tv Documentary RT April 4, 2023 1:30pm-2:00pm EDT
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versions, by so many things for those details as all to contribute to rachel mouth and that, you know, russia, as in bob way, continue to expand their cultural ties with the new monuments celebrating the soviet, the victory in world war 2 to be built in the museum in the african countries capital, zimbabwe sets of built a monument honoring russia's victory in the world. war 2 at the african museum, currently being constructed right here behind me in the capital already visible government is trying to maintain it strong relationship with moscow as one of his greatest allies. both russia and zimbabwe, under international sanction. the unique aspect are bogged the museum of african to partition is about telling and preserving the story of how african countries good barely barry shing from colonization. yes, we have seen a number from 0 or all over and they tell different stories and different
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narratives, but ours is unique in that it totally talks about how people go deliberation, how different countries good their independence from colonial masters. so ours used to tell the story and to preserve the narrative, often how african countries or daily reticence, zimbabwe is known for its close relationship with russia. the southern africans, nations liberation war. heroes have described the move as another step towards strengthening the diplomatic ties between the 2 countries. the relationship between russians and bub where has helped me out 1st and foremost as, as in bob when citizen, it has helped me because i haven't managed to understand the impact of our countries that are not necessarily on the continent in being able to assist us. so our liberation came through from, ah,
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assistance that was derived from countries outside of the continent and of which russia was also one of the key players in assisting us. so as, as in bob, when i benefited from assistants, militarily, i'm to gain independence. my to be a significant addition to the african museum and it's expected to abstract visit the from all over the world. news has been for you on the murder case of russian journalist of lovelyn to caskey, an extremist group calling itself in the national republican army. has came responsibility for the report as assassination as a cafe in some petersburg on sunday. the group claims that it acted independently without any help from foreign services. back in august, the same radical group which has been linked to ukrainian intelligence. so that was responsible for killing another russian children, daddy, a duke and outside moscow. the radical group was created by
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a russian opposition politician who now lives in kiev, who says he wants to overthrow the kremlin, will bring to more details on this. next now. is a good fear coming up next on all here, documentary, looking into the historical we education of indigenous children in canada and the abuse they suffered as we follow. the struggle for justice will be back in the me the
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too high for me. so somebody put me in the chair and my feet, they're up can even touch the floor and they turn to power on electricity. then the cat, wendy electricity goes, you candidly goal? cuz the gen the electricity makes you tighten it. she can't play golf for you. you were tortured like that. ah, they make it because they went to their land. will they broke their children? what did i go? did this or do anything? i was touched, the child. thank
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more than 2000 reserves like this one they were set up in the late 19th century by the indian act. the law governing the indigenous population this racist build, made them 2nd class citizens separate from white people. today they are known as 1st nations peoples. back then, they were savages. i am designated asked indian o lives inside i reserve to separate the we are hidden people of canada here and here the government wants the color printer for the i call it my grandfather's land.
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the indian act is still applicable to day it was introduced in an attempt to settle and thus better control and nomadic people along with their territory and resources . the reserves were run by nuns and priests, and their mission was to evangelize the savages to assimilate them while we're building a garden the her pictures from the school. so this one is good. this is her, the students girls, the months. and these are the brothers. ah blade brothers and hope that prisoners are here. it's hard
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to resist. at that time, very hard to resist. ah, ah, in from the age of 4 or 5, children were torn from their families and handed over to missionaries to be educated. they were sent to what were referred to as residential schools. ah, the system was mandatory under the indian any families refusing to release their children or persecuted oh and denied the meager state allowance because i have long hair and i put it in rate. so somebody comes behind
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me, cuts my brain off, my hair falls over, it looks like this. ah . as soon as the children or anything identified them as indian was eliminated or their clothes were burned, they were forbidden to speak their own language. ah, they were issued with a uniform and a number is going to be the 1st is that's right. we have to be ready for the aim was to make them good little white children. and good little christians. i mean edmond and his cousin spent their childhood at saint em's the school on their
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reserve. our building they didn't leave until they were 15. i remember my 1st day. i remember looking at my mom to other were walking mom. she was very quiet. and somebody else took me by then but by then i was overwhelmed with the school. i didn't see my mom living until she was gone. and then when i tried to run back or go after her, they closed the door. then the you cried, you know, we're in slow luke, while losing our mum, you're losing here. losing your mum come up on this council for ears. the 2 cousins suffered cruelty and ill treatment.
