivor. I am the first generation to raise my children too. Niawen for sharing your journey and your strength. At 67 years of age my path is to be a good Bubby. My Bubby/Totah was my great grandfather. I am grateful today.

[@saiqhai9968]

Good for you , make sure you teach them about your history , your culture, your language and instill pride in them. Too many cultures are becoming westernised.

[@galvdayiamaris7051]

It's so empowering to hear her story. My Grandmother is a white French-Canadian woman and she was so against my mother marrying my father be cause he was indigenous. She still till this day makes statements about my race.

[@hr8kpcreativeshovel849]

you're beautiful.

[@galvdayiamaris7051]

@@hr8kpcreativeshovel849 Thank you

[@CBOANDALUCIA]

It's sad, but she is the ones that lost an important part of the life, enjoy our family, grow up our grandaugther, in her case. Don't pay attention and forgive her, she can't be happy and this is her punish.

[@galvdayiamaris7051]

@@CBOANDALUCIA thank you for your kind words. We don't speak and my mother has been respectful of that, letting me know when my grandmother would be around so I can choose to involve myself or not. My father is Tsalagi, Lakota and Afro Cuban. My grandmother was fine when I chose to just embrace my Cuban side, well sometimes she would say I looked like a Cuban whore... but that was the worst she said. Now that I have embraced my Indigenous roots and even more so when I chose to become a registered citizen of the Cherokee Nation, she really has been slinging her insults. Now that I have kept her from being around me, she spews the hatred to my family members and they sometimes tell me what she says. It bothers me.. but in the end it is her loss.

[@greenbergjuliane5115]

@@galvdayiamaris7051 Hi ! I am French and I visited Canada with my family as a teenage 15 years ago. I can tell you as a white European that discovering a land of many different native cultures, sharing with indigenous persons, (a memory of strong, kind, inspiring people) seeing the wonder of traditionnal arts, crafts, was a magical and incredible experience ! I feel so so sorry your grandmother cannot see all og this cause of her hateful racism. You can be and should be proud of your heritage ! Mucha suerte a ti en tu camino hermanita !!

[@thesoulish7484]

Your Bubby is so incredibly proud of you! You never need to worry about her love for you... it still is with you. Guiding you. Supporting you. Lifting you up. Healing generational trauma. She is your ancestor and you are her pride and joy. She is still with you. ❤

[@jbrobertson6052]

What an amazing woman and her grandmother (Bubby) was an amazing person to. Well done Nakuset you brought tears to my eyes and for me a 60 year old hardcore biker and that doesn't happen very often. I'm glad you chose the path of Light and not the other which so many of us choose or the ones who never had a choice or chance.I don't know you but I am very proud of you.🌹

[@hekysemhel9845]

She IS with you. Your Bubby will ALWAYS be with you, ma'am! And she is beyond proud of you! 🫂

[@CreeCarnivore]

This is so well done. You’re courageous and inspirational, Nakuset. Je t’aime! ❤️

[@professorrosenstock5026]

There is just something about women from her Bubby's generation.

[@1funkyflyguy]

Probably the second world war.

[@joanlynch5271]

Grandma's love unconditionally 😍💕!

[@israeliana]

Too bad her children were sick and wicked to others. Nakuset didn't deserve this.

[@hikama.3318]

@@joanlynch5271 they do because they realize their own failures as mothers when they have a front row seat of who their children have become and unconditionally loving their grandchildren is a way to have a redo before they leave this earth.

[@TheScarlett618]

@@joanlynch5271 Not always. BOTH mine hated me (because I was mixed race)

[@xtgalx]

OMG!!! I feel a kinship!!! I grew up knowing something was not right, not normal. At the age of 49 I found out I was adopted...I was born in Philadelphia to a Catholic Irish woman and given to a Jewish family in NY. After I did a DNA test I found my half brother who was born 2 years later also adopted to a Jewish family in NY, he is the one person that I have besides my kids that look like me!!! So happy to see this...nothing but love!!!!❤

[@amartin9293]

Why don't you love your adopted family who cared for you? Were they cruel to you or is it all about DNA?

[@xtgalx]

@@amartin9293 I had a wonderful father, unfortunately he passed when I was 16 years old!!! The woman he was married to hated me for reasons I didn't understand at the time, nor did she have kind words!!! I was not comfortable calling her mom and often called her by her first name!!! Im not sure if it was the fact I was a Catholic child or I wasn't hers or possibly a combination of both...there is a pride of being in the blood line!!! My father on the other hand, absolutely treated me as his own and loved me!!! I am always thankful for having him even though it was for a short period of time!!!

