It's terrible when google can't camouflage gaps in knowledge.
I don't condone the forcible removal of children from their homes unless there is a reason, and from what I know, there were reasons. Where is the information about how these children's families were living, and where is the information about how the first nation culture was being taught to these children before they were removed from environments where they did not learn English, did not read books, did not have skills to interact nor address the modernization of society.
Yes, yes, that is sad when gaps in knowledge are so apparent, isn't it ariadne?
You're being ethnocentric in assuming that native children needed, at any point in time, to be living like us. You see, they'd done this neat thing called 'treaties', which were meant to help them maintain their way of life. Because what they wanted and what we wanted weren't the same. But, instead of leaving it at that, it was decided that an entire generation of children ought to be whisked off, based solely on race (as it was applied to many children, not selectively by circumstance), and 're-educated' to the standard of 'us'.
Now, dwelling in the past isn't a great route to take, I'll grant you that. But pretending that the breaking up of families, the institutionalized abuse and molestation of children, was okay in some way, just irks me to no end. There's a reason we've had to pay reparations, there's a reason our politicians are apologizing.
And no, I'm not going to fish out links to fill in your gaps in knowledge. You seem proud of your capabilities, do it yourself.
