Residential school survivor talks about the electric chair at St. Anne's school

[@daviaannc]

My grandparents were taken from their families at the age of 5 and forced into a boarding school such as this, the stories they told, and the pain and trauma they endured isn't something they would have been able to imagine and lie about. That generational trauma gets passed down among generations. I know that first hand.

[@guiltybastard7859]

This is the Canadian equivalent of "Holocaust Denial" that is often seen in the USA.

[@asbisi]

So sorry to hear that. Horrible crime, HORRIBLE!

[@FromTheHealingWellSomatics]

I am so sorry

[@asbisi]

@Leon Cardinal I agree. History is important - and it is most likely NOT written in books. This is the kind of history which some would like to sweep under the carpet.

[@dianestafford6968]

I am so sorry that your grandparents went through that hell

[@matthew78917]

those people that tortured the helpless children looked like they came straight out of a horror movie

[@Robin-bk2lm]

They were ignorant savages. The priests.

[@barrymchugh4490]

Black eyes no soul

[@juliamontour434]

It was a time in Indian policy to destroy them( us), only let the ones who convert and adapt to Christine ways to survive.

[@blader45bc]

Tortured? Lol.

[@blader45bc]

@juul cat Ya, you were there, right? Lmao. The stories get crazier by the minute.

[@VicvicW]

The comments on this are disgusting. This man is opening up about the horrific abuses he suffered, and all you people can say is that he’s lying? They’re not accusing you lot of doing it.

[@taramain2166]

True

[@2sigma4u-i8p]

yes.

[@benardhall61]

We should learn from the history to avoid it from happening again. I wonder if this history is being tought at school.

[@user-ci1kz1cc6t]

@@benardhall61 Of course not.

[@happyclam1266]

They accuse him because of their insatiable need to be the oppressor rather than the oppressed. They are nothing, and nothing new.

[@SharonJackson13]

How he can still smile while he tells the stories, is beyond me! What a brave, brave man.

[@levcimac]

sometimes people smile when recollecting distressful memories because they have become disassociated with the emotional aspect of those memories... it a coping-mechanism innate to the brain to deal with trauma

[@MsSusanCunningham]

Sometimes our smile is the only thing keeping us from breaking down in tears, I do the same thing.

[@denisev9392]

trauma smile

[@valleyheartxo]

I’ve done it too discussing trauma in my past. It’s a way to relieve the tension you are feeling when discussing something traumatic and prevent you from breaking down.

[@theopoint-o5141]

Lol

[@artsmart]

"I'm fine thank-you." The sadness in this man's face and voice sums up this story perfectly.

[@PyrusFlameborn]

@Bite Me he laughs because otherwise he'd cry. It's a coping mechanism of the brain fo disassociate with the trauma.

[@Penny-bt4gc]

It’s horrific that so many of these children were to taken from their homes to be brutalized by priests and nuns. Parents never knowing what happened to their children. The survivors losing their culture and language of their people. The Catholic and Anglican churches need to pay for these horrors inflicted on innocent children. The government also needs to be held accountable for allowing this atrocity.

[@ccalcote9125]

Well said!!

[@nickchemist3722]

As guilty as the church is and all of this government need to be held accountable as well. Both the church and government share blame yet they’re trying to shift the blame onto each other

[@solar0wind]

A good move from the pope would be to excommunicate the priests and nuns involved. For believing Catholics (so not me lol) that would send a strong signal. But that's probably not gonna happen unfortunately.

[@gb4771]

Pope will never excommunicate them. He will say that God is love and forgiving. But in other hand if others are doing bad things, they will go to hell and suffer forever….

[@solar0wind]

@@gb4771 Yeah, you're probably right... Still, I have some hope that he will do the right thing🙃

[@kellycampbell8709]

Heartbreaking. This man and so many have suffered so much.

[@amandavickery7669]

My mother is a st.Anne’s survivor and she too told me about the electric chair.

[@kellys3411]

I'm so sorry for all she went through 🙏💜.

