Survivors Of Native American Boarding Schools Discuss Dark History In The US
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2 жыл бұрынYvonne Walker-Keshick is one of thousands of Native American kids who were sent to Holy Childhood of Jesus Catholic boarding school in Michigan between 1829 and 1983. “Everything that was Native American, they tried to destroy,” she tells NBC News’ Antonia Hylton. While the school has since been torn down, survivors and archivists are determined to make sure their stories are heard.
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@shantiduree3036 2 жыл бұрын
This need to be taught in school as history. The trail of tears of the Cherokee needs to be taught. The catholic school should pay for the damage and abuse they did to this kids.
@mimimccreary8072 2 жыл бұрын
The Catholic Churches should be abolished, too many crimes over and over. The sexual abuse is still being discovered over and over. Sell all their properties and divide it under the victims all,over the world. Always hiding their crimes behind the so called religion.
@itsknotmagic 2 жыл бұрын
I did learn this in school...but I'm old and school is not the same anymore
@helenbradford2569 2 жыл бұрын
There was many other tribes who also walked the trail of tears. Not just Cherokee. White people always just mention Cherokee. Please get your facts correct.
@milanimorales2645 2 жыл бұрын
I wish but I don't want them to pay money and just keep moving with their day. To me thats not enough.
@tonycollinsworth7393 2 жыл бұрын
It is taught in school iI learned all about it in school now what is talk now I don’t know Oh do you know when government gets involved it always messes it up but they did have the best interest in heart to bring a native Americans into American culture but no avail play brother live on the reservation
@KoolT 2 жыл бұрын
Native American women also go missing on the REZ and goes OVER LOOKED.
@itsknotmagic 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed...in the 1000s every year....a lot of the issues is the res police are shorthanded and untrained...and even fed police can't operate on res land without specific warrants...so these disappearances gall through the cracks
@David_Robert 2 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋 how are you doing?
@queenmommie8295 2 жыл бұрын
Don't forget about the black woman those are the true native aboriginal indigenous people of this land. APTTMHY vengeance is mine sayeth Yah/ God. APTTMHY
@im.not.typical91 2 жыл бұрын
@@queenmommie8295 thats the most stupidest thing ive heard. Imagine trying to make something about your race....
@charde9739 2 жыл бұрын
@@queenmommie8295 why are you here with this?? Making this about you…did you go to this school?
@caffewina 2 жыл бұрын
Some people are beyond disgusting. Bless her heart and after all of that she still seems to be so kind and beautiful and calm. Love her
@dontworryboutit2724 2 жыл бұрын
those people are your government
@caffewina 2 жыл бұрын
@@dontworryboutit2724 I’d like to see where did I vote for this so called my government, I ll wait
@wenmcbrainvansandt5240 2 жыл бұрын
Extremely hard to watch...we all have our horrible memories of childhood schooling and high school...I went to the Second Mesa Day School on the Hopi reservation and we were whipped if we were ever caught speaking our own language...in high school is where a lot of even more horrible things happen...things I would rather not mention. We natives learn how to live the land and live off the land and that is the reason why we consider our home extremely sacred and the reason why we call her MOTHER EARTH...we were never brought up to leave or become like white people...we are and always will be the true human beings where we still live. With all due respect, all mankind are a part of us for we are all one. MAY THE GREAT SPIRIT BE WITH YOU ALL ALWAYS
@jleigh4886 2 жыл бұрын
🥰🙏🦉
@hcano3506 2 жыл бұрын
I have Great respect for Native American people. I never heard anything about this treatment during my school years. just how America was conquered basically. I am glad now many Native Americans are proud to show their culture and should be celebrated. I am sorry you grew up during that era I hope those people who treated your people wrong were able to realize the terrible things they did to children and you get justice for all the harm done. :( Many prayers for you and your family. May God Bless you.
@queenmommie8295 2 жыл бұрын
We are Yah's chosen people the copper colored natives aboriginal indigenous people of the Bible and other books. APTTMHY
@wenmcbrainvansandt5240 2 жыл бұрын
@Cecilia Villalobos thank you so much for your kindness and support... Lolmaii KWA-KWAII MAY THE GREAT SPIRIT BE WITH YOU ALWAYS
@wenmcbrainvansandt5240 2 жыл бұрын
@@queenmommie8295 Thank you as well... I'll be praying for you and your people... Lolmaii KWA-KWAII MAY THE GREAT SPIRIT BE WITH YOU ALL ALWAYS
@kathryncarter6143 2 жыл бұрын
57 years ago & this guy can still recall the daily events of degradation like it was yesterday. A person has to be really strong to deal with all this horror. So grateful enough have survived & feeling brave enough to tell their story.
@annacassell8556 2 жыл бұрын
So sad bless her heart how confusing for a small child
@David_Robert 2 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋 how are you doing?
@herrymcmailler6714 2 жыл бұрын
Hello friend how are you doing?
