Unseen Tears: The Native American Boarding School Experience in Western New York Part 1
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Unseen Tears Native American boarding school documentary. Residential schools / boarding schools in the U.S. and Canada have had a lasting impact on Native communities.
Native American families in Western New York and Ontario continue to feel the impact of the Thomas Indian School and the Mohawk Institute. Survivors speak of traumatic separation from their families, abuse, and a systematic assault on their language and culture. Western New York Native American communities are presently attempting to heal the wounds and break the cycle inter-generational trauma resulting from the boarding (residential) school experience. Unseen Tears documents the stories of boarding school survivors, their families, and social service providers.
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Being a residential school survivor it’s sad all the abuse we endured let be sexual and physical that our stories were swept under the rug we need our voices to be heard it is very hard sometimes when the wife wants to know about everything that happened I do tell her and she can’t fathom the fact that they were capable of such cruelty towards us but it did happen and I applaud all my brothers and sisters who have the strength to speak up about it
History is hell on earth exposed. I cannot begin to express my sorrow for al you endured. We cry our culture has been stolen but we must stop first and remember our elders like you who lived this horror. I was born 1989 and cannot fathom how close to my birth this all happened. To think they would have assumed me less than like you too. We are people. I’m thankful I come from proud people but have deep heartache and haunted by this past
I’m sorry so much of our Mother Earth is being corrupted. I wish you all the peace
Mitakuye Oyasin
It's so disgusting what the government did to the Native peoples! There's just no other words....
And the Catholic Church
@@liaisonsus and the Christian church
They are still doing it by forcing us to get the chinese flu shot
@@chriseiden2674 Yeah, because it’s allll about YOU. Frig your community, your neighbors, any sense of social responsibility falls on your willfully deaf ears. Unfortunately for the rest of us you got polio shots.
I am an adult white woman .. I have compassion for all of humanity ..my heart aches when I listen to these stories . I love you all and am so deeply hurt when I hear the stories of what you went through as little children . Please except my deepest , heartfelt apology ; if you can!
Those children singing 1 little Indian is sooooo fucking upsetting to me as a Native woman. fuck.
nya:węh exactly I was wondering about that too
I feel for you
I live in Canada but i am french born
I have for a while followed up on the way of Wanka tanka.this can raise eyebrows in many natives of this continent an rightfully so.turns out one of my previous incarnations was a young oneida chief and i found that out through much searching and many years.i was quite surprised actually since i had no idea who the oneidas where.my take is that i am in canada due to some unfinished soul business.normaly i live my life without worries but this later situation has just turned my stomach around🤢🤮🤬in 1967 my year of arrrival i met my 17 yrs long boyfriend(just friends now)i met his family and they were very welcoming his uncle wanted me in one of his films as i looked so "indian".i though he was pulling my leg so i did not fellow suit but he was sincere.and btw in the rez i look like everyone mm.lol..turned out his grandmother was indian and they were hiding it!!! I though this to be outreagous .i was not aware of all the monstrosites that were perpretated .and now it has woken up all kinds of feelings in me.i am so sorry for what you people suffered at the hands of those deviants.btw the statue of Ryerson has been toppled down in Toronto.he was much instrumental in this gravious affair as was the first prime minister of the day mc donald?take the indian out of the man??? Nono "in order to know where you are going you have to know where you come from"those poor kids did not stand a chance🤮🤬just saying.bless be.
That first comment… I’m so sorry to you and your people 🥺 this breaks my heart that anyone would be so twisted as to think this way
Read lakota woman the part where she fights a white man in a bar while pregnant makes me so angry. I van hardly read it.
This happened to the Aboriginals in Australia..."lost children"...very cruel.
This still continues to blow my mind to this day. The fact that this was not only allowed to happen, but was considered socially acceptable is so mind-boggling. How could anyone with a conscience look at something like this and not feel physically ill? This was by far one of the worst aspects of American history ever. If I could go back in time and change history for the better, I would do it without hesitation.
It's still being done today by throwing into "mental institutions".
*throwing people
I always said if there was a time machine it's the one thing i'd go back to fix.