[@bhavana.intuitivehealer]

I hope your mother & your family have found peace & healing 🙏🏽💗

[@bonniehay]

I'm so sorry. This is all so heart breaking. It was so wrong and should never ever have happened.

[@buysell3181]

So terrible , I have no clue how People can be so cruel and cold .

[@1001myplaylist]

Poor baby😭😭😭🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jasonelliot6320]

We need to stop referring to these horrific places as “schools”. School for me was a wholesome, enjoyable, learning environment. These were despicable conversion camps. I can’t believe that they existed until 1997 in this country…. I’m embarrassed that I didn’t know… every government during this time in my opinion is accountable along with the Catholic and other churches who participated in these atrocities. Those who committed these crimes should be held to account

[@devinfraser9795]

They were schools alright , for the satanic Roman Catholic CURCH !!!

[@meahdahlgren5875]

Will it is sad but if we did not then some places are going to do it again

[@alicegoldenvalley]

I am glad that he has the opportunity to be heard. Never stop speaking the truth sir.

[@csth42]

Horrific! I can not imagine the terror of those poor children went through. How do humans treat each other in this manner.

[@zeotuk1.051]

Indians were not considered humans

[@garydolphin1991]

humans? not all humans act this way , only the "civilized" ones.

[@mariejohnson4381]

Because something in them doesn't ring human to me.

[@dominoes127]

start a religion, that’s how..

[@zeljkospoljar8237]

Oh my friend there is no bigger beast and monsters then what we humans are to each other. I'm from former yugoslavia so thrust me I know what I'm talking about!!!

[@kristyp2585]

215 children were just found in Kamloops BC. Buried in an unmarked mass grave on old school property. They are all telling the truth!

[@JeffyD58]

Yet they haven't even dug up 1 body yet and claim they have known about it for a month. Just another push for money

[@beaRz03]

@@JeffyD58 you need to educate yourself. Or perhaps learn to be less ignorant as a person .

[@justcallmerichard7596]

Considering they were trying to convert them you would think they would give those children a Christian burial.

[@humvee2800]

Its called late 1800s mate. Kids died of disease all the time. There was some 3 major pandemics

[@misterman9523]

@@humvee2800 That doesn't change anything. Those children were forcefully dragged into an environment filled with contagious diseases for which they had no immunity. Murder by virus is still murder.

[@bbaer5442]

The Catholic Church has done so much damage in the world …

[@yhz2K]

indeed

[@bvo3766]

Imagine what we don’t know.

[@thecook8964]

See Ireland, and the treatment of children of unwed mothers in Catholic "homes." Mass burials 😭

[@saulquarian2643]

@@bvo3766 exactly, it's worse

[@bsbs5005]

Absolutely right. So many innocent people suffered because of catholic priest and their church.

[@elderguy]

Thank you for taking the time to tell us your story. I never knew the history of the residential schools until the last few years and find it a sad tale. I cannot imagine how it was.May you have peace in the rest of your life.

[@MrSlimshady649]

The BC MCFD are still doing this. Just ask Emily Ann Melzer of the Kelowna MCFD. She still does this to children, the RCMP help her. This hasent gone away.

[@meahdahlgren5875]

​@@MrSlimshady649sad but true

[@tannerc900]

The fact this man can smile and laugh is very inspiring. I could listen to him talk for hours. He seems like such a honest and gentle soul despite all these hardships.

[@tony8074]

The Catholic Church should never ever be allowed to have access to children ever again. I’m so sorry this was done to these children. I do care about you brother, very much so.

[@mj9765]

I dont know how or why Canadian govt funds catho-lick schools, let alone banning them Only catho-licks are allowed to teach there!!

[@Fern-z8g]

@@mj9765 I am so appalled at what we are finding out..my parents lived with the Cree people for a while...they absolutely loved them and cried when they spoke of them We had to be baptized young but my parents hated that religion...just didn't want to talk about it and we had to not speak of them..😪

[@cassandro9445]

Nor any other religion.

[@gargwinvinesnake6961]

Catholic schooling is still funded by the government in Alberta and Saskatchewan

[@WendyAchatz]

The nasty Catholic Church should be abolished in Canada.

