For ORALISTS: Do people ever take you seriously?

Bebonang said:
We don't called Indian School. We called the Residential Schools. Native children were being taken away from families and were being forced to go into the residential schools. Residential schools (USA, Canada, Australia and any other countries) had killed many Native children for not obeying them. They (Residential schools) were worse than the mainstream schools. Some of the Native children managed to survived throughout the rest of the education. Some managed to find their way back home to the reservations. Many Native children lost all of their traditions, Native religions and languages plus singing their own Native songs.

Residential schools and mainstream schools are totally different but we do suffered by being forced to do what they want us to do (like having the power over us like being an animals) and refused to listen or understand our needs. :(
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uhhhh exactly what year are you talking about??? I'm having a bit of a hard time swallowing that that is something that is happening today. Let it go, it's in the past. Holding on to bitterness of something that happened into the past, doesn't change the past it only effects your present. And not in good ways.
 
ambrosia said:
uhhhh exactly what year are you talking about??? I'm having a bit of a hard time swallowing that that is something that is happening today. Let it go, it's in the past. Holding on to bitterness of something that happened into the past, doesn't change the past it only effects your present. And not in good ways.
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There are still a few I think. I doubt anyones being killed these days though

"By 2007, the number of Native American children in boarding schools had declined to 9,500."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_boarding_schools
 
the racism and colonialism that brought the forced boarding school movement on First Nations people is still in existence today, ambrosia. That legacy of abuse carries over onto succeeding generations in a number of ways.
To say that - a person needs to let it go, it's in the past - denies a history of genocide and the experience of a person...like saying audism doesn't exist....someone recounts something that was audist thinking, an experience they had, and someone else says - no, that's not really what it was - same difference
 
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It is NOT in the past. I still see lots of people are giving native kids, adults and older people hard time today. My heart goes out to them. They were forced being separated by WHITE PEOPLE. Jeez!! I couldn't believe that they destroy native's culture, history and many and play toys with the little native kiddos for what. :mad2:

Im speechless about how white people treat native american.
 
Just how many people read my post and just ignored the part bolded? smh

Black people were slaves once. Are they here any longer? No, and not for a very very very long time. Harping and bemoaning the fact that they were, does that do them any good? No. If someone were to do that, would cause them harm and unnecessary self anguish? Yes.
 
ambrosia said:
Just how many people read my post and just ignored the part bolded? smh

Black people were slaves once. Are they here any longer? No, and not for a very very very long time. Harping and bemoaning the fact that they were, does that do them any good? No. If someone were to do that, would cause them harm and unnecessary self anguish? Yes.
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True.

Native peeps' orginally land that belongs to them, not white people.
 
Frisky Feline said:
True.

Native peeps' orginally land that belongs to them, not white people.
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just as Deaf people originally sign language belongs to them, not hearing people.

but in better English;

In regards to the land grab and the commerce following the dividing of the land for profit, similarly, there was the people grab for dividing of the English for assimilation followed that interpreters and commericalism of Sign language, Just as Deaf peoples' sign language originally belonged to them, not hearing people!
 
grummer said:
just as deaf people originally sign language belongs to them, not hearing people.

but in better english;

in regards to the land grab and the commerce following the dividing of the land for profit, similarly, there was the people grab for dividing of the english for assimilation followed that interpreters and commericalism of sign language, just as deaf peoples' sign language originally belonged to them, not hearing people!
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amen!!!!
 
ambrosia said:
uhhhh exactly what year are you talking about??? I'm having a bit of a hard time swallowing that that is something that is happening today. Let it go, it's in the past. Holding on to bitterness of something that happened into the past, doesn't change the past it only effects your present. And not in good ways.
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Don't read the news much? Canada is having an interesting situation right now.
 
Bottesini said:
Don't read the news much? Canada is having an interesting situation right now.
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No. But I'm still having a hard time believing they're killing kids that won't obey.

Did anyone, anyone at all notice that I bolded that line and was responding to that line?
 
:lol:Yes. Thats why i agreed with you on that. My post right after yours. I think i just was confusing in how i said it. I meant i think there are still some issues at these schools but probably not killing kids.
 
Bebonang said:
We don't called Indian School. We called the Residential Schools. Native children were being taken away from families and were being forced to go into the residential schools. Residential schools (USA, Canada, Australia and any other countries) had killed many Native children for not obeying them. They (Residential schools) were worse than the mainstream schools. Some of the Native children managed to survived throughout the rest of the education. Some managed to find their way back home to the reservations. Many Native children lost all of their traditions, Native religions and languages plus singing their own Native songs.

Residential schools and mainstream schools are totally different but we do suffered by being forced to do what they want us to do (like having the power over us like being an animals) and refused to listen or understand our needs. :(
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But the IDEA behind them was the same right? Basicly it was to try to assimliate into the greater society.
 
and to try to remove dhh or Indian kids from their rightful heritage/language!
 
This has been going on for centuries (over 500 years) even before Columbus came to America and thought this was India instead of Turtle Island (North America). We were being mistreated both in our First Nation or reservations and the cities. It was a never ending conflict with the whites who don't have any respect for us. We were really suffered with wars and diseases so many times. They were looking for gold and the Golden City that they thought we might had. But we used them for jewelries, not money. And most of all, they only want the lands and tried many times to move us to the West (USA and Canada). The Natives are doing the same thing in South America suffering from the government and the government want them to move away from the rivers to build the dam to make electricity. The Natives refuse to move because that is their homes. Again they were being forced to move against their will. That hurt the Chief who was looking after his people against the government. :(
 
I need to teach the Whites about our history and why we are still suffering under the Harper Government. That can happen in USA too. The Bills hurt us very much. Chief Theresa Spence does not approve of the Harper Government for not consulting her when the budget manager came without any consult or letting her know he or she was coming into their reserve. That was off limit to any white people coming to the reservation or reserve. She need help with building the houses that the Natives could not live in bad houses or broken down houses. She was worried about her people's plights. That was the reason why she went to Ottawa to fast to let the Harper Government know that she wanted a meeting with him. But Harper ignored her completely and so are other staff members. We are still struggling with that. :(
 
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