Lisa plambeck. It was not only allowed but sanctioned by the public at large. It was easy for them they wanted the land and the resources. They convinced themselves that they were dealing with savages. And IF they ever had a second of remorse (I hope that some did), they pacified themselves by insisting it was for the best...these people needed to be brought to God and become civilized. And that is how America and Canada set out to assimilate the FIRST NATIONS.
White man was possessed back then possibly
My dear friend Marv Henry who was Mohawk took me under his wing he knew how I felt as a Native, he shared so much with me I hope and pray he is with our Creator walking in peace as he taught me so much about staying on the Red Road. I miss him so.
the last residential school here in Canada was finally closed in 1996. The effects of what has happened to Our Ancestors is disgusting in every way. Innocent children including my own parents were ripped from their loving families as young as 4. Yes I feel pain from what we have been deprived of. I heard it takes 7 generations to repair a full century of these alleged "civilization laws", if done with proper care meaning no addictions for every generation. The damage done is hard to undo because we now live in a society that feeds on addictions to keep functioning. I am an alcoholic and yes I felt I've lost my way home sometimes but I will never lose my sober path again. My children's future children makes me believe we are well on our way home together
Oh my goodness! They used to make us sing that in school! USA public school system!!
+Mario Vaughn There is a book called
Social plays, games, marches, old folk dances and
rhythmic movements : for use in Indian schools
Its on archive.org There were many other lessons that were similar.
Just about every time. Every time I watch this, watch other stories. It just it makes me cry and cry. But then I remembered. We endured all of this shit, but we're still here.
I am a white american. I am appalled, heart broken and deeply sorry for what my forefathers did to your people. I have taken my grandaughter to Fort Totten so that I could teach her about what happened. She saw me weap.....and she learned what happened.....but when she asked me why....I could not answer. How can I answer that question, when I can't begin to understand why? Much love and respect to you...
Some people need to look up the influence Madison Grant had on Hitler. Eugenics was an international movement, but it was pushed hard by his connections to "influential" white men like F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby) who could sway readers with tone. The Roaring 20s indeed.
@@hopemarshall7219 How does the great gatsby support eugenics? The character in the book who promotes it is portrayed negatively and is a murderer. I couldn't find anything showing that Scott supported eugenics either. Besides that I agree that Hitler was greatly influenced by American racism.
They were not your forefathers, you have nothing to feel guilty about. Just because you are white, does not mean you did this!
This is a real shame! They never taught the truth in school.
To bad OUR ancestors didn't learn the "savage" ways...They were so pathetic....
Yes we were! But then again, I spent my years in an all Black School! We learned about this, the slave history, and the Klan!
+ThePoacherz They never told the truths about slaves either. The school I went to was also mostly black. The problem with being a white person is that hundreds of years later you personally are blamed for acts that you had nothing to do with.
Yeah and we're still suffering because of who OUR ancestors are (Natives) so why wouldn't whites also go through it?
nya:węh Because two wrongs don't make a right. Natives went through absolute, inhumane treatment, but white people oppressed other whites as well. We have to unite and overcome these atrocities by teaching them in its absolute truth, not by blaming one another.
Thanks for all the thumbs up.
This should be mandatory in NY history just like the holocaust and the potato famine. NY went from %100 native to what is present today, the least that could be done is correct NY history.
You could always try to get the film in your local school. You have my permission to screen the film at your local schools or public library or other venue.
Thank you . I will contact the superintendent of my local district and also write to our State Governor about updating what is mandatory in NY history classes.
I think this is the dumbest comment I have ever read. It's not even consistent.
Troll
It is taught in some places. I am a NYS teacher and include it every year. the "newer" NYS curriculum does include a mention of "boarding schools" like Carlisle. It would be nice if they specifically mentioned a NYS school... Also, my grandfather was at this school when he was 8 years old. I can barely get through this without crying :'(
remember that we alway be indigeous blood love the survivors for staying strong for am Mexican indigeous we never spoke Spanish or English we are indigeous. much love 1000 %
The fact that they don’t teach us this stuff in school is so absurd
These are a few stories out of thousands out there. I grew up right next to a boarding school and never knew why it was never demolished. You can feel the presence of children and I have heard my relatives horror stories about these boarding schools. They have killed, raped and done such atrocities to our native people. These stories need to be told in school and there needs to be healing.