[@pinoruggiero1810]

I am embarrassed that these horrors happened in Canada and under the guise of Catholic school… as human beings, when will learn to protect our most vulnerable and simply be good to each other

[@MrSlimshady649]

The BC MCFD are still doing this. Just ask Emily Ann Melzer of the Kelowna MCFD. She still does this to children, the RCMP help her. This hasent gone away.

[@nicolecormier1139]

I am embarrassed also that this has happened in Canada under the guise of the Catholic Church. The Church did not do this alone. The Church did this under the authority and direction of the Crown.

[@WendyAchatz]

It’s more than embarrassing it’s stomach turning, heart breaking. Make me sick to think what that maniac child molesters did for decades to those little children.

[@IPlusOneAcademy]

Amazing man. How could you keep it together all these years? Amazing...no money is worth this suffering....

[@muffyfromlegal]

Sending peace, might, joy and love to all who endured this suffering.

[@raynemichelle2996]

If Hell exists, those nuns and priests are there right now.

[@pierre-rose7783]

For sure !

[@BeeRich33]

Seems you're part of the problem. You believe there is a god and hell. That's hilarious. Maybe if you pray a lot, all this will erase itself.

[@raynemichelle2996]

@@BeeRich33 What part of "if hell existed" didn't you understand? Lol. Reading comprehension not your strong suit, eh. No worries.

[@stazz6028]

@@BeeRich33 Damn get wrecked.

[@lisawhite8718]

@@BeeRich33 Your @ is BeeRich... Worship of money and material perhaps? "part of the problem" mirrors your self perceptions and reflects your very "problem"/dysfunction back at you. Just my casual observation. Have a great day

[@annabellasarafaraone4147]

What is even more horrendous is how the Government is adamantly refusing to prosecute those monstrous-misfit perpetrators!, did the Government at the time know???, and sanction it???

[@MIZZwalkerz]

Yes

[@bandits1613]

Yeah it was the governments idea to do all of this

[@christy9766]

JUSTINS DAD SANCTIONED IT WHILE IN OFFICE ....

[@pa1060]

I could never will never question someone's integrity regarding such a statement. I can only listen and just imagine such a horrific experience

[@pa1060]

I would agree in some circumstances most definitely. Questioning ones integrity is what we do to understand or decide if something is liable or accurate.

[@pa1060]

@Richard Dixon I would hope so

[@yankeewithnobrim226]

@Richard Dixon true, but in the case of St. Anne’s evidence and testimony has most definitely been gathered and the crimes there have been proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

[@MsSusanCunningham]

You are a strong brave survivor Mr. Metatawabin, thank you for telling your story. I hope you have found love and happiness in your life, you deserve all the best life has to offer!!

[@MrSlimshady649]

The BC MCFD are still doing this. Just ask Emily Ann Melzer of the Kelowna MCFD. She still does this to children, the RCMP help her. This hasent gone away.

[@tyrocyr]

What those children went through is literally something you go through in a nightmare.. 💔

[@MrSlimshady649]

The BC MCFD are still doing this. Just ask Emily Ann Melzer of the Kelowna MCFD. She still does this to children, the RCMP help her. This hasent gone away.

[@jeffbarwell5103]

Horrific. The so called caregivers of these children were monsters.

[@AStri-zg5xc]

They often are

[@kimtaxxxx]

THEY FOLLOWED THE TOP GUYS RULES

[@kellys3411]

@@kimtaxxxx that's no excuse. Had one spoken up there may have been no bodies recovered or at least less.

[@Robin-bk2lm]

Savages.

[@10dennis10]

@@kellys3411 Had one spoken up they would have been ostracized, excommunicated and thrown out in to a frigid winter storm.

[@ekaterinarosee]

Thank you for speaking up and sharing these memories. Heartbreaking, but they need to be heard

[@danielleriverin3117]

Sending healing blessings of Love toward the survivors of residential schools, A'HO!