@amymikelson3060 2 жыл бұрын
When Fred told his story and teared up he was once again that little boy who was abused and betrayed by the adults at the school. It was heartbreaking to watch and I cried with him. And how bad he felt for being mad at his brother who could do nothing but put his hand on his leg. This is why we need to teach the truth in schools about the way we treated Native Americans and blacks as slaves and our actions as white people. History is always written by the conquerors. No, we may not have personally done these things, but that is part of our heritage and how we view the world. It colors our thinking. Without learning about our history, the bad as well as the good, we learn nothing and nothing changes.
@leoyork2037 2 жыл бұрын
The United States government not only allowed this, they did it in cooperation with the church. No better reason to keep church and state separate. The Supreme Court should never have allowed this to continue. Bring this injustice to light.
@davidlancaster6941 2 жыл бұрын
You are absolutely right. However this incident highlighted here took place in Canada, which shows these erroneous ideas and practices are widespread, not only in US society but in most European based cultures. Appalling. Thanks. D
@leoyork2037 2 жыл бұрын
Holy Childhood Boarding School was in Harbor Springs, Michigan.
@MrDXRamirez 2 жыл бұрын
@@davidlancaster6941 He is only right when the church and state are not one and the same thing and the Supreme Court has religious justices.
@davidlancaster6941 2 жыл бұрын
@@MrDXRamirez good point. Thanks for sharing. Appreciate. Lvya. D
@travelertime4382 2 жыл бұрын
No better reason to keep church and state separate and tax the churches.
@zualfredo 2 жыл бұрын
And they never will admit fault churches and government.
@loralarose9615 2 жыл бұрын
It was the democrats .not all native went to boarding school only plains native s not the five tribes. Choctaw built there own schools
@jackcommonman1381 2 жыл бұрын
@@loralarose9615"it was the democrats" huh!?!.. there always seems to be that one person in the comments who blame the "democrats" for all of life's problems..the republican/democrats are two sides of the same coin.. like a game of good cop/bad cop but they both want you in jail
@yulyasevelova769 2 жыл бұрын
@@loralarose9615 Both parties are no good, especially by now.
@Maryxxiii 2 жыл бұрын
God Bless all indigenous / Native American people. ♥️🙏🏾
@walexander8378 2 жыл бұрын
So you're saying the nuns, priests and others that operated these schools were against God?
@Maryxxiii 2 жыл бұрын
@@walexander8378 huh?
@Maryxxiii 2 жыл бұрын
@@walexander8378 What happened?
@Brook_Nichelle 2 жыл бұрын
@@walexander8378 yes, if they think it is right to abuse others just because they weren't white.. then YES they were against god.
@azadpedia2845 2 жыл бұрын
@@walexander8378 you sounded like the worst illegal pirate alive.
@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980 2 жыл бұрын
It's important to recognise that the history mistreatment & the destruction of the culture of Indigenous People's has been going on for centuries. #IndigenousPeoplesDay
@tinamexico1604 2 жыл бұрын
Pure evil. Never forget
@pristonbreatt4742 2 жыл бұрын
Hello Tina
@azadpedia2845 2 жыл бұрын
Never forgive.
@skuggensdam13 2 жыл бұрын
The story told by the former Marine is one of the worst accounts I've heard. How could anyone force a child to do something like that? Calling it cruel would be a gross understatement. Our country will bear this shame for a very long time.
@makalathevirgo4670 2 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS 😔
@rightofcl 2 жыл бұрын
Do not celebrate Columbus Day Celebrate indigenous peoples day instead ✊🏽✊🏾
@dianebannister4591 2 жыл бұрын
This was so heartbreaking to me to hear how abused the Native American children were treated at the Catholic boarding schools. This made me weep. How could those victims even believe that there was a God/Jesus of Love, Compassion, Mercy and Goodness when they were treated horribly by nuns and priests? May Divine Grace come upon all those Native Americans for healing, comfort and peace. Amen! 🙏
@debbycoleman359 2 жыл бұрын
I Love the Native Americans. They were treated unfairly. The lands belong to them. They had their own culture language they could have learned our s .They shouldn't have been put on reservations. It's in my BLOOD
@lapinchechismosa 2 жыл бұрын
It still happens, look at public school funding for poor communities with poc in general
@lapinchechismosa 2 жыл бұрын
@@debbycoleman359 what’s in your blood??
@samanthamariefreeman335 2 жыл бұрын
Hey!! Look around. The gov't just DID this again at the border, snatching kids away from their parents and caging them like animals. NOTHING has changed except the narrative. The white folks of that time watched and said NOTHING. Just like we did last year with the kids at the border.
@lapinchechismosa 2 жыл бұрын
@@samanthamariefreeman335 exactly. Until the sh*t libs stop supporting conservatives, we will never see progress, my native peoples
@adriancozad8308 2 жыл бұрын
Many of us were Adopted to White's...even though we had Parent's...like I was.
@David_Robert 2 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋 how are you ?
@David_Robert 2 жыл бұрын
@jo tso hello 👋
@David_Robert 2 жыл бұрын
@jo tso Good...nice to meet you here, So where are you from?
@misslove7698 2 жыл бұрын
Wow, when the truth really comes out
@eltorocal 2 жыл бұрын
@jo tso Priceless response... Priceless! Thank You
@MarichkaPetrivna 2 жыл бұрын
It's great that you are speaking out about this.