I dont thing the general population knew😡🤮🤬
@@andreebesseau6995 they need to be taught by us, not swept under the rug
They do teach this in our school in Wisconsin. We have a whole section about Native American history.
This proves that the state having a monopoly on power can only be problematic
Not demolitions it provides nightmares. Another form of abuse and control
I'm so disgusted how my family was treated! I can't even explain!
No words would describe how I feel each story I read, video I watch on these inhumane activities and racism. 😢 as a 71 yr old white woman , Im ashamed. We created this, we continue to allow all this abuse on our sweet earth mother. She weeps, so do I. 😢 may the angels hold them all in peace and hope.
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USA🇺🇸, CANADA🇨🇦, SOUTH AFRICA🇿🇦, AUSTRALIA🇳🇿 AND NOW PALESTINE🇵🇸 & Xinjiang🏳! Apart from supporting these first nations indigenous people, Please stand with those indigenious who are being colonised and oppressed today!
It just breaks my heart seeing the Native Man behind the guy talking during the black and white screen. He looks so lost because of what he went through.
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THANK U FOR SPREADING THE WORD!! BLESS YOU
alchemicalmedia
alchemicalmedia hey can I know the name of the man who was speaking at 7:16?
Should be millions but most people have no damn clue
Justice must be found….this is horrific
this video needs to be shared
+Gurbaz Dhadda please share.
Oh my God I'm so sorry you went through this. Unbelievable
Absolutely heart breaking
My heart is in so much pain watching the children.
I was taken out of my home at 3 years old and taken to residential school only to be almost killed there. They didn't want me thereafter, and I was taken to the Supreme Court to be made a ward of the courts. I was then handed over to the social service to be put into the foster care system. I was in the foster care system up until I was 13 years old and I was kicked out of my foster parent's place. Social service could not find another place for me, so I was put on independent living at 13 years old, soak that in. Two weeks after I was on my own, I was kidnapped, raped by a man up in the mountains, almost killed, and left for dead up in the mountains stark naked. And today I'm a filmmaker telling our story.
I’m happy you made it through to help others and tell your story ❤I haven’t spoke to my daughter in almost 2 months and I find it odd for Social workers, people claiming to be family, teachers , etc. not able to facilitate communication to know she is safe when they know they are all breaking there own laws.
I am in tears. This is beyond heartbreaking and absolutely abhorrent.
This is one of the few reasons of why America has never been great.
I understand but that is why it is up too us as Americans to teach are children the history so it does not repeat and try to live and do to others what you would want done to you in return
there’s a lot of reasons why america has never been great
I cannot imagine how any descendants of the offenders can live with themselves. The people that did this were very sick. My thoughts are with the victims
This just breaks my heart
This is unbelievable, right down the street all this happened and I had no idea living here.
My Humanities teacher showed us this in class (we're learning about Native Americans). As a South American Native, this upsets me.
where was it that you saw it?
alchemicalmedia In School, my History teacher showed us this because she knew that this wasn't in her curriculum book.
Thanks. A number of classes in high schools, colleges, universities, and agencies have begun to use this documentary for that same reason. Thank your history teacher for me.
I grew up in Buffalo. I remember going to the Akron reservation, in the 1960's, we had a Native housekeeper who lived on the rez with her family, some of the houses were just shacks, with outhouses for bathrooms. Back then, the N.Y. DFY (Division for Youth) also ran some pretty brutal "schools" in WNY, like "Industry", or the Great Valley camp, where children, who were mostly white, and who had been abandoned or "sold" to the state by their parents, were forced to work in the woods cutting down trees using double- bitted axes, among other things. I have a friend who was sent to Industry as a child, his stories about the place are disgusting, he is traumatized for life. I would like to see a documentary about the atrocities committed by the NYDFY back then, if there are any living survivors.
Those kids had been adjudicated PINS or JDs, unlike the Native Americans whose only “offense” was the circumstances of their births.
My heart is bleeding when I see what they have done to the Native Americans....so sad!
Found this video in a Social Work professor's power point. Shared on personal FB. Thank you for this.
Thank you.
Can we get this video to a million views? Look at what gets all the views on youtube. Why not a video with an important message? In the last 5 months Unseen Tears received 10k views. This is an increase but I would like to see that go even higher. You can help by sharing and linking to the video. Every playlist, embed, link, and share has helped. Please leave comments too.