[@elaine-li7wt]

Dear sir, It is a gift that you kept your language.I am so sorry you had to experience any of that. you are beautiful and i love you.

[@joetuktyyuktuk8635]

Who builds a "school" with graveyards? Stop kidding yourself, these weren't schools these were prisons or internment camps... nothing less.

[@defeatedink0544]

True. The residential school system was the North American holocaust

[@jojojohnston1906]

A school opened in 1900 during a massive world tuberculosis epidemic has a graveyard.

[@jeromerezdtfout9424]

Native Americans stayed strong and we still are

[@rilleygriffin]

💔 sending prayers and love to the survivors of these schools & their families. nothing will ever reconcile it.

[@mattjonas5682]

The church didn’t do this alone, they had the blessing of the government.

[@WendyAchatz]

Both should be sued

[@silentknight7078]

Protestant churches as well did this and the government too. They are not clean either. They try to blame the Catholic church alone and that's not honest.

[@jaymoon5765]

He is so right - there is no way to reconcile any of this.

[@nicholassweazey987]

thank you sir for sharing 1 % of your painful past. i am sorry you experienced hell on earth. God bless you

[@toneystevens5023]

People who believe in gods are the root of the problem.

[@elizabethlucas5450]

So many suffered. I'm so sorry. I'm learning about this to better understand history and to share other's experiences.

[@goldenglowladore3842]

Thank you Chris for sharing and teaching us what was happening. Abuses... Brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers pulled apart...not knowing how to to care because... You are loved. I love you. You are important.

[@miso4thesoul]

What a strong man. I am absolutely disgusted by Canada's past just as America's past as well. The intent of these schools from the beginning was dehumanizing, disrespectful and against free will. Respect the Cree.

[@theopoint-o5141]

Lol

[@LLandS18]

@@theopoint-o5141 grow up troll. What a sad life you live.

[@theopoint-o5141]

@ゴゴ Joji Joestar ゴゴ lol

[@paul-jp1rb]

my great grandmother witnessed a live firing squad at hers, they had about 10 gunmen and they would shoot the kids who ran away infront of the other children. you actually had a higher chance of dying in a residential school than in the first word war

[@theopoint-o5141]

@@paul-jp1rb lol nice one

[@daniel_kryz]

"You don't even answer. You know they don't care."

[@TheMAPmovies]

Heartbreaking but we need to know our history . Thank you for sharing these stories .

[@meahdahlgren5875]

Right

[@samantha7384]

My god. What an amazing man. He can sit there telling his story and he still had a smile on his face. I hope that his life turned around for the better because he and along with all the other children at that time deserve to have so much more and so much better. My heart breaks for those children and what they had to endure.

[@yasr6616]

I can’t stop crying… omg omg… I’m so sorry for all those beautiful kids… sending you all my love…

[@انسانعلىالارض-غ1ق]

People who were doing this to them are with ill hearts.

[@bumfit5491]

When I went to catholic school they called that a “good catholic upbringing” ! By suffering now you earn your heaven ! The more you suffer the closer to god you’ll be ! Soo sick ,so medieval !

[@Dark_Force_Of_Wishes]

The Victims Will Go To Heaven And The Abusers Will Go To Hell, What's Wrong With That?

[@bumfit5491]

You play into there hands with the all will be reckoned in the next life ,BS ! Let’s have justice in this life and compensation for victims … lots of both …..

[@ems901]

Yep and a lot of them think that way. And that’s absolutely not the teachings of Christ. You don’t need to suffer like him to go to heaven.

[@ems901]

That’s how mother Theresa did business too

[@seanjohnkotris4981]

Years later 215 children found in mass graves

[@laurafedora5385]

It’s so sick and so unbelievably sad. The last residential school closed in 1996! That is very recent history.

[@lindagibson744]

Wicked!!!

[@2musketeers966]

@@lindagibson744 uhhh

[@superrrrliz]

The video and the photos made me tear up. Look at how they punished them and forced them to conform. Cut all their hair, forbade them from speaking their language, and abused them :(

[@MrSlimshady649]

The BC MCFD are still doing this. Just ask Emily Ann Melzer of the Kelowna MCFD. She still does this to children, the RCMP help her. This hasent gone away.

