The Fallen Feather - Kinetic Video

The federal governments desire to do away with the Indian fact left deep scars
leaving behind generations of disposed people. Separated from their culture and
separated from their land
We would be putting our heads in the sand if we were to argue that there was no
prejudice or that there has been no discrimination or that there has been no
racism. We have had all of those in Canada. And we still experience that today.
Even though we have a more tolerant country then most in the world we still
suffer from discrimination and prejudice. In jails, detention centres, youth
detention centres that are filled with our people. Provincial jails, in some
provincial jails 100% of the inmate population are First Nations. Federal
penitentiaries; we are only 4% of the Canadian population, in some penitentiaries
it’s up to 50%. And that’s by-product of poverty. There’s no question about that.
And if you go back a little further, it’s Residential Schools that created this or
caused this dysfunction in our families and in our communities.
National Chief Phil Fontaine, AFN
I hoped I could find some advice on how we could all move forward and bring
closure.
I’m just hoping that you can shed some
light on this. I believe that’s its all about
better exposure.
Through education
Jannica R Hoskins
For sure, but in terms of… here I’m
referring to what Canadian are exposed
to. They ought to be exposed to the
facts; the true story about aboriginal
people or First Nations people here; the
conditions, the intolerable conditions
that exist in First Nations communities.
And to bring closure for many of us its
about telling our story. And that’s
always been my biggest and strongest
desire. Was to have someone
recognize what was done to us. Accept
responsibility for what was done to us.
Apologies for what was done to us. And
then most importantly, is to be able to
tell the story so that all will know what the Residential experience was all about.
What it did to people. The consequences of those actions, and its place in our
history because we all have to contend with that now.
National Chief Phil Fontaine
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