There are 2 more parts to this video uploaded if you want to learn more. Additionally there is another video about the boarding schools on this channel at ua-cam.com/video/ZO38EUu-1uA/v-deo.html or visit the playlist.
I want more people to see this. I knew it wasn't just in Canada. A friend from Buffalo State College sent me here. What other resources are there?
This is why my grandpa refused to have any of his children registered. Ironically, my family's lack of breeding papers is why some indigenous brothers and sisters turn up their noses at us. 🙄 I don't want your "citizenship card". I don't need the government that our ancestors spent centuries fighting to define who I am. You should all feel the same considering what still goes on to this day.
Thanks for posting.
I let my Navajo students sit in a circle or on the floor to do their Mathematics, and another white teacher told me I was wrong - that "we need to civilise these kids!" I thought I was teaching Math. 1996 Chinle Arizona
That's insane. Many years ago, when I was in the 1st or 2nd grade back in 1994 or 1995, our teacher would sometimes take us outside and have us do our school work in little groups or we would form a half-circle around her and listened as she taught. Man...times have changed😑
There nothing wrong with sit wherever just teach read write. Math and they can learn language ..hell don't you think people learn differ language in school ...Spanish ...German ...Italian ...french .... So ..
It makes me cringe just the thought of these monsters that held the Bible in their hands to cover their devil ways. My heart will cry for a long time for all these lost souls . Being a mother of two beautiful children...This hits me hard and I hold them tight. Having someone walk in my home and forcefully take my children away is every parents nightmare 😭💔 ANY GOVERNMENT OR CHURCHS AROUND THE WORLD THAT DID THIS OR IS STILL DOING THIS ....SHAME ON YOU !!! IM DISGUSTED WITH SOME HUMANS THAT COME TO THIS WORLD TO JUST HURT AND CAUSE SO MUCH PAIN TO OTHERS. RACISM BREAKS MY HEART. 💔
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Damn I literally have never heard a single word of this
Shameful. We all should be ashamed especially those who remain silent and don't share/educate others about this.
I am white I share all I am learning about the natives with others that have the heart to listen. Those now are doing their own learning
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!!! NO WORDS NECESSARY. Also, no need for sub-titles. 🖖💚☘🌈
This is beyond heartbreaking also, it's total cultural genocide as well😒😔
gennifer rhoads nah just genocide
Wrong, it's cultural and genocide in general, u weren't there and u weren't a victim of these atrocities....
Really how is it not genocide ?
It is, bye!
The American Indian children and their families were innocent and didn't deserve this. Generations of trauma resonate today. I don't believe in corporal punishment for children and trying to control others through fear.
My two sisters and i went through this
Good effort
Considering the lack of afforable housing for most people in my community for decades now I wouldn't say my community is entirely civilized yet. Most seem to have more concern for their automobiles and pets than their neighbors.
Did anyone catch the support listed at the end for anyone needing help processing the content?
That sad what happened to my Native People
this started in the 1860's and stopped happening only in the early 1990's. that's about 130 years which is just completely absurd
Wrong on every level
Is this video copy righted would i be able to use the video in a animated collage that only the professor will see?
Luckily there were a group of disbanded cherokees by chief dragging canoe(tsiyu gansini-he is dragging his canoe), i'm a direct ancestor of him thanks to that great chief who lead them to fighting for their lives, culture, land and future generations
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How long more will these people suffer?
Where did the video of the kids singing come from? Is it available for public use?
Hello. The clip is not available for public use. It is licensed for use in this documentary. It is not public domain footage.
If you would like to talk about where it it is from email me directly at alchemicalmedia@gmail.com
Poor kids omg I'm horrified breaks my heart
One day at school they called me a Savage I told them you have not been here even 300 years and you destroyed the water the air UL bombs that will destroy everything now you tell me who is the Savage I was beaten with the ruler and handcuffed to my bed United States boarding schools
@alchemicalmedia: I am wondering who (name?) is the government official speaking at minute 7:03? Was this in Western New York or in Brantsford, Ontario?