[@betsyvanek9275]

Not only forbade but beaten for speaking their language. Please do not assume by my last name...who and what I am.

[@superrrrliz]

@@betsyvanek9275 exactly!!! My great grandma was lucky to survive and then married and reproduced with a frenchmen who became an alcoholic and further harmed their family and wouldn't let her or my papa speak it either even at home because he became so paranoid. Now every day I am trying to pick up the pieces and learn the language on my own.

[@MrSlimshady649]

@@betsyvanek9275 you were a nun

[@lyndabenjamin4300]

My heart goes out to the people who have now become adults but have carried in their hearts and soul the sorrow and brokenness of theses terrors and brutalities that were experienced in the hands of those who stole the innocence and lives of such precious people. I have worked with the Inuit for over 15 years in Nunavik as a teacher and I have heard first hand the stories and shared in their pain as well while they were in residential schools as well. I don’t think there is anyway this crime can be paid for, and the nuns and priests who perpetrated such crimes should be held accountable if they are still alive and corporately the Catholic Church has to be held accountable and the government of Canada has to be held accountable for the crimes that were allowed to be inflicted on innocent aboriginal children, who now are adults suffering with so many emotional and mental and societal problems.

[@RaeZoladawn777]

I am a second-generation residential school, survivor generational trauma passed on I lived close to m Gmas heart my Dad went thru Hell he was Fostered into the Bush taken off Reserve at the age of 5 GMA was beautiful I love my Heritage I am Metis Gma Uncles and Aunties all went to the schools ....I lived in the town where the last one was shut down

[@thedude1982]

My grandparents were also taken to these "schools". I couldn't imagine the horrors that they went through 😥😡

[@streetwise-ray5499]

God bless your Grandparents and you.

[@MrSlimshady649]

The BC MCFD are still doing this. Just ask Emily Ann Melzer of the Kelowna MCFD. She still does this to children, the RCMP help her. This hasent gone away.

[@chickentender4037]

Some people become nuns, priests, monks, etc because they want or need food and shelter and it's a sure way of getting it. People who really had the holy spirit would never have behaved that way.

[@1001myplaylist]

Amen.

[@leslcyann9162]

If someone EVER says “if it’s true why would they talk about it”(I hope nobody would say or think that) THEY ARE SHARING TO SPILL WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED, BEECH. sorry I’m angry

[@bryanatwood8587]

Chris - thank you so much for sharing your story. The impact your words have is hopefully bigger than you think. No one should have to experience the atrocities you and others experienced with the residential school program. I can never understand the impact, but I will listen to every story I can. Sending you a virtual hug.

[@liquiddetergent2881]

Such horrendous acts. This guys smile gives me a good feeling about him. Poor souls♥️.

[@Loyt717]

The Pope should say something about these incidents, shouldn’t he?

[@redtankgirl5]

Some people can’t understand why some people hate that church so much. I know I do and will never forgive that institution. The pope needs and owes far more than he and his predecessors have been willing to do.

[@Mig-nr8hc]

I wouldn’t want no apology from that 😈

[@baratong267]

why would he?he lose nothing..these blind followers of him are all over the world donating tax free money

[@laurafedora5385]

Yes. The Vatican is also withholding records from the investigation.

[@linato1855]

He has…I read about it yesterday….

[@kirkjones9827]

Laugh on the outside, crying on the inside.

[@joyceedmondson7335]

He spoke his truth and what it was like. I appreciate the rawness and yet he still smiles. I know what it's like growing up being an aboriginal I got through it but what these people and my mom went through is terrible. People need to hear these stories it helps heal them.. I feel this man's pain. You can see it in his face. Lets hope we can find some ways to help heal these survivors...

[@darcybissonpullen7125]

People some times smile when nervous

[@joanjenny926]

So well said..... I am sorry for your pain. Trauma is uncomfortable for most people to empathize with.