@amdonut8091 2 жыл бұрын
This needs so much more attention. Thanks for this video.
@cherylsingh6985 2 жыл бұрын
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@KateColors 2 жыл бұрын
Wow. So sorry this happened. I can't imagine how a child can process such abuse. I do hope there's a reckoning but more so, I hope for individual healing and restoration of Indian cultures and traditions. Sending love. ❤ -- KateColors
@eltorocal 2 жыл бұрын
It is STILL happening.
@t-bonena3609 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for airing this. The indigenous people need to be respected. They were here before anybody!
@David_Robert 2 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋 how are you doing?
@DomesticTerrorist 2 жыл бұрын
You're right, but then they lost their lands just like every tribe they conquered, time to put this nonsense to rest, this is America, not native lands, they only have anything because we allowed them to, rather than exterminating their culture and societies
@AGarza-bh9wz 2 жыл бұрын
And stop voting for Old Rich Men like Joe Biden.
@Rocket_Man. 2 жыл бұрын
@@DomesticTerrorist Welcome to Communist America!
@DomesticTerrorist 2 жыл бұрын
@@Rocket_Man. oi comrade!
@episdosas9949 2 жыл бұрын
Native americas is from alaska to south america. The immigration war against natives migrating from the southern border is an extension of neo colonialism. One land, one people. Native americas.
@helives2630 2 жыл бұрын
Wrong. The United States is a sovereign nation.
@episdosas9949 2 жыл бұрын
@@helives2630 yeah . America is a nation on native lands.
@yulyasevelova769 2 жыл бұрын
It would really help South America, and Central America, if they got rid of the Catholic Church and the Spanish/ Catholic economy. That's why they are going through all the awful things down there.
@episdosas9949 2 жыл бұрын
@@yulyasevelova769 the catholic church is in the us as well. They got cristo culombo to be a holiday. But yeah i agree. How can an organization that committed genocide be allowed to operate.
@yulyasevelova769 2 жыл бұрын
@@episdosas9949 Well, of course I know the Catholic Church is in the U.S., and VERY active in American affairs, trust me ! Their Opus Dei meddles in a lot of countries. They want to see these countries go Hard Right. The U.S especially. Which it has. By the way,this didn't just start with that Columbus. One must go further, back to the travels and journals of Marco Polo. He was a Vatican spy ! The Vatican wanted to control the Silk Road and it's trade routes. Whoever controlled that, controlled the whole world ! Columbus was obsessed with Marco Polo, and wanted to pick up where he left off, but militarily. Only, you could not fight a land war on or near the Silk Road. He wanted to do this by sea . One is related to the other. Whites didn't invent gunpowder. China did ! That goes for most of the inventions existing back then. Also not taught in schools.
@rondanew9916 2 жыл бұрын
My grandmother died of cirrhosis of the liver from alcoholism. She would not talk about her boarding school days. Told us to never register with the bureau of Indian affairs.
@David_Robert 2 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋 how are you doing??
@dancinginthebeat9614 2 жыл бұрын
The fact that servants of God treated any child this way is absolutely atrocious!! 🤬😤 I knew these schools existed in the 1800s but I had no clue that they went all the way into the 1980s 🤯
@chronicmommy 2 жыл бұрын
The 90s
@zapkvr 2 жыл бұрын
Well its because you havent been paying attention. The last one closed down round here in the seventies.
@JayOne44 2 жыл бұрын
They're demons...they stole a religion because they didn't have one....so they created for themselves a catholic religion. Smh
@chuckhrh8193 2 жыл бұрын
Because when they got here in the 1800 they had to go to school to learn how to pretend to be a Native American They are the fake Indians the word Native American first came in existence in the 1900s because they are fake Indians the school Was for them to take the real American Indians place From the copper colored American Indian But you guys like to call us black but we’re not black we’re copper colored
@theresarolle9126 2 жыл бұрын
@@JayOne44 Where is THE MOST HIGH GOD in all of these sufferings??
@Brook_Nichelle 2 жыл бұрын
Being Native American and hearing my ancestors stories just makes me realize how screwed up America was and still is
@gertrudemilhouse5626 2 жыл бұрын
This land will pay!
@Isaiah626_ 2 жыл бұрын
Just now realizing smh
@kaydod3190 2 жыл бұрын
@@gertrudemilhouse5626 No it won’t
@terrellmartin342 2 жыл бұрын
@@kaydod3190 that part
@cooperhowz2 2 жыл бұрын
There was a common practice called "Wiggling grass" in Sonoma and Ukiah, CA. I'd the grass wiggled, "crawling Native Americans," shoot them. 😟
@janiekcarney5482 2 жыл бұрын
This is so sad. Eating vomit and the brother having to watch it. The Catholic Church should have to pay these people for their suffering.
@itsknotmagic 2 жыл бұрын
No money in the world will atone for what happens to these people...and this place was open until 1983....not that long ago
@melaniemoss384 2 жыл бұрын
I agree these people should be paid. Money doesn't solve everything but it's needed in this time and age
@anthonygaiman4815 2 жыл бұрын
The US should pay, since they let it happen, They even subsidized the effort.
