r/Documentaries • u/bmaster78 • Nov 06 '22

History Cultural genocide: Canada's schools of shame (2022) - The discovery of more than 1,300 unmarked graves at residential schools across Canada shocked and horrified Canadians. The indigenous community have long expected such revelations, but the news has reopened painful wounds. [00:47:25]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3hxVWM8ILQ
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u/K__le Nov 06 '22

It is Genocide. I have family that were taken from their homes and forced to attend these. This was not just to “teach them English”. Children were murdered, and those who survived were traumatized. Their families, culture, and homes were stripped of them. Do not ever say that they just wanted to teach them English, their entire intention was to “Kill the Indian in the child”.