[@2010zac1]

Make no mistake these terrorists who committed these atrocities are still among us and they'll face no punishment

[@creewoman1790]

My late Dad went there. He never really shared with me personally what happened to him there. I knew it was a horrible place that pained him. He did mention times his younger siblings got punished and physically abused over nothing. I overheard him once telling another survivor that ‘they tried making a woman out of him’. The other survivor wanted to sue them at that time and wanted him to do it too. He wanted no part but he did pursue the basic claim years later. I don’t think my Dad was put in the infamous electric chair but I know my Auntie was. She recently passed away and I know she’s in a better place

[@MrSlimshady649]

The BC MCFD are still doing this. Just ask Emily Ann Melzer of the Kelowna MCFD. She still does this to children, the RCMP help her. This hasent gone away.

[@meahdahlgren5875]

​@@MrSlimshady649sad

[@francespetryshyn439]

OMG I wish so badly I could hug this man! Telling him I'm sorry just would not be enough, the only thing I can promise is to listen and learn the truth, but I really am so damned sorry. I didn't even hear about Residential Schools until 1975, why did I not learn about this in school???

[@knightrider693]

Well they were still some up and running then..

[@jaybryant4752]

It's sad to hear about stories like this. I truly feel lucky. I had a hard childhood. I went to Luther Wood in Waterloo 30 years ago. Great staff there. I am eternally grateful for the people who gave me the help and guidance I needed at that time in my life.

[@hunterplischke5089]

This is just brutal. Now the government cares about our health and safety...

[@ginakelley749]

Never trust the government - any government!

[@alicepyne-jahneke8042]

This is beyond sad, the atrocities that were put upon these children, to be beat with a cat of nine tails, at least those scars heal, but the emotional scars, even though this man smiles, it doesn't sound like the emotional scars have, or ever will, heal. One of my brother married a girl who belongs to the Picuris Indian tribe. They met in Burbank California where we all lived, but they moved to the reservation to raise their family. It's a beautiful place, and Thankfully nothing like this ever happened to her people. This story makes me want to hug my nieces and my nephew.

[@jchakma5625]

I have no words to say , just feeling sad and so much respect for him ! My prayers for him and I pray for all the survivors and those who never made it to home ! 🙏🙏🙏

[@lchan983]

I can’t believe how long these schools open up for and how come nobody heard about it , this is my first time

[@Tim-57]

Much respect and admiration to you sir.

[@joannefroehlich8165]

Lets all rally around and drain the Catholic church for money to help rebuild for them. Help them heal through rebuilding houses, fields of foid, culture centers for them, wood machines for making musical instruments, art and theatre centers, dance and choregraphy fir the youth to create new healing dances and ceremonies, elderly centers for ancestral teachings..writing and story telling centers for all ages, health and welness centers..

[@annelowry357]

Not that I don’t agree with you but let’s start with clean water!

[@kaml.7341]

First, they stole their lands; then, they robbed them of their cultures. Some of us laughed because these happened so long ago, but history repeats itself...

[@arrebiy]

Say it louder to the people in the back👏

[@cathyabrahamse1929]

No that's not christainty for you. The hid behind it for there sick sick ways. God is love.

[@Blorb-v3y]

Very sick people! They probably chose that profession to perpetuate their sadistic tendencies

[@allisontaylor6229]

@C Yeah, as a Canadian I agree. I am still in high school and one of the biggest things they taught us in history class is how respected the clergy was back in the day, and that poor families would often send their children to be raised in the Church (as a nun or a priest) because it was such a honor (and quite honestly gave them power) rather than for religious purposes

[@Blorb-v3y]

@@allisontaylor6229 yes! Oh wow I had no idea about that! Thanks for telling me this, it makes it so much worst! I know to this day the clergy are somewhat respected but it sounds like back then there were no checks and balances!

[@xalonetv6399]

Absolutely horrific story. I hope these kids that went through this and survived were able to raise big families so they get all the love in the world!

[@deneecegriswold8264]

Electric chair for kids? How inhumane!

[@markharley6733]

I'm asking a similar question: What in this world is an electric chair doing in a residential school in Canada?