@theresarolle9126 2 жыл бұрын
@LR Kay You really don't know if these people speaking the truth. But, if you have verifiable evidence that 🙄these things happened as they say, then of course, the church ⛪should do something about it. But, as far as, I know the whole of Christianity should repent for the atrocities they commit on a daily basis. Not only the catholic denomination.
@roseprescod4327 2 жыл бұрын
@@itsknotmagic so some of the nuns are still alive, they better start praying for mercy and forgiveness
@clarefletcher6290 2 жыл бұрын
Yet one more crime committed by the nuns, priests, and leaders of the Catholic church. They never own, apologize, or atone for anything. Shameful. Sinful.
@mosesofnow8662 2 жыл бұрын
You notice how religions of all cultures are in the news for these same things
@user-6K38d95gfH 2 жыл бұрын
Because religion is full of poopies
@mildredmartinez8843 2 жыл бұрын
The tears flowing from the man's eyes is testimony to a crime that knows no pardon. But they are still there, and hopefully firever.
@Vickyyxoxo 2 жыл бұрын
sorry for what they did to your people & you. much love
@David_Robert 2 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋 how are you doing??
@TheBlumann 2 жыл бұрын
what are we doing to heal this wound? feels like nothing
@itsknotmagic 2 жыл бұрын
Recognition that this happened and addressing it is a start...no money in the world can make up for this
@hustle.dinero 2 жыл бұрын
@@itsknotmagic Na the US has some money they can allocate to the original people of this very land. That’s not even an argument
@cherylsingh6985 2 жыл бұрын
Yes we are we are coming along but it's a process ! We now have Indigenous Day now we go forward !!!!
@kuangoseilah8082 2 жыл бұрын
This very important to air Indigenous People's experiences with colonization and their history before colonization from Indigenous people. In fact, there needs to be more TV specials, movies and documentaries made about the horrific details, written, directed and produced by Indigenous people. Funding film projects like this is important. And aired on National TV. Thank you for airing this. The United States should've already had a Indigenous American as President, there's much more that needs to be done.
@SUGAR_XYLER 2 жыл бұрын
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@azizaw2966 2 жыл бұрын
The Church acted in unison with colonialism, they did that in Canada too! This year revealed that the "Indigenous Church" killed children. 215 bodies of First Nations were found in Kamloops British Columbia this past summer! It's heart breaking! The gentleman in this video has the same language as the Ojibwa Nation, people here are trying to learn as much as they can from the elders.
@animehuntress9018 2 жыл бұрын
500 Nations... Its remarkable and while it can be bias it is a must watch for anyone who wants to know more about some of the nations.
@melaniemoss384 2 жыл бұрын
Omg his story is so 😔 it brought me to 😢 as a native American this breaks my heart
@DomesticTerrorist 2 жыл бұрын
Are you upset that it was natives or upset this happens every day to people who aren't natives and isn't done by the church?
@questionresearch8721 2 жыл бұрын
😰😢
@SUGAR_XYLER 2 жыл бұрын
🏹 🏹
@Uzumaki636 2 жыл бұрын
That’s tough. Im saddened by everything that had happened before. It was the history that teaches us.
@lisafreebairn7736 2 жыл бұрын
I teach this in both my Multicultural communication class and my linguistics classes. This is so horrifying. This should be taught in every school. Reparations should be made to families and communities. It is heartbreaking.
@yulyasevelova769 2 жыл бұрын
It's bright up here with Soviet and Nazi history !!
@rightofcl 2 жыл бұрын
Celebrate INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY!!! 💪💪💪 Recognize the history and mistreatment of the Indigenous/Native American people ✊🏽✊🏾
@DomesticTerrorist 2 жыл бұрын
Ok, first however, how about Natives from slave owning tribes apologize to black folks? How about that? Also, why should anyone celebrate indigenous people? I mean, seriously. Why? They offer nothing culturally and we won the land from them and then gave them land, only nation ever to do so, they're actually very lucky.
@DomesticTerrorist 2 жыл бұрын
Or how about they apologize for scalping whites? Or how about they apologize to each other for the genocides and the mistreatment? How about we be real for once?
@albertopalma1663 2 жыл бұрын
Always!
@DomesticTerrorist 2 жыл бұрын
@Jeremy Fransen LMAO, pretty sure it's all the "indigenous" people crying, me? I'm celebrating America and its discovery, no tears here from me, even when my people were ON the trail. I'm incredibly glad America won and I'm an American, the greatest nation of people to have ever existed on earth thus far.
@DomesticTerrorist 2 жыл бұрын
@Jeremy Fransen Wish you had the fortitude to keep what you said there, figures you wouldn't. Sorry I speak facts not emotional appeals to unreasonable desires lmao They lost, get over it already.
@Tlahuiltezcatl 2 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad this is finally coming to light
@kaimanat8553 2 жыл бұрын
Her story, as much as I wish it wasn't, is so common. And it's done by religious entities. It's even more evil than genocide because the survivers live knowing they lost a significant part of themselves and are left with no way to regain it. In Hawaii, our original language is lost in the past. Our language had to be reinvented and pieced together from the memories of the few elders that werent scared into or beaten into silence. You want to see the face of cultural genocide and depravity, go to church.
