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My brother made this post yesterday;
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Ian, Breanna and I with our babysitter and her children cooking goose in their family’s tipi.
A regular day growing up in Attawapiskat.
As a kid, I thought that the conditions I saw around me were normal. People were beautiful, loving and accepting, everything was normal.
Looking back as an adult, it’s sickening to know that the FIRST Nations people are left to survive those conditions.
Kids without food, women with no safety, men with no support of their own.
The travesty’s of our ethnic suppression may finally be realized and it will take a lot of work and love to rebuild. As a country we need to embrace every aspect of our history to truly improve our future.
The news of unmarked graves belonging to native children is tragic and devastating. It’s hard to think about; but it deserves deep thought and reflection.
This is an embarrassing time for Canada but I’m still proud to be a Canadian. We will learn and grow and continue.
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(my father, @bigbearmark is writing a book about his and my mother’s experience teaching in a rural First Nation for 9 years, so if you’re interested you will be able to get some perspective when it’s complete.)