[@bobkozalov8821]

@@markharley6733 Electric therapy was common back in those times. Mental health patients were treated with electric therapy as common practice and it was believed it had results. Bad kids acting up, how do you cure their bad behaviour? It what was happening and what believed was helpful.

[@granmabern5283]

Bob Kozalov also he said they would sit on it for fun to see how long they could stand it, and he said no when asked if he had seen it used as punishment.

[@bobkozalov8821]

@@granmabern5283 Yes, I realize that. Does that mean some kids were trying it on their own or was an adult supervisor there letting them see how it feels for the fun of it? He never seen it used as punishment, I think it was the kind of thing that was used for therapy. They had straps for punishments in those days. I have a friend that was taught by Nuns in the 60's and he said the Nuns knew how to use straps very well. You can bet those Nuns grew up under the strap as punishment, pretty sure all people in those times did. I remember the pain. Now a days if parents touch their own kids in anger they get told to F off. Straps should be sold in quantity in all Canadian Tire stores. With good sales on them. Two for one.

[@granmabern5283]

Bob Kozalov He says right in the video that the boys would try it out. Electricity was thought to be therapeutic and that chair could have been part of their medical program. The boys sat on it while another boy cranked it...a far cry from the executioners chair!!!

[@Quiet_One]

White Canadian here, just learning about the residential schools so please excuse my uninformed questions and comments. I've read about how Indigenous children were taken away from their parents which some were right? But I watched a CBC Doc with a woman named Alice Littledeer, and even though she spent several years in residential school, she send her 11 children there. Idk if anyone can answer but why did she send her kids to that school knowing how bad it was? Were there other Indigenous parents who sent their children to these schools knowing they would be abused?

[@margaretjohnston8055]

They didn't have a choice.

[@violetapihtakisikawin6935]

Hey, it's always okay to ask questions! It's how we learn, thank you for trying to learn more about what happened. Correct. the children were taken from their parents, and they were not able to do anything about it. Because if they refused/hid/fought for their children they would be taken to jail and the kids would be taken anyways, it was never a choice they could make. I've watched that documentary too, and I didn't understand either. But it could have been the same situation in which she had no choice, for my grandmother she wasn't given a choice either when it came to my dad (he is deaf and there was no school that he could go to except the residential school). My other aunties and uncles didn't have to go because they could hear and so they just went to the schools in the town close by. Growing up my grandmother never told her mother about what happened at the residence, because she knew there was nothing she could have done about it and it would only cause worry and grief everytime the Indian agent came to take the children. Hopefully I answered some questions and if you have any others just let me know! 🙂

[@ellaella5537]

@@violetapihtakisikawin6935 thank you, it’s so horrible.

[@evtashhayden]

Someone probably already answered this but, my grandpa told me that they’d be put in jail if they didn’t let their children attend the schools

[@you_a_noob8295]

Forced by rcmp to go

[@marcus_mayhem]

We got the strap at St Mary's in mission bc. Locked in the dark boiler room for 8 hrs a day.

[@sharleneginther2653]

breaks my heart that any HUMAN can treat another human with such disrespect, faith in humanity LOST

[@seanriley6152]

And they tell us get over it , and you wonder why most dislike Mooniyash heartless people . You will never get whats in our spirit , WE ARE STILL HERE #ANICHINABE

[@pinlight97]

No one should tell you to get over it. I've been told that for my own personal loss--single generation, just to me--and I think it is beyond disrespectful. I am a Settler and you are right; we can only glimpse what's in your spirit.

[@kariw5341]

Absolutely heartbreaking, cant even begin to imagine , the fear the pain, the loneliness these children experienced I'm at a loss for words . The people responsible for their suffering must all be brought to justice , pure evil disgusting adults,

[@CarolynnMarkey]

if there is anything I have learned from listening to these stories...it is to listen to your kids. listen to them when they run away. don't make them go back

[@dudleydogbrown1]

Heads need to roll over this because the authorities new about this and looked the other way, imagine they looked the other way, what kind of human being looks the other way?