@YAHsWay 2 жыл бұрын
We have been lost from our Heritage and scattered....they know who we are! Dueteronomy 28
@wednesdayschild3627 2 жыл бұрын
I live my Roman catholic faith. People do wrong things but religion is good. Think also of the good. St. Damian who cared for lepers. Or st. Cabrini who made 67 schools and orphanages, or mother Teresa who rescued the dying, or st. Martin deporres who started the worlds first animal hospital.
@Tlahuiltezcatl 2 жыл бұрын
That's why is pains me to see so many Islanders being Christians
@bearswithglasses 2 жыл бұрын
@@wednesdayschild3627 Actually, organized religion is objectively responsible for many horrible cruel systemic issues that persist today. To say religion is blanket good is grossly dishonest. Religion can be good for those who practice it and can occasionally do good for society, but it can and often does commit horrible acts, including genocide.
@wednesdayschild3627 2 жыл бұрын
@@bearswithglasses I disagree. I think the problem is human nature. For example, government is responsible for atrocious evil, but who runs government? People do. Government and religion are tools. Tools do nothing, people use tools for good or evil.
@samthesham459 2 жыл бұрын
The “Trail of Tears” is being erased from history books and not taught in school. I’m part Cherokee and this boils my blood. Making the suffering of my ancestors disappear. History is always written by the Victors. Always.
@ashleywilson1553 2 жыл бұрын
I don't want my kids feeling guilty blah blah blah teaching critical race theory 😂 I'm sorry not funny really sad. The frigility
@zapkvr 2 жыл бұрын
Its Tsalagi not Cherokee. Do you not know this?
@zapkvr 2 жыл бұрын
@@deannadelmar9863 your god caused this
@ZENMASTERME1 2 жыл бұрын
I am also native Cherokee, what tribe are you from, what region? And you’re saying that the Trail of Tears is being erased from the history books, oh really? Where is your proof, in fact I have a plethora books not only on the destruction of the Native Americans, but many books on how native tribes not only fought against one another, but often would put there pity disputes aside to unite against the United States government. In fact every single one of these books can be bought today, paperback or e-book. Ironically so far not one of these books magically were erased from our reality. So I would like to see your proof, that somehow that the Trail of Tears is magically being erased from history books. Otherwise you’re just a another bigot that’s trying to divide us all into groups. Just remember this, our Cherokee ancestors were very brutal at times, I have so many memorable stories from my tribe that truly makes my blood curl. Ripping out the hearts of victims, eating them, enslaving people of all races was the Cherokee way. Just remember, every culture on earth conquered other cultures, every single culture on earth has blood on their hands.
@alindasue 2 жыл бұрын
@@zapkvr It's quite possible he doesn't know that. That is proof that the "schools" successfully did what they were intended to do. They educated the culture, or even knowledge of the culture, out of these children, and by extension their children and grandchildren. My best friend is half Lummi. I take her upstate to the Lummi reservation to get her tribal ID card renewed. There are signs written in the native language all over the building, but she doesn't have a clue what they say or even how to pronounce them. The knowledge of the language ended in her family when her father was sent to one of those boarding schools.
@kathyputney2326 2 жыл бұрын
A dear dear friend of mine..his father went through this..this is so wrong ..much love and respect..yall are amazing..
@jannetsmall-francis1656 2 жыл бұрын
These negative stories are why so many are afraid of American history
@andreamoscoso4065 2 жыл бұрын
Looking into history and news these awful things have similarly happened around the world, but I agree it should be talked about.
@ninibugg6203 2 жыл бұрын
Not to mention African slavery and mistreatment of black people in America. And then people complain when minorities want reparations
@nabiyahyahsharel1581 2 жыл бұрын
Wicked to the core!
@cherylsingh6985 2 жыл бұрын
I want tribes to be paid by government for what the indigenous went through !!! We want museums we want language we want stories we want all things to be in art show ,provide the evidence so we can always be remembered ????
@alindasue 2 жыл бұрын
There are attempts to do that, at least with the tribes here locally. We have a tribal run school (not a boarding school) that native American children in the area can go to that focuses on teaching the children native culture along with standard school learning. They have a lot of events that showcase and educate the general public also.
@cherylsingh6985 2 жыл бұрын
@@alindasue Thank God ! I feel we our ancestors were wronged ? So I'm very glad to hear this !!!! Thank you
@David_Robert 2 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋 how are you doing??
@reneedaniel2881 2 жыл бұрын
My great grandfather Paul Jones was given that name at boarding school, early 1900s, it took the government people several tries/years before they rounded him up. He grew up to be one of the best leaders of the Navajo Nation. His autobiography is in the Northern Arizona University archives online. Paul Jones Navajo chairman
@ms.vernerfasthorse3848 2 жыл бұрын
My Grandmas & Grandpas used to tell me about their times in boarding school😢😭😢
@bevmain1704 2 жыл бұрын
That's why I don't go to Church. So sad for the children.
@rondanew9916 2 жыл бұрын
Gandhi once said I like your Christ but I don't like your Christians.
@martharamirez2804 2 жыл бұрын
I'm with you!!
