Being humiliated, abused...The survivors of the Canadian aboriginal boarding school recounted "eternal scars"
Since May this year, a large number of children's remains have been found in the old sites of aboriginal boarding schools in Canada. The dark history of genocide by the aboriginals of Canada has shocked the international community.
Recently, a number of survivors of aboriginal boarding school have come out to talk about the inhuman treatment they suffered that year.
When Jimmy Papati was 5 years old, he was forced to enter an Aboriginal boarding school, where he was called a "dirty Indian" by nuns and forced to speak French, a language he didn't understand at all.
He said that if there is a slight error in grammar when speaking French, he will be beaten severely.
Jimmy Papati, a survivor of aboriginal boarding school: The boarding school system deprives us of culture, language, and spirit. We were spiritually destroyed when we were growing up. Our mother tongue was forbidden to use, and all cultural symbols related to us were banned. Obliterate.
In many aboriginal boarding schools in Canada, they have not only lost their cultural affiliation, but they have also completely ignored their basic right to life. Various abuses, including sexual abuse, occur from time to time.
One of the survivors of the Aboriginal boarding school, Alice Mowat spent his life in the boarding school from 6 to 13 years old.
Mowat recalled that after arriving at the boarding school, she and her sister were immediately divided into different age groups, and she realized that she would face loneliness in the days after that.
Alice Mowat, a survivor of the Aboriginal boarding school: The most painful experience is the abuse. I have experienced it myself. I have experienced physical abuse and sexual abuse. I was also insulted. "You stupid, you don’t have anything. Understand".
Johnny Wilder recalled that in the Aboriginal boarding school, he was very scared when he went to bed at night, because people always came to the room to harass them.
Everyone will cover their heads with blankets and pray that this person will never stop in front of their bed.
He now has a clearer understanding of the term "survivor" after the incidents of children's remains were discovered one after another on the site of a Canadian aboriginal boarding school.
Johnny Wilder, Aboriginal boarding school survivor: Now I understand why I am a survivor. A survivor is someone who has not been buried in the ground. I am a survivor because I am still alive.