Colonization
Residential school
Indigenous kids faced abuse ( sexual, mental and physical )
Caused anger and resentment
Ran away
Died while running away
Got caught
Got punished
They lost their identity
Didn't know who they were
Felt confused
They had their names changed
Couldn't cope with the freedom they had after they left.
Trauma
Lateral violence
Intergenerational impact
Forgot their culture and language
Couldn't communicate with elders and their families.
Couldn't relearn their language and culture because they couldn't communicate with them.
Didn't follow the rules of their culture
Less and less people believed and knew there culture.
behaved irrepsonsibly
Depression
Child abuse
Loss of parenting skills
Self- destructive behavior
Stereotypes that Indigenous people face.
Gossip
Family feuds
Elder abuse
Suicide
Alcohol use
Gang involvement
Violence against woman
# MMIW
Family violence
Inhability to express love or emotion
Physical and sexual abuse
Domestic violence
Had no one to talk to about their feelings.
Felt like they didn't fit in when they went home.
Had their hair cut
Indigenous families and kids were seperated
Kids weren't allowed to show their feelings.
Indigenosu kids were isolated
Indian Act ( Treaty )
Historic trauma
Lost their land
Forced into reserves
Criminalized their ceremonies
Couldn't practise their ceremonies
Stopped their Indigenous government
Gave them no political voice
Gave them restrictions.
People who didn't obey were sent to jail.
Big Bear ( a leader ) and some others were hanged.
Took away their rights.
They weren't allowed to gather in groups.
Depleted their food source (bison, and buffalo)
The sustainability of the environment was broken.
Indigenous people had less and less food.
Many died
Threatened them with no food
Woman traded their bodies for food for their kids
Later on, ( present day ) people made something called 94 Calls To Action which are things we need to do to reconcile with the Indigenous people.