Today it rained all day long. It was one of the rare day that rained from morning. It was cold as the lowest temperature of 2 C (35.6 F). Still, it was not bad as Navajoland at all. Their lowest temperature had been already -10 C (14 F).
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I watched the movie “Indian Horse (2017)”.
This movie is based on the Richard Wagamese’s non-fiction novel “Indian Horse”. It is about an Ojibwe boy who survives the Indian residential school system to become a star ice hockey player.
In one word, this was a tough movie to watch through. While watching, the memories in my deep inside flooded back to me. My soul still remembers all these terrible and unfair deeds in the past lives.
The scenes in the school where the nuns and other school faculties treated the Native boys and girls in an abusive and cruel way. They were denied everything they received from their parents and grandparents; the mother tongue and the culture. They were forced to become a Christian.
In the movie, even after the main character boy got out of the school and became a star ice hockey player, he went through the unfair treatments from the public and society. After many Natives went through this kind of unfair treatments, they ended up becoming an alcoholic to escape from the mean society.
It was painful for me to watch this movie through. My husband left the movie in the middle. He could not watch through. He didn’t say much, but I understand how he felt.
I remember both of his grandparents often told me about their own experiences in the boarding school. They went through the unbelievable and shocking experiences, just like being described in this movie.
This is my sincere hope that the Native ancestors who had been treated improperly in the society are now all in the safe and peaceful place; aka, their original spiritual homeland. They deserve all the bests. I know they have been watching over their dependents very well from the spirit world.
I want to contribute to make this world to a better one. I have been praying for it every day. My contribution might be small, but I believe everybody’s positive thoughts does count.
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