Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair | movie | 2021 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Murray Sinclair's acceptance speech for an award in honor of his role as chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commissio | dG1fckNxYUlBcllDa3c

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00:00Quite frankly, most of Canada did not know anything about residential schools.

00:08Even those who knew about the schools being in existence,

00:11they didn't have any idea of what happened in those schools.

00:15We were treated like a herd of animals.

00:18I saw children shivering in their beds because of the thin blankets.

00:23I saw girls forced to eat their own vomit.

00:26I saw children gagging on their food because they didn't like it,

00:31and they'd swallow it in fear of the nun's mighty hand.

00:35I lost my innocence.

00:38I lost my dignity.

00:40I lost my pride.

00:43I was beaten.

00:45I was told that I was stupid, dumb, lazy, ugly,

00:51that I was a savage.

00:54I didn't learn anything. I didn't learn anything in that school.

00:58We have found documents in the Archives of Canada

01:02in which military officials encourage the Department of Indian Affairs

01:06to ensure that more and more children are placed in residential schools

01:10because, the documents say, if we have their kids,

01:15they will be less inclined to go to war against us.

01:19I hope from this that we can send a message to create that process of hope for our children and our grandchildren.

01:45to be able to save their girls is a natural language.

01:47For me, the beste in our past, the nature's beauty will be less effective.

01:51For me, my son, I will request you for my kids.

01:53And, I want to give up my kids and for my kids,

01:55in this case for a quick moment,

01:57I'll give up my kids a little bit of my parents,

02:00a little bit of my friends,

02:01an answer to my kids.

02:03I'll give up my kids a little bit of my kids a little bit of my birthday website.

02:05We have to improve my kids and a little bit of my kids.