That's a newsreel. He is "reporting" on a story as far as I know. That clip is is from New Mexico. We are looking at a policy of assimilation that was carried out across what territory is claimed by the United States and Canada. Interestingly the Russian government carried out similar policies in Alaska. The United States only needed to change the language of instruction at the schools the Russians had set up before the sale of the Alaska territory.
The federal and state schools adopted uniform standards and practices and applied them to the continent. Why are there so many less languages now in North America than there were 100 years ago?
Very few films exist of the New York schools there are more films of western schools. They started later and for whatever reasons there were more films made at those schools. Possibly because the BIA kept their media division in the west. The CBC does have more reels of schools in Ontario.
Is there a specific citation?
These are European/Asian people. This is not me from Mississippi.
“This was never talked about”
And here we are in 2021, native genocide is so talked about that it literally cancelled Canada Day
We can't let kids learn these facts and so called critical race theory because something something.
the subtitles are horrific. They should be removed.
😭😭😢😭😢
If only sympathy were the guideline of curriculum before this started, and more so today.
I just got slapped by blatant RACISM. 🤯
Wow I can't believe they don't teach this in public schools. I was fortunate enough to attend Catholic school all my life, and I had a great teacher that didn't teach from the standard government mandated textbook in middle school. She taught my class this and much more. I didn't realize that this boarding school system had been going on for so long. So sad D:
+Maiseymax696 Unseen Tears has been making it into some classrooms. I imagine some teachers would have a hard time getting this in.
Just recently First Nations, in Canada have uncovered the remains of 700+ indigenous children, in an unmarked grave, at one of the MANY “Catholic residential schools” in Canada.
Savage is an offending word to native Americans like me and many others! It is offensive because it is exactly like a someone saying the N word if they're not African. And don't say that it's any different because it's not it is the same thing
Have you seen the documentary More Than a Word? morethanawordfilm.com/
who was the man talking at 8:47, was that Richard Henry Pratt?
+sanyika10able no. He is an unidentified newsman reporting on that school.
Starting at 7:02 look at the face of the woman on the right. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that kind of fear on someone.
It has been years since I looked at the longer clip that this is cut from but It the camera turned off abruptly and it looks like she may have fainted It shard to tell because it happens so quickly, just several frames of film. You can tell that they were standing in very hot sun on hot day for who knows how long while this crew got their clip.
The captions are poor. Don’t read them just listen to the truth of these fine folks.
I don’t understand it’s just heavy on the heart ❤
here after finished anne with an E s3, I feel angry about how the story arc for Ka'kwet ended, I think I missed an episode or something, I don't want to believe that the story ended there, but yeah I'ts likely that she didn't make it, the harsh truth of history.
The text needs to be re-done. It has a lot of mistakes.
+Lisa Olver Sorry most it is automated and prone to error.
Not gonna feed a troll.
I am a Mexican but I know indigeous bloodline and don't not like what these s.o.b did
they were found.
This is beyond fucked up no pride in genocide 🧡✊🏽🧡
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This is sad!
Pratt University in NY needs to get a name change.
I'd like to know who is doing the captioning on this film. If there were a HOH or deaf person watching this, they would not be able to make any sense of what anyone was saying and the message would be very lost. It makes their stories senseless and only makes them look bad. Someone should really look into this
These girls look like me when I was little, my mom was Shawnee, my grandma would tell me don't tell any one your Indian. I wonder hey
This is completely horrible.
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who ever did the subtitles for this video did a horrible job
@alchemicalmedia UA-cam lets you edit the subtitles or closed captioning. Here's a video with clear instructions: ua-cam.com/video/CZFh7BuI4L8/v-deo.html
The words on the bottom make no sense. He says mom, they write mod.
I was taken from San Pedro Sula Honduras. And bought to the United States. Till this day I do not my family from Honduras. I was Human Trafficked at birth. My story sounds like the stories I’ve heard. I’m 49 percent Native American. I was robbed from my culture and roots. Thanks to 23 and me . I’m finding closure.
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Funny, you don’t see any Black so called Natives on here compare to other videos about indigenous people of North America...
Different tribes a*& hole!
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Learning about Residential Schools will never not be important or relevant! People need to see history... Because is it really history? Or just evolved into a different form...
Deuteronomy 28:32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.
Deut 28:33
The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed away:
Deut 28:34
So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
We are from the tribe of Gad we must repent and keep Gods law.