What WE didn't KNOW ABOUT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE in CANADA

Hey fam,
Today's video has been overdue and in the spirit of truth and reconciliation, we must have the necessary conversations to educate ourselves in Indigenous history.
Resources for you:
Canadian Centre for diversity and Inclusion - ccdi.ca/
Movies - They were Children and White Picket Fence
I am in Saskatoon and I acknowledge we are on Treaty 6 Territory and the Homeland of the Métis. We pay our respect to the First Nations and Métis ancestors of this place and reaffirm our relationship with one another."
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[@chikafadare6117]

Thank you Marina. This is exactly my comeback for everyone who feels that indigenous people should have got over their trauma by this time. Money cannot fix trauma. Time cannot necessarily fix trauma. What happened to them was a nightmare.If you read the code of ethics of the indigenous people, you'll realise that they were very spiritual, very accommodating, very generous and that was their undoing. Thank you for bringing this to our community and I hope that we adapt our attitude toward and concerning these great people.

[@MARINAESIRI]

How can I like this more than once? Nailed it. Thank you

[@busaribilkis786]

Please ma what really happened to them

[@BisiAdebimpe]

Thanks for making this video and calling out our own biases. I work with an indigenous organization here in Saskatoon and my first hand experience working with them is COMPLETELY different from the narrative handed down when I got here newly...I mean, these people are so nice and welcoming sometimes to a fault. The ones in corporate are so intelligent, hardworking that sometimes I even wonder if they're the indigenous people talk about...we need to do better and erase the stereotypes

[@Jedidiaheducational]

I totally agree with you. At first, I was misinformed, but after working with rhem for 3 years, OMG! they are so friendly.

[@enonawilcox-ogbodo]

I agree!!! Super amazing people.

[@MARINAESIRI]

100% agree. The stories are so different from who they are as a people. So different!

[@ibironkeojo3989]

Overrepresentation of Indigenous Children in care through the Ministry of Social Services is, in my opinion, informal form of residential schools. Giving money to them instead of services is a strategy to keep them suppressed. At the end of the day, d money goes back into the mainstream canadian treasury, and d cycle continues. In my work with Indigenous people, they just want to be loved and not judged but struggle with trust, which is understandable. To acknowledge that they are yet to gain independence and may never gain it is enough trauma on it's own. It is well. Thanks for speaking on this. ❤

[@MARINAESIRI]

Absolutely. If we look around, we will see that there is still so much to be done. True reconciliation begins with truth and justice.

[@malefasalemane]

As a South African now living in Canada. These are all the questions I asked when I arrived in Canada and could not see an indigenous person for a whole month after arriving here. And I saw how they were eradicated and almost became extinct. We all need to empathize and learn the true history of the lands we occupy. The colonizer is very good at telling stories that make themselves sleep better at night. Thank you for this video.

[@giftfolique464]

They were all forced out of their land, they didn't give their lands to foreign colonizers

[@solayeogunseye5160]

Awesome and brilliant! Marina, thank you for this awareness 🙏

[@oyeolasunkanmi]

I attended the Pow Wow event to celebrate Truth and Reconciliation, this year and it was really emotional when i saw actual survivors of the residential schools come out. Seeing them in flesh and blood just gave it a whole new meaning for me. Thanks for sharing this

[@MARINAESIRI]

Same here. The reality hits harder when you meet actual survivors

[@MsYemisi]

Welcome back Marina. I actually attended an in-person webinar hosted by indigenous peoples and even though I had attended a similar event before, my eyes welled up in tears. Their stories are very sad.😔

[@MARINAESIRI]

Just sad! Just knowing that there are still people in Canada who don't have access to clean drinking water is mind-boggling.

[@HILDARELA]

Well done! I live in Saskatoon and many of in our immigrant community are ignorant about the history of the land. I hope this video will help dispel the false bias of the indigenous people

[@MARINAESIRI]

I hope so too. We won't stop talking about it.

[@Xsey43v3r]

It takes a great deal of courage to make a video speaking on a subject that most immigrants would often tip-toe around even when they are well-informed about the history of their host.

[@MARINAESIRI]

Thank you very much 😊

[@christieogben1127]

This misinformation has to be spoken about. Well done Marina. Thankfully I work with an organization that is committed to Truth and Reconciliation. 4 Seasons of Reconcilation is a great course to learn about Truth and Reconcilation and it opened my eyes to a whole lot of things. The sad truth is that Canada is not doing enough to honour the 94 Call to Action of the Truth and Reconcilation Commission because I have witness first hand the ineqaulities that still exists in the Indigenous communities where I work. Lack of housing, healthcare, inaccessible roads, lack of portable water and a whole lot more that still exists in 2024.

