The Canadian government and Catholic Church did not cop to crimes such as this on the basis of flimsy evidence, but an overwhelming historical record.
You pick at this and that to little effect, about a particular film, and then move to try to exonerate a church and nation as a whole for thoroughly documented genocidal actions. It’s an attempt to jump a Grand Canyon with a pogo stick and falls spectacularly flat.
The overwhelming historical record shows that: 1) Chiefs were brought east, saw the Mohawk Institute as a model and approved it; they knew their next generations had no buffalo to chase and needed different skills. 2) IRS overwhelming saved the lives of orphans and children at risk; the most successful Indigenous Canadians are IRS graduates; 3) no one in Canada has ever been charged or convicted of genocide vis a vis IRS - they were a lifeboat for many children orphaned or at risk. https://medium.com/@UndauntedArtz2/indian-residential-schools-the-untold-story-of-a-lifeboat-for-the-least-of-society-66cb2c4d4042 Thus, your unfounded accusations fall spectacularly flat.
Ahh! So, I was correct in thinking this came from a place of denialism to begin with. Little wonder the “facts” you site are so haphazard and flimsy (not even attempting to look up/site the actual heat capabilities of the ovens in place at the school, for instance; making a bald assertion about the age of the grandmother, stating that the film doesn’t name her when it does, wild speculation as to how she came to have the baby there). A narrative in search of facts. Sloppy from stem to stern.
If people can contact The Academy, various media outlets - your own local ones and national here and in the US, and share these articles it would help. Post these on your social media. It's really maddening now because this is awards season, so their hype is really taking off. However, we must try. It would help it Roman Catholic groups would speak out as well. Get hold of JD Vance - I believe he is a Catholic. Thank you for wanting to do something!! :)
Do you object to being quoted? I have already sent objections to SD61 about the orange shirt book and Downie and Boyden's (how disappointing) book. I have grandchildren who will be entering the school system in the next couple of years and want to do what I can.
No problem at all! Like most people, when school trustees etc see names like "National Geographic" on something, it sounds like a high integrity show filled with facts - it is astounding to realize no one ever fact-checked it. Was it laziness, fear of being called racist, or intentional? We may never know.
well, NatGeo published a similarly fact-deprived but overly ideological article about the Alberta "tar sands" a few years ago. I cancelled my subscription at that point.
An Indigenous baby is found in a cold incinerator.
The mother left him there.
The father has 17 children.
A film on this true story is made in which the villain is…
a priest.
The mother and father get gobs of praise and government handouts.
The church is disparaged.
THE END
Denialist claptrap.
The Canadian government and Catholic Church did not cop to crimes such as this on the basis of flimsy evidence, but an overwhelming historical record.
You pick at this and that to little effect, about a particular film, and then move to try to exonerate a church and nation as a whole for thoroughly documented genocidal actions. It’s an attempt to jump a Grand Canyon with a pogo stick and falls spectacularly flat.
The overwhelming historical record shows that: 1) Chiefs were brought east, saw the Mohawk Institute as a model and approved it; they knew their next generations had no buffalo to chase and needed different skills. 2) IRS overwhelming saved the lives of orphans and children at risk; the most successful Indigenous Canadians are IRS graduates; 3) no one in Canada has ever been charged or convicted of genocide vis a vis IRS - they were a lifeboat for many children orphaned or at risk. https://medium.com/@UndauntedArtz2/indian-residential-schools-the-untold-story-of-a-lifeboat-for-the-least-of-society-66cb2c4d4042 Thus, your unfounded accusations fall spectacularly flat.
Ahh! So, I was correct in thinking this came from a place of denialism to begin with. Little wonder the “facts” you site are so haphazard and flimsy (not even attempting to look up/site the actual heat capabilities of the ovens in place at the school, for instance; making a bald assertion about the age of the grandmother, stating that the film doesn’t name her when it does, wild speculation as to how she came to have the baby there). A narrative in search of facts. Sloppy from stem to stern.
what can we do about this? any suggestions?
If people can contact The Academy, various media outlets - your own local ones and national here and in the US, and share these articles it would help. Post these on your social media. It's really maddening now because this is awards season, so their hype is really taking off. However, we must try. It would help it Roman Catholic groups would speak out as well. Get hold of JD Vance - I believe he is a Catholic. Thank you for wanting to do something!! :)
Also, pls contact your regional and local school divisions as they want to run this film in every school!
Do you object to being quoted? I have already sent objections to SD61 about the orange shirt book and Downie and Boyden's (how disappointing) book. I have grandchildren who will be entering the school system in the next couple of years and want to do what I can.
No problem at all! Like most people, when school trustees etc see names like "National Geographic" on something, it sounds like a high integrity show filled with facts - it is astounding to realize no one ever fact-checked it. Was it laziness, fear of being called racist, or intentional? We may never know.
well, NatGeo published a similarly fact-deprived but overly ideological article about the Alberta "tar sands" a few years ago. I cancelled my subscription at that point.