How do we as a country (US), make amends for these sorts of atrocities, that are still causing lasting generational wounds, due to the trauma inflicted?
Where do we even begin to address something like this?
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1000's of Native American Children Stolen
- Thread starter The Hammer
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How do we as a country (US), make amends for these sorts of atrocities, that are still causing lasting generational wounds, due to the trauma inflicted?
Where do we even begin to address something like this?
Canada has a similar legacy.
A few years ago, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission gave 94 calls to action:
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/b...eoples-documents/calls_to_action_english2.pdf
Most of them would be applicable to the US, too.
That would be a start (one that Canada is also slowly - too slowly - working on itself).
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
The mass graves are especially tragic.
Viker
Your beloved eccentric Auntie Cristal
We can start by facing it. Where we go from there we need to be careful....not make it worse.
Guitar's Cry
Disciple of Pan
That in itself is going to be difficult. It's been disheartening seeing just how unable people are to face history ftom a truthful perspective.
This is also what happened in Australia, in fact many places that a misguided Christianity conquered.
Today is Australia Day but many Aboriginals see it as invasion day.
We start from the knowledge that we can not change what happened, we can only embrace each other now as one people on one planet and ensure all have a good education, food opportunity and a fair standard of life.
Regards Tony
History is more interesting when we meet people who
lived major events. I know people who were...
- Imprisoned in Japanese internment camps in Ameristan.
- Lived in Germany during WW2.
- Fought in WW1, WW2, & Vietnam War.
- Attorney General for Navajo Nation.
That's just a sample.
We should all befriend people of interesting backgrounds.
Sgt. Pepper
All you need is love.
I am one of these stolen children, and I'm what's called a Lost Bird.
I was informed years ago that my biological mother was full blood Cherokee and my biological father was primarily Scottish and Choctaw. I know their names, their age when I was born, and I know they weren't married. I don't know anything else personal about them other than these details. I don't have any memories of her and I don't have any memories of my biological father.
She abandoned me when I was 3 1/2 years old. She left me with a neighbor and never came back. I don't know her reasons for abandoning her child, but instead of being placed with her blood relatives, I was taken by CPS and placed into a foster home with a white Christian pastor and his family. I was neglected by this foster family and by the time I was adopted nine months later, I was suffering from malnutrition and the clothes and shoes I was wearing were too small for me, and my skin was very dry and peeling.
The social worker who handled my adoption told my adoptive parents that I'm biracial, white and Indian. If you look at me, you can't really tell that I'm also an Indian. I'm a redhead, with a fair complexion. The social worker advised my parents not to tell anyone else that I have Indian blood. They were also advised not to tell me anything about my Indian heritage and if I found out about it, then they were advised to discourage me from asking questions about it. I later learned that this social worker told my parents that it was better for me to be assimilated and raised as a white child, with no knowledge of my Indian heritage.
As a matter of fact, I didn't find out about my Cherokee and Choctaw heritage until I was 11 years old. My paternal grandmother let it slip when I was asking her questions about her family. Her father was full blood Comanche. I remember my mom and dad being absolutely livid with her. In conclusion, I was abandoned by my biological mother, neglected and mistreated by my foster parents, and then I was abused by my adoptive mother and brother for almost 14 years until I left home when I was 18 years old.
I was informed years ago that my biological mother was full blood Cherokee and my biological father was primarily Scottish and Choctaw. I know their names, their age when I was born, and I know they weren't married. I don't know anything else personal about them other than these details. I don't have any memories of her and I don't have any memories of my biological father.
She abandoned me when I was 3 1/2 years old. She left me with a neighbor and never came back. I don't know her reasons for abandoning her child, but instead of being placed with her blood relatives, I was taken by CPS and placed into a foster home with a white Christian pastor and his family. I was neglected by this foster family and by the time I was adopted nine months later, I was suffering from malnutrition and the clothes and shoes I was wearing were too small for me, and my skin was very dry and peeling.
The social worker who handled my adoption told my adoptive parents that I'm biracial, white and Indian. If you look at me, you can't really tell that I'm also an Indian. I'm a redhead, with a fair complexion. The social worker advised my parents not to tell anyone else that I have Indian blood. They were also advised not to tell me anything about my Indian heritage and if I found out about it, then they were advised to discourage me from asking questions about it. I later learned that this social worker told my parents that it was better for me to be assimilated and raised as a white child, with no knowledge of my Indian heritage.
As a matter of fact, I didn't find out about my Cherokee and Choctaw heritage until I was 11 years old. My paternal grandmother let it slip when I was asking her questions about her family. Her father was full blood Comanche. I remember my mom and dad being absolutely livid with her. In conclusion, I was abandoned by my biological mother, neglected and mistreated by my foster parents, and then I was abused by my adoptive mother and brother for almost 14 years until I left home when I was 18 years old.
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This is one if the greatest tragedies of this time. The breakdown of the family unit and loss of identity.
All the best, Regards Tony
Sgt. Pepper
All you need is love.
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Sgt. Pepper
All you need is love.
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Sgt. Pepper
All you need is love.
They reported on Williams Lake today. Only about 200 more residential schools to go. I'm saddened still, and sadly, that sadness for it doesn't last. How soon we forget.
Sgt. Pepper
All you need is love.
It's why I have PTSD to this day, and it's why I speak up whenever this painful subject is being addressed online or in real life. It's the reason why I got involved in the Native American culture and involved in Native American activism. I've reclaimed my Cherokee and Choctaw heritage and identity. I've dedicated my life to learning as much as I can about my heritage and I've connected with it on a personal level. I've spent years learning about the NDN tribes, their culture, their struggles, their way of life, and their history.
If you aren't interested in doing anything to help, sure... that's all there is to do.
IMO, there is a big difference between trying to make amends and helping.
You can't make up for stealing someone's childhood.
This sounds like excuse-making to justify doing ****-all to make things better.