[@uche_onyia]

Wow. Thank you so much for enlightening us. I would have never imagined that they went through all of this. Very traumatizing experience

[@sophiawiltshire7923]

I remember meeting an indigenous woman, and I told her I was from Nigeria,Africa. She smiled and said, "They stole your land the way they stole our land. We are brothers and sisters. " That's when I got curious. I never feel afraid around them anymore. As new immigrants, please be curious and ask questions. Little history: a few nations had female chiefs, and the Europeans couldn't manipulate them. They convinced the men to force the female chiefs out.

[@MARINAESIRI]

Love it!!! I find that they show a lot of empathy towards black people because of the shared trauma history.

[@chikavictoria254]

I have learnt a lot from this video. Thanks for having this conversation. I will definitely do more research about this topic.

[@MARINAESIRI]

Glad it was helpful!

[@doubraemmanuelvlog]

The real MVP in CANADA are the Indigenous People of Canada. Very warm people, i have worked with one. God bless them

[@Shanthairtouch22]

Thanks for the video 🎉 By God's grace, i will join you people next year 🙏🥰

[@NardosTesfaye-mp9fc]

Thank you so much for the information and your courage to speak out loud about indigenous people as an immigrant.

[@MARINAESIRI]

Anytime. Thanks for stopping by!

[@sophiawiltshire7923]

The elders that share the history are called knowledge keepers.

[@MARINAESIRI]

That's correct. Thank you 😊

[@SamiAfolabi]

Lol I work as a SM designer for an immigration firm and i do this particular Indigenous Orange shirt thingy post but never really understood what it's all about since all this while😂😂 Thank you for exposing us to this knowledge Marina

[@MARINAESIRI]

Thanks a lot

[@ibironkeojo3989]

How can i love this video a thousand times. When i engage in this topic with some immigrants, they say d SW in me has taken over. Coming from an HR, i am so glad and hopeful that it will be received differently. Thanks, Marina, for sharing. ❤❤❤❤

[@MARINAESIRI]

I hope we all learn. There is so much to learn if we step away from our own baises and stereotypes.

[@hannahlyonga7305]

Thanks for this video. Very educative. Not in Canada yet, will love to someday. So I will do well to know more about what you have said. Thanks again 👏🏼

[@MARINAESIRI]

Glad it was helpful!

[@korokoko5388]

Thank you so much. We should know the truth....the real truth. Not the manipulated truth. God bless us.

[@abdulhameedadebisi4025]

Wonderful content as always. The impact of the topic of this discourse is so far-reaching that putting oneself in the shoes of our indigenous brothers and sisters makes ones heart to tremble. Yet, people still feel there are ways in which one should nurse one's pains. It is well.

[@dorisotohwo-aregbe5966]

Thanknyou so much my darling sis for sharing. My visit to Wanuskewin Heritage Museum is one of my most enlightening experience about understanding the rich culture of the Indigenous people of Canada. I will highly recommend that people hould visit that site and be educated and appreciate why *The truth and reconciliation* important.

[@MARINAESIRI]

Thanks for sharing. If only will step outside preconceived notions, there is so much to learn and unlearn.

[@afonjaolubukola8716]

Good bless your soul for this piece of information. I tried watching it up on KZbin, The situation was so scary for me.....hmmmm

[@joelclaude8128]

The same we had and still having in Africa. Religions continue that. They succeeded coz now we think like them, do things like them, worship their god and having their names

[@MARINAESIRI]

They wrecked a lot of havoc all over.

[@gh_blaqsoap2846]

Exactly! In the same way some of our chiefs were 'active' participants, it applies to them too. Sometimes, being very nice is same as being naive. You sign or thumbprint some papers you think you understand (when you actually don't due to deceit and savviness). Our education system gets us schooled but not educated, that's why we are still in their grasp fully.

[@joelclaude8128]

@@MARINAESIRI yeah true

[@enya.7868]

A real-time video that is very apt. Well done Marina!

[@MARINAESIRI]

Many thanks 😊

[@funkeomole]

I love you more, Marina. ❤ God bless you.

[@omonikeomo]

Thank you sis. for this impactful knowledge. I wish to see you one day.

[@MARINAESIRI]

I hope so too!

[@luciaadeleye7237]

The movie "Anne with an E" on Netflix also shares some ingenious facts about Canada too. Thanks for this video

[@TaiwoOyatogun]

So enlightening. Thanks, Marina.

[@saadatudaily]

Thanks for educating us. I had a different mindset after watching a movie that helped me understand what this is about.

[@MARINAESIRI]

Glad it was helpful!

