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Thanks for the link. It is truely tragic what so many of the indian students have gone thru over the years, at the hands of prejudical teachers. So glad they now have a chance to tell their stories. Yet this comes at the loss of so many.

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Thanks for the link. It is truely tragic what so many of the indian students have gone thru over the years, at the hands of prejudical teachers. So glad they now have a chance to tell their stories. Yet this comes at the loss of so many.

OMG!!!!!!!!! Oppression at it's best...there have been so many travesties in the world because of someone elses need to dominate...It's disgusting....

The Apparitions....Quietly sitting before a small fire,
A lone Indian begins a ceremonial respect.
Reaching into a pouch,
He brings out a matter of medicine.
Which he offers to the four winds,
To Mother Earth and all his relations.
And from his heart, soul and mind,
He speaks to the medicine,
Using a language taught to him,
A language carried through time,
By the apparitions before him,
His ancestors.With words flowing from his heart,
Of the fire he speaks.
He ask the medicine for guidance,
To protect his people,
So that they will live a good life
And that their hearts, souls and minds,
Will be filled with the
Wisdom, knowledge and understanding
Of life and truth,
The traditional ways given to them,
As told through the medicine
By the apparitions before him,
His ancestors.Gently he sprinkles the medicine upon the fire.
He has spoken words to the medicine
Using the old language of his people,
Words that the medicine knows.
For such words are of a language
That have been used for centuries
In such a sacred manner.
Words that the medicine recognizes,
Words of life that come from no book,
Words that in fact allow the medicine to work.
This the lone Indian knows,
For he is given a nod of approval
By the apparitions before him,
His ancestors.And as the smoke heads upward,
Carrying the medicine and words,
An Eagle hover's above accepting the message,
Which will be delivered in a sacred manner.
And the apparitions of time gone by know
The Indian world will live on.
Such are the ways of a people,
Guided by apparitions of time gone by.
For here, there is no circus, no money,
No English words, no books, no mockery,
Just the reality of something very sacred,
Passed on to a people
By the apparitions who guide us,
The ancestors of yesterday...
Who guide only their people...

-by Larry Kibby-

Another beautiful poem....

OMG!!!!!!!!! Oppression at it's best...there have been so many travesties in the world because of someone elses need to dominate...It's disgusting....

Yes it does...It was government policy and legislation to "assimilate" and similar policies and schools were developed in the US before the Canadian ones I believe...They were called "Indian Training Schools" I believe....

"Pretty" Mohawk!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEE...Thanx...People don't think I'm so pretty though when I get up and start spouting off!!!!!!!

yes, Im wracking my brain to remember where or what I read about these schools before - but I know its heartbreaking - is there a film about this, a story film rather than a doc does anybody know?

Yea greed and as you Oppression will always raise it ugly head. Trish background is probably similar to the Welsh Valleys were the coal and iron industry's were in the industrial revolution . but thats a tale all to its self

yes, Im wracking my brain to remember where or what I read about these schools before - but I know its heartbreaking - is there a film about this, a story film rather than a doc does anybody know?

yes, I think the industrail revolution is where we all started to feel the pinch of oppression - but we nevr had it so bad as all of you of course - im ashamed to be English sometimes - actually, my family are irish from way back then and the did suffer at the hands of the british in the form of the potato famine which was nasty - the Scotts had the land clearance acts too so quite a lot of people were actually victimised by the mind set of the day - sadly................

There is one I know of called...Where the Spririt Lives...It's old though and was made in 1989...If I come acrossed any others I will let you know...I saw this one and it's still good even though it's old...

I think i have seen something about them on the telivision the Austrilians did a similar thing to the Aborigine's

I would never blame a nation for what happened in Wales as our English counterparts suffered the same fate. It was a few greedy people not an Nation

They did yes...There was just an apology there from the government of Austrailia...Jib did a thread on it...

yea i saw that on the news. Did you ever see a film about 3 Aboriginary Children who go on the run trying to get back to their family. Sorry have no idea what it was called but it was very moving

yea i saw that on the news. Did you ever see a film about 3 Aboriginary Children who go on the run trying to get back to their family. Sorry have no idea what it was called but it was very moving