[@cogit8able]

He said it in his comment he has people who look like him who he can relate to. Children are often better cared for by their blood relatives because they can relate to their blood relatives this is why often when children are abused it is by a stepparent all of the old fairytales had the wicked stepparent it is harder to have a fellow feeling with somebody who isn’t of your own blood. You Often don’t have the same likes or dislikes. You often don’t have the same intellectual capacity. It takes an extremely special person to love another person’s child it is not a given.

[@kmrolland67]

Bubby was an angel on earth. She guided this woman to a life to help others. Every child should have a Bubby

[@Lara-xu3yc]

Many similar stories can be heard within Australian Indigenous communities. It's a heartbreaking reality.. my heart bleeds for this woman. 😔

[@barbaraseymour3437]

Film: Rabbit Proof Fence. About this type of thing in Australia.

[@sadikakassab1161]

I live in Australia and this story resonates with the Indigenous Aboriginal people called 'The Stolen Generation'. So sad, the negative repercussions are still felt this day. The Australian government planned this from way back to remove aboriginal children from their families to wipe out the indigenous race. How do you break down an indigenous society/community? You break down the family unit, and THIS IS what is happening, by governments design, unfortunately. 😔

[@Lara-xu3yc]

@@sadikakassab1161 about 12 years ago I met a couple of Aboriginal siblings in the NT while on a school camping trip, Miriam and I can't remember her brother's name unfortunately.. they were separated and taken from their parents as very young kid's during the 60's by white folk. It was assumed that whites could teach them to be "proper Christian civilised kid's" completely disrespecting indigenous tradition and not to mention their family unit! Miriam and her brother reunited as adults, and sadly while they were separated their mother died although I can't remember what happened to their biological father. As Miriam told her story you could see the hurt and resentment in her eyes, I'm glad that Miriam told her story as it open my eyes to the realities of Australia's dark past. Even today indigenous kids are being treated like dirt in youth detention centres and it must stop! Any kids that were forced to live in orphanages were typically abused in all sense of the word, so that on top of being abruptly stolen from their parents must have been damn well traumatizing!

[@sadikakassab1161]

@@Lara-xu3yc This is the sad truth of many victims of the same crime. Yes a crime, because it has caused long term pain and suffering to human life against their will. Very sad indeed. I am married to an aboriginal man and l know many stories of indigenous abuse as well as black deaths in custody. What these worldwide indigenous communities have been subjected to is so totally wrong on all levels. When there is justice and positive change, THEN, there will be peace. God bless. 🤲🙏

[@RachelLillis]

Grandmothers are the best. So glad you had her. Sad you went through all of this. It’s a crime.

[@l.a7881]

An adopted child/teen feels mistreated, and that their culture has been stolen from them; yeah, real original story.

[@josephinematoush6728]

@@l.a7881 excuse me? She was not adopted. She was taken. Look up the 60s scoop. She was not the only one. And the word “adopted” is the wrong term to use for many children who were forcibly taken from their parents and put into “white” families. Educate yourself.

[@l.a7881]

@@josephinematoush6728 then you and must be aware that aboriginal mothers were given money for their children, right?

[@l.a7881]

@@josephinematoush6728 yes, some were taken, most were BOUGHT

[@voidremoved]

@@l.a7881 what do you think you are? Explain yourself to everyone.

[@sistakia33]

Generational trauma! I know this pain and I know how determined I had to be to break the cycle! I looked back at my childhood, my biological mother's childhood, her mother's mother's childhood. We were all in foster care and we were all raised not knowing the love of our mothers. Thank goodness my children know me and I know them!

[@donnakawana]

Thanks to your Bubbie an all the elders that lift us with love an wisdom....

[@leeloooooooooo]

I'm crying. So strong and beautiful inside and out.

[@devonnareynolds]

Man hearing her speak about the type of woman her grandmother was brought tears to my eyes. So beautiful; that’s what God wants us to strive for

[@nadiazayman779]

How could her adoptive parents be so hateful? Thank God she had her Bubbe.

[@jfournerat1274]

They likely grew up hearing hateful comments towards Indigenous people being said by neighbors, friends, or other relatives and therefore they wrongly assumed that what the other people had said was true. Usually people who are hateful towards other groups learn that hatred when they are very young due to them learning it from neighbors, friends, teachers, relatives, and even parents who were hateful themselves.

[@JB-ox7ib]

We all need an anchor like Bubby. Some of us never get that. I hope you are doing AMAZING. 🙏👌🏽💐🌟