The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada:
a day to honor the children who were ripped away from their families and tortured in the Canadian Residential school system that started in the 1870's and ended in 1996.
Photo by Tandem X Visuals on Unsplash
Today is also Orange Shirt day, which is an Indigenous-led commemorative day to raise awareness about the impacts of residential schools. With the slogan, "EVERY CHILD MATTERS," the orange shirt is a symbol Indigenous culture, freedom, self-esteem, and lives that were taken away.
Photo by Aedrian on Unsplash
To mark the day, I decided to write about a film that you can watch now on Netflix or YouTube.
INDIAN HORSE (2017)
TW: Colonialism, residential schools, abuse, language
This film is absolutely gripping, and for someone who might not understand residential schools and the dark history behind them, this movie explains it all. Although it's not based on a true story or a real person, the film is not far from the actual experiences children experienced in residential schools.
Based on a novel by Richard Wagamese, Indian Horse tells the story of a young Ojibwe boy in the 1950's, who gets taken away from his family and forced into an Ontario Catholic residential school. The children are forbidden from speaking their native language, and face brutal abuse for the tiniest mistakes. As the 30 year plot spans, he finds comfort in playing ice hockey, which catapults him into stardom, but his past trauma still haunts.
The film was met with high praise, and won multiple awards including the People's Choice Award at the Vancouver Film Festival. Clint Eastwood was astonished by the story, he signed on to be an executive producer.
Photo by chris robert on Unsplash
The goal of Canadian residential schools was to assimilate and "kill the Indian in the child". They were funded by the Canadian federal government, who partnered with the Anglican, Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian, and other churches.
It operated everywhere expect for Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland.
Over 150,000 Metis, Inuit, and Indian children, aged 4 to 16, were forced to attend the schools.
Honorary Reporter, Ziga Poromon, #WeAreHere, Asia Lab.
Friday September 30, 2022
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada:
a day to honor the children who were ripped away from their families and tortured in the Canadian Residential school system that started in the 1870's and ended in 1996.
Photo by Tandem X Visuals on Unsplash
Today is also Orange Shirt day, which is an Indigenous-led commemorative day to raise awareness about the impacts of residential schools. With the slogan, "EVERY CHILD MATTERS," the orange shirt is a symbol Indigenous culture, freedom, self-esteem, and lives that were taken away.
Photo by Aedrian on Unsplash
To mark the day, I decided to write about a film that you can watch now on Netflix or YouTube.
INDIAN HORSE (2017)
TW: Colonialism, residential schools, abuse, language
This film is absolutely gripping, and for someone who might not understand residential schools and the dark history behind them, this movie explains it all. Although it's not based on a true story or a real person, the film is not far from the actual experiences children experienced in residential schools.
Based on a novel by Richard Wagamese, Indian Horse tells the story of a young Ojibwe boy in the 1950's, who gets taken away from his family and forced into an Ontario Catholic residential school. The children are forbidden from speaking their native language, and face brutal abuse for the tiniest mistakes. As the 30 year plot spans, he finds comfort in playing ice hockey, which catapults him into stardom, but his past trauma still haunts.
The film was met with high praise, and won multiple awards including the People's Choice Award at the Vancouver Film Festival. Clint Eastwood was astonished by the story, he signed on to be an executive producer.
Photo by chris robert on Unsplash
The goal of Canadian residential schools was to assimilate and "kill the Indian in the child". They were funded by the Canadian federal government, who partnered with the Anglican, Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian, and other churches.
It operated everywhere expect for Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland.
Over 150,000 Metis, Inuit, and Indian children, aged 4 to 16, were forced to attend the schools.
Honorary Reporter, Ziga Poromon, #WeAreHere, Asia Lab.
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