Beautiful words spoken by at. True warrior, elder and stateswoman of our Nation. Hazel they have taken nothing from you and all our other Syilx People who were taken. It is because people like you are the reason we are still here today! You are a true warrior and a Veteran of our Nation. All of you have won the war against the children!
I wish I could reach through the screen and give her a hug and say I’m so sorry that this happened to their culture, their children, their families. I’m disgusted and horrified with what the government and the churches did to them. I’m crying for them and their suffering but no amount of tears will ever change the suffering they experienced. I’m ashamed of Canada, the Queen and all the perpetrators. May her and her people find some comfort in knowing that we are outraged and want justice for her people. God bless 🙏🏼
The pain they have carried since childhood at what was done to them and to their parents and grandparents, is heartbreaking. Restitutions must be made. The government and church's attempt was NOT to educate them; it was to "kill the Indian" in them - alienating them from their culture, their languages, their beloved relatives, and the white world who never accepted them. SHAME. This woman is a beautiful soul. I hope she is still around for her children and grandchildren.
