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I knew it wasn't
going to be a good place the first step that I
put into the building. I went to the
residential school, transported, you
see, in that truck. It looked like a cattle truck. All of my siblings,
we all went in together. The priests and nuns came and
my brothers went that way, and my sisters went that way,
and I never seen them again. - The residential
school system took away my language, my culture... And my identity
going to be a good place the first step that I
put into the building. I went to the
residential school, transported, you
see, in that truck. It looked like a cattle truck. All of my siblings,
we all went in together. The priests and nuns came and
my brothers went that way, and my sisters went that way,
and I never seen them again. - The residential
school system took away my language, my culture... And my identity
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I knew it wasn't
going to be a good place
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the first step that I
put into the building.
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I went to the
residential school,
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transported, you
see, in that truck.
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It looked like a cattle truck.
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All of my siblings,
we all went in together.
00:00:17.753 --> 00:00:22.052
The priests and nuns came and
my brothers went that way,
00:00:22.998 --> 00:00:24.989
and my sisters went that way,
and I never seen them again.
00:00:24.991 --> 00:00:27.893
- The residential
school system took away
00:00:27.895 --> 00:00:29.532
my language, my culture...
00:00:30.964 --> 00:00:33.036
And my identity.
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Movie Summary
Cree code talker Aline Spears survives her traumatic past in Canada's residential school system to continue her family's generational fight against systemic starvation, racism and sexual abuse.