@judah400yrs2 2 жыл бұрын
This has nothing to do with the church, a person did this. The church is not evil, people are!
@bevmain1704 2 жыл бұрын
@@judah400yrs2 whatever you think think. God BLESS you
@yulyasevelova769 2 жыл бұрын
@@judah400yrs2 That institution IS evil. They still defend their behavior too ! But, missles are trained on the Vatican. At the precise time, they will fly.
@mjrios6306 2 жыл бұрын
This is so sad . How can anybody hurt a child ?
@judah400yrs2 2 жыл бұрын
What! Where are you from? This is the United States Racism of DNA 🧬
@monicasuzette 2 жыл бұрын
My Aunt Lucretia was in a boarding school in Oklahoma, Choctaw Nation, early 1900's ..I can't imagine what that was like, be it good or not so good...God Bless Native American People..This history Needs to be told..
@aggieschoonover4235 2 жыл бұрын
Maka Oyate asicahowaya wicokakije ye. The Earth People cry out on account of suffering. Womime Wakan kin ekicetuya ye. The Sacred Circle restore. Grandmothers & Grandfathers, Spirit Wings give to us as a gift; Teach us how to soar.
@bigguttsbro 2 жыл бұрын
@jo tso how well my family knows. They are killing us.
@annalouhampton9356 2 жыл бұрын
I'm crying. I went through a lot too but nothing like this. If I ever get my web page up I'll tell my story.
@martharamirez2804 2 жыл бұрын
I pray for your families to heal from those torment times. Peace to you all🙏💕 All those evil ones will be dealt with
@David_Robert 2 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋 how are you doing??
@pristonbreatt4742 2 жыл бұрын
Hello Martha
@jleigh4886 2 жыл бұрын
All I can say is, may your lives be blessed beyond your imagination and that you are welcomed with an especially divine heavenly reunion. 🙏🥰🥰🥰🙏
@christie724 2 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely heartbreaking! So many horrific stories coming out about Catholic orphanages and Catholic schools, truly messed up!
@dennisboesel6405 2 жыл бұрын
I'm just part Native American from Cherokee county Georgia on Park Cherokee it's always a shame in how we lost so much to the white people if only we can take something back from the government in courts and that findings 1,000 of children in graves at these religious orphanages run by the government and Catholic Church in despicable that's all it is and they called us heathens back then yeah right
@rolandocastaneda4429 2 жыл бұрын
It breaks my heart to see our brothers suffer like this. We were all made from the Earth and we came out different colors but the same Earth. When will we learn to appreciate our diversities?
@roseprescod4327 2 жыл бұрын
We???I think they have to learn, they are the one with the diversity problem.
@chinookvalley 2 жыл бұрын
Mother Cabrini Catholic School in Springfield IL was a prison for little kids in the 50's. Hope they searched the grounds for bodies because it was a torture system. My brother and I were victims. What a nightmare. And we were white.
@linda-cl7et 2 жыл бұрын
This isn't about wht people's experiences in schools. Right now it's about Indigenous Nations/ tribes. It's time for them to tell their story without anyone else coming in and making it about something else.
@nataliezanders7723 2 жыл бұрын
So sad 😭 such a heartbreaking story but it’s a story of how white Americans have always treated people of color and how they made you feel
@lindanorth-johnson3096 2 жыл бұрын
A VERY SAD TIME... PREJUDICE IS ALIVE & WELL EVEN TODAY!!
@David_Robert 2 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋 how are you doing??
@shama9279 2 жыл бұрын
My mom went through this, Wheelock boarding school in Oklahoma, she told of horror there. You can't trust government or catholic officials.
@livliv4169 2 жыл бұрын
...it all continues today in other ways. It must be stopped. Humanity must take an honest look at itself and end these unspeakably evil ways!! 😔🕊Great Spirit, guide and speak loudly to us all !! Tears are making wider rivers of the many trails of tears now finally flowing. LOVE and PEACE to these living survivors of these unspeakably horrible crimes.🕊💜😔
@cooperhowz2 2 жыл бұрын
We heard stories of mass graves. We heard stories of misbehaving children being tied up in the snow and left to freeze to death. Then the parents be written and told the child died of pneumonia.
@Loagun 2 жыл бұрын
I am Metis and live in Manitoba, Canada. I know we have our problems in Canada and things are not perfect concerning the relationship between the aboriginals/government/Canadians... But this almost breaks my heart even more because I never see aboriginals on the US mainstream media given a moment to just talk about how their life has been. Like ever. This is the first time I have seen a piece like this on any US media outlet Only the usual 'angry oil blocking protester' type news stories.. Thank you NBC.
@AstraDubi 2 жыл бұрын
Every race has suffered from the hands of the Europeans. It’s heartbreaking. You can’t fix a person after mentally destroying them the way they did. I do hope the tribes stay strong and those who experienced these torturing experiences find peace.
@amyper0012 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this coverage.