[@amgodstreasure7249]

Got this history from my professor in my program in social works, Humber has a 1hr reconciliation program every 30th September they made me know about the orange shirt.

[@merryshuttle]

Thanks Marina, this is also the reason stereotyping is never a good path. it's actually a trauma that sticks. I believe our little efforts can represent that piece of puzzle that fixes the picture.

[@MARINAESIRI]

Absolutely!

[@judeclement805]

Thanks for this great information.

[@graceakhosi6437]

I don't live in Canada but I think your video is great and you are amazing!

[@MARINAESIRI]

Thank you so much!

[@susanezemenari7805]

Thanks for this information. Searching for information really brings it to us.

[@HAPINESSPETER]

Beautiful to hear and learn, lots of misconception about everythinng in this world.

[@MARINAESIRI]

So true!

[@Hibty]

First time commenting, I studied a course in sociology back in U of M, it was about the Inuit people, it’s really disheartening, these people were robbed of their right, their kids were taken away, few that came back found it really difficult to communicate with their families, they developed anxiety, fell into depression and resulted to finding solace in taking alcohol.

[@adenugadamilola3415]

Information is power❤

[@njidekaeberechukwu6789]

Also you can read about them from the book....Valley of the birdtail

[@MARINAESIRI]

Thank you

[@wadlynecharles6915]

We are each other's biggest threat against the survival of humanity...

[@benandiema]

Thanks .Marian for informative info. I just like sass. But tell me which rural community are easy rosette to in terms of weather , cost of living to fresh immigrant from Africa n kenya to specific

[@MARINAESIRI]

I don't fully understand the question here

[@MaryKeles]

Wow , Thanks for this wonderful information

[@MARINAESIRI]

Most welcome

[@AderinolaOlatunde]

Thank you for making this video❤

[@MARINAESIRI]

You're welcome 😊

[@monicaekpu2658]

I have taken a course on indigenous people in Canada on the Google certification courses. They are highly spiritual people.

[@oluwatoyinruth2173]

Thanks so much Marina for sharing this,the indigenous people are the warmest and homely set of people lve seen around.when l came to canada l thought all whites are the same until l lived with one at my school dorms,l noticed she cleaned,cooked and was so kind and friendly unlike the other whites,it was when we got talking that she told me about the residential schools and what they all went through. She was at that school and was forcefully married to an european man who treated her badly.The Europeans have done alot of bad to different races and the lest we can do is to have empathy and be supportive of people who been through alot.

[@MARINAESIRI]

Pheeew! They showed the whole world shege😂 thanks for stopping by.

[@shumbuk4383]

Beautiful thoughts Marina...

[@MARINAESIRI]

Many thanks 😊

[@stellzluchii]

Well said Marina❤

[@laurettaabiola5000]

Thanks for this eye opener

[@MARINAESIRI]

My pleasure!

[@susanubah7988]

I have goose pimples watching this. I have never heard about this before

[@janetwaambo9559]

Very informative

[@ooreofeolawumi5986]

You just gave me my research topic. Mercie ❤

[@MARINAESIRI]

That's awesome. All the best!

[@dee-lz7rk]

❤❤❤❤

[@tracey-anngrey5417]

Relevant content

[@christabel5148]

Well done Marina

[@MARINAESIRI]

Many thanks 😊

[@sheenasproule5335]

❤️

[@reginachiambasen7674]

This is very enlightening

[@MARINAESIRI]

Many thanks 😊

[@ejiroigbi2904]

My sister is still saying that you're wrong 😂😂😂😂. I sent her your video because im tired of hearing this her story 😅

[@MARINAESIRI]

Please give her a hug for me. We will all be okay, lol

[@TaiwoOyatogun]

So sad! That's why we should not swallow stereotypes hook line & sinker.

[@tracey-anngrey5417]

Watch pretty❤

[@Rakibahamme0]

How can I contact you?

[@MARINAESIRI]

My email address is in the description box of the video.

[@Rakibahamme0]

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[@jamsng]

Same thing with slavery

[@MARINAESIRI]

Exactly. And we still see the effects. I referenced slavery in the video, but I took it out during editing, so the essence of this topic won't be lost. We still see the effects of all this today. We all just need to learn and relearn.

[@olaniyifadeyi7474]

SaskaSNOW

[@MARINAESIRI]

😂

[@Shanthairtouch22]

Thanks for the video 🎉 By God's grace, i will join you people next year 🙏🥰

[@MARINAESIRI]

All the best!

[@susanezemenari7805]

Thanks for this information. Searching for information really brings it to us.

[@MARINAESIRI]

Glad it was helpful!