[@michellehartridge4860]

So damn sad!😟

[@Kaitlyn24992]

Electric chair! 😳That's so messed up! Those poor children 😔so sad

[@goesfastandfar]

Reconciliation is only a word-a politician's word- that has no real value. To think that these schools were run by supposed holy people who were being very unholy to other human beings. It's not the first time that the Roman Catholic church has been guilty of sinning against God's Will. These were innocent children.....

[@paalders]

The Catholic Church has no moral authority on anything these days. They have a lot to answer for & should be made to pay taxes since we can't abolish them.

[@toneystevens5023]

If you believe in the man in the sky you are part of the problem.

[@goesfastandfar]

@@toneystevens5023 And if you don't, you're an even bigger problem. God gets blamed for everything; especially misunderstanding His Will, just like the RC's.

[@maggie5043]

We give thumbs up to support please think twice before giving thumps down. My heart truly goes out to all the families.

[@cdelorenzo6773]

God bless him and all of the other poor children! 🙏

[@valerieminervaa.7773]

I'm a Catholic, and first of all I'm so sorry for what my Church has done. I'm sorry the Pope wouldn't apologize. I'm so sorry for all of those horrible nuns and priests that mistreated the children. I get mad when the Pope doesn't want to apologize. Those residential schools are run by the Catholic Church which is our church and it annoys me because we could at least say sorry for what our priests and nuns have done to those poor children. I am also upset bcs I see hate towards my church. I even saw a person converting to another religion bcs of this situation. I just wish the Pope would apologize and do something (maybe give money or something?) and everything will hopefully get better.

[@corvidmurder66]

I am so sorry for everything you experienced and I feel bad for the pain, mental and all other kinds you went through. I pray you get some reparation and most of all that you find peace!

[@francinelax2991]

These nuns and priests have commit crimes, some should come forward and clear their conscience

[@patrickhin4301]

celebacy is the cause of all this! These priests and nuns were frustrated, it is natural human behaviour to procreate . How on earth can you love i.e God without seeing or touching!

[@me.me.0112]

The Indians have a great land and culture... I always admire that. I am sick to know the difficulties that they had to suffer

[@jeorgyboop5063]

These tortures performed under the guise of godliness. W T H. 😥

[@j.b.4614]

The child represents GodCreator's love and trust in us. Protect each child no matter what!

[@kristine6996]

True, well said. Thank you. 🤍

[@brandylee119]

I wish they would look at all the schools like this. I’m sure they would find more lost children.

[@Traypeats]

they found 715 more 😥

[@brandylee119]

@@Traypeats 😢 I hate that I’m right.

[@royalenfieldgirlnicole5935]

Precious human 💛💚

[@marycornejo492]

So Sad 😭 He is a Brave Man to tell people what really went on.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@w.alexanderholt9338]

I am very sorry for what happened all of you.

[@thefranchize3445]

3 years after this video (2021)they discover a mass grave with 315 children on school grounds. It keeps getting worse.

[@mcfms6150]

3:25 this spooked me, legit nothing spooks me and this gave me major creeps, can't believe this is a real photo and not something out of a horror film......

[@patbrennan6572]

There were only two provinces that were free of the residential schools of horror and I lived in one of them. The government of Canada and each province funded these houses of horror but it was the Catholic church that was responsible for the actions that followed.

[@Nick_Slavik]

Which provinces? Genuinely asking out of curiosity :)

[@JW-mv2bp]

This needs to be taught in school

[@kaidencrip7565]

It is, only in reservations tho. Its sad

[@koopredsky7143]

my dad was is it and my grandma and my auntie ☹️

[@vanessamilton8235]

I’m so sorry, sending love to you and your family ❤️

[@laurenspicer940]

I'm so sorry that this happened to your family.

[@debramarquis5642]

Hope everyone that still alive that were involve horrible crimes against these children pay the consequences for their acts on humanity

[@JustinaSolomon1]

As he smiled, tears were running...

[@CarlaVanWalsum8]

A heartbraking story...