@pristonbreatt4742 2 жыл бұрын
Hello Amy
@Darrel8086 2 жыл бұрын
it's great that he's still trying to learn the language but from my personal experience as a native, I think there may not be enough people that are trying to learn so that it can sustain itself. One of the difficulties is Native American languages do not have enough resources for learning as other languages like Spanish or Chinese. It would be great to get more support such as providing more media content in native languages. This includes hiring translators for books and movies. Hiring actors to do the audio in movies. Google Translate should also have native languages. Many of the fluent speakers also lack some of the credentials for teaching which is another barrier for revitalizing the language. So maybe they can receive more support. More can be done for providing more language learning material not just at the basic level but also the advanced level. Street signs can change and so can our phone language settings. However, I think maybe these resources are not created because in the end it's all about money.
@kf2436 2 жыл бұрын
I feel it in my guts for these people because I can relate to some of the verbal and physical abuse I received from my high school principal who was a Nun in the Carribean in the 70s. I will take these memories to my grave, but I will never let that distroy my life.
@episdosas9949 2 жыл бұрын
Yet the catholic church is still operating as an organization. And america can do more to help the native people and cultures to heal.
@adrianaarthur 2 жыл бұрын
Judgement is coming and they know it.
@thekeshkesh 2 жыл бұрын
😭 I cannot even finish watching this...just demonic and sadistic. It's sad that even today, people still try to be like those colonizers. I pray for all people who survived and those that didn't.
@jumokeakindele7217 2 жыл бұрын
They came to Africa and did just this after they had made away with some of us for their plantations. The cruelty that has been visited on humanity in the name of religion is still being catalogued. Yet Christ is far better than his representatives have made Him out to be! My heart bleeds for this beautiful people as much as it bleeds for mine. They must be set on the path of healing....
@LeonardoDeVinci1452 2 жыл бұрын
If there was a reservation in your states then chances there was a boarding school for Natives. My aunts and uncles use to tell us stories about how they were treated in the boarding schools. and the beating they took and cold showers they had to take.
@user-vu2ev3nl9q 2 жыл бұрын
Да уж натерпелись
@LeonardoDeVinci1452 2 жыл бұрын
@@user-vu2ev3nl9q Never Again!!
@spiritualsouls4653 2 жыл бұрын
❤️🙏🏾 Sending love and compassion to everyone this is truly heartfelt I feel my ancestors blood boiling
@cindybogart6062 2 жыл бұрын
This is all so heartbreaking 💔. May they RIP. Another travesty by the Catholic Church. Sending prayers & love to all concerned or touched by this tragedy.
@JamesSmith-pt8dy 2 жыл бұрын
Hey .. everyone Moniee-Mon, is listening thanks for the info and videos. Keep doing what'cha do best God bless you 🙏 🙌 ❤ 💖 Monica Smith 🙏
@asianangel5400 2 жыл бұрын
It's sad that this took place. However many children that have gone to private and public institutions have endure horrible experiences because of wicked hearted adults. Those in position of authority shall be judged.
@pristonbreatt4742 2 жыл бұрын
Hello Asian
@therealdeal3820 2 жыл бұрын
OMG her looks reminds me of my dear grandmother. What they did to the Natives is horrific!
@kayjay460 5 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing your story with us all. 🙏❤
@Age_Of_The_God 2 жыл бұрын
Native And Slavery needs to be taught in schools Teach The Bad and the Good
@lukeporras1288 2 жыл бұрын
it already is
@hoodhippychick 2 жыл бұрын
@@lukeporras1288 Not to this extent it is not.
@eva1480 2 жыл бұрын
Im terribly sorry my heart goes to All of You that experience those horrible mistreatment
@tGldsawmg 2 жыл бұрын
This is soooo heartbreaking
@horror_fam0847 2 жыл бұрын
It hurts hearing this my mom and dad went to boarding school and to this day they refuse to talk about there experience and I respect there wishes not to ask
@stephanieadams3747 2 жыл бұрын
Heartbreaking. Shameful.
@David_Robert 2 жыл бұрын
Hello 👋 how are you doing??
@tracywofford3384 2 жыл бұрын
The horrible things that happen to these beautiful people has had such a dramatic impact on the way they live life now it is saddening and maddening all at the same time period
@lovelyla85 2 жыл бұрын
This is so heartbreaking 💔 😞
@patriciawashington8780 2 жыл бұрын
sister i am so sorry. thank you for your strength.
@Mariposa1217 2 жыл бұрын
Pure evil what they did to my ancestors. I hope there’s a place for these criminals 😞
@rightofcl 2 жыл бұрын
Indigenous Peoples Day ✊🏽✊🏾 Celebrate the Indigenous Culture We need to make people recognize the suffering of the indigenous Americans No one should be celebrating Columbus day
@itsknotmagic 2 жыл бұрын
There is a special place...it's called he'll...and karma is not a nice lady
@helenbradford2569 2 жыл бұрын
Your ancestors. Please your a wannabe white woman.
@MiguelLopez-tc5nm 2 жыл бұрын
Girl you a whole Europeans lmao
@theresarolle9126 2 жыл бұрын
@@rightofcl Is Columbus the cause for this suffering? I don't think Columbus was the only one to be blamed. Actually, if these people are telling the truth various governments should be blamed . However, from the beginning of times, every people have had their time ⏲️of suffering. Some people were even brought to extinction. Don't exist 😴anymore. This is why some of us don't believe in religion. No matter the religion.
@tisha6951 2 жыл бұрын
This poor lady i love you ♥️
@SpiritualBabe101 2 жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry to all indigenous people who experienced this. The forefathers of these Spiritual attackers are here in NZ. We (Maori) experienced this too until the late 80s, brutality continued into the 90s.
@travellingonuptozion5658 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@yolanda.martinez 2 жыл бұрын
I wish I could hug this man.
@TheSuzberry 2 жыл бұрын
A huge number of people are ‘survivors’ of the Roman Catholic Church’s loving care.😢
@ndnaf3705 2 жыл бұрын
I hope other people know that we are good, good people with big hearts underneath the stereotypes.
@orajanebell5049 2 жыл бұрын
Honestly, this story is sooo 😔 sad, tears are streaming down my face. How could you love and represent Jesus if you treat God's children like that.
@cadreenautley542 2 жыл бұрын
I feel so sorry for the children ,teenagers and adults that suffered from that horrific ordeal.
@jakobraahauge7299 2 жыл бұрын
As a ethnically ambiguous looking guy of native descend it's painful to know about history - and hurtful that it's taboo that those who are the cruelest by now aee black people. They won't tell me if it's because I look Asian or Latin, but they don't mind reminding that they want to bear me up. I find that odd and pray for all to find kindness in our hearts.
@tayebattle6894 2 жыл бұрын
I cried and weeped for about 30 minutes. My heart breaks. Anyone who hurts children no mercy for you.
@aaronhill212 2 жыл бұрын
@@treelife3400 Where on the planet Earth do black people behave as colonizers ? Who and where are these Black people you are talking about? Please define for me what do you mean by black ?
@andreabrown4541 2 жыл бұрын
@@treelife3400 How? Please explain how the enslaved are/were colonizers of the indigenous.
@deborahtucker4900 2 жыл бұрын
My apologies on behalf of any black persons behaving disrespectfully. I understand what it's like to be ill treated and discriminated against. The black and indigenous communities have suffered similar and different experiences under colonialism.
@tayebattle6894 2 жыл бұрын
@@deborahtucker4900 God bless you for having compassion and humility, so many people don’t have this. You are light years ahead of many. Namasté. 🥳🥳
@BERMUDAFULCLAIRE 2 жыл бұрын
I feel your pain. I'm mixed race and I was in a catholic boarding school call our lady of Victory in Texas at 8 y/o (only brown/black child) and didn't get to go anywhere when others went home or to sponsors during holidays or summer. The trauma of being beaten, manhandled, force feed things, fear and humiliated just because it was day, though we survived, it always will be with us. I'm mortified about the deaths under the disguises of Christian work. Always wondered what is wrong with their brains to cause such things all over the planet. It DID happen!
@questionresearch8721 2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad I'm watching this. I have always knew about this. I want to know more.
@lorrainemiale467 2 жыл бұрын
So sad what they went through! God bless them...😪😪😪😪😪
@hustle.dinero 2 жыл бұрын
19:36 “What needs to happen now” -Cash Reparations needs to happen, no cumbya, no false promises, nothing to talk about here. #CutTheCheck
@SUGAR_XYLER 2 жыл бұрын
🏹 🏹
@rachelgarcia1790 2 жыл бұрын
@@treelife3400 these are all good ideas, I would support any/all of them, but I would also like to see a new branch of government established and comprised of Indigenous Americans, elected by Indigenous Americans, with powers to make amendments to bills before they can be signed by the president. Indigenous people know best what is needed to make things right, and this would give them the power to make those changes possible.
@rachelgarcia1790 2 жыл бұрын
@@treelife3400 yeah, I guess I am. Given that the government of the United States has since inception not been interested in helping Indigenous Americans, and they are best suited for knowing what isn't in their interests, I am in favour of a branch of indigenous Americans duly elected by their tribes to ensure that the atrocities they have experienced are never going to happen again. Furthermore, as they are an underprivileged group, a lot of the changes they will put forward will very likely also be a benefit to other underrepresented groups.
@missc4867 2 жыл бұрын
This is so sad... I just cried hearing this 😭😭😭☹️☹️
@MommaDee23 2 жыл бұрын
Powerful story. A must watch, we all must know this history or it'll come back in many forms.
@tjtampa214 2 жыл бұрын
Seems like no matter how much bad and sad information comes out about the Catholic Church, it is still venerated as is its pope's. This is evidenced by the visit of the Pope to United States some years ago which was a much celebrated news event with crowds and people lined up cheering and waving and getting hugs and kisses.
@mosesofnow8662 2 жыл бұрын
These people practiced beheading on their own people for centuries. And has never been kind to anything except gold and currency. In the real world religion runs countries government is its employee.
@hoodhippychick 2 жыл бұрын
How about the billions of dollars that went to Notre Dame as it burned- people are brainwashed into thinking Catholicism is holy.
@vickydupree8871 2 жыл бұрын
That's so horrible.To do that to another human especially a child.I have read alot about this, and the cruel treament and deaths that happened in these boarding schools.Just unimaginable.
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