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it was an experience that marked them for life. even though the escape, the very worst of the abuse the rapes cost o a dead sea brother broadway can be using a child and took them from mad a dormitory on the 3rd floor brought him down to the basement. and as where he attacked the girl your letter bathroom usage with what dana had the year she whole look to provide you they were like, oh butterfield, i could never sleep because i always knew there was something there. somebody, i could hear somebody moving her own or was it was the worst part for me was always waiting every night this like
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there was somebody there that's gonna grab you. that's no place to be for any child. ah, we all came home with a dark secret generation after generation. well see, dance is an infamous school. it was only one of dozens. in a little over a century, 150000 children attended these institutions. ah, 4000 of them lost their lives. the last residential school closed down in 1996. i think the children when you eliminate all their knowledge of their history, their culture, then you're basically killing the people that grew up on these lamps. that knew the
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land that were connected to the lab. and that's what these policies were to take the indian out of the bush to take the indian away from the bush, milan, and assimilate him indoctrinate him. it would benefit, i guess it was the way of killing people, the way of killing a culture, a nation. killed indian mm ah ah, ah
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lou, i can assure you roughly where the scores burned down. fire took it by accident. we don't know. i take me to court. i don't know. only the fire knows for happy the missionaries are gone. now we can do our own find our own way. we don't need to poop. we don't need the pope to tell us what to do with the school is right here. figure 3 stories building is big
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enough for 200 students with you know what we never gave missionaries. we never show them our tiers. we never cried . he can be slapped around like this. bang, bang, bang, bang, bang right, right on your head and face, slap, slap, slap, slap, slap, and kneel on the floor and eat your vomit electrocution. but i'm still here. i'm still standing up, but they're gone. with the last traces of the missionaries present start to be found nearby in the reserve . ok, this follow me omega trail here. it's an
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infamous a place. nobody comes till any more. these abandoned huts were the priest's summer residences. it's too dirty. you don't want to be here. bad spirits here. father la used to run over here after a bitch somebody and ran here and she kept solution in no weapon south. there's a whip there. punish himself. everybody saw him running away from the school. so they said i did it again. now, i guess he was running all the time to to that cabin here, sir brittany or something happened? ah.
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ah cold drives everyone from the sidewalk. they are the only ones left street indians, the image of the dying people tempted by a better life. first nations heath's fleet, the poverty of the reserves, and end up here at the end of the road. in thunder bay, a daily grind of alcohol and drugs and the life of misery that no one pays any attention to any more in the frozen downtown streets you survive anyway, you can oh,
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i was a raised university. now 48. october is a survivor. a veritable miracle, like the rest of his family. people. most of the last generation taught by nuns and priests with for a long time, drowned his pain in alcohol. like almost half the men in his community. for this music is kept me alive, kept me alive. all these years now is 1112 years old ran going to voice code excursions, priest,
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i can see his name ralph roy, you know, you know, are all full. took advantage of a lot of a lot of us there was no winter boys walking on the ice, going to the trap line. and we couldn't go back because we're early. we crossed the lake going in the bush and night time, the police decided to come and sleep say me and why my sleeping way towards the night air and zip my that my my my sleeping way. and grab the in man this and go i can
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hear some of them are my relatives didn't make it jerking themselves to death over doses. suicide, man, you know, and i've done that before. i put a gun there before sticking needle in my arm to hoping to overdose. and i've been to jail. you know, i got drug charges. i got a domestic violence beating up my ex wife, beating up my girlfriends and it's it's, it's hard for her. so the scary thing to talk with in his plight, otto has been able to count on his and yeah, coffee it, i know he's lucky star, coffee,
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grady cocker i'm from the barrett plan. you said it was my grandmother. she always said to me, i never would of bed with dirty dishes on the table cuz little people walk around at night, spit on things as to why people get sick. she says, that's what i do. i usually try and do my dishes before i go to sleep. all the time . i know suffered a lot too. when the residential schools it is a memory she still finds hard to talk about. well, i have when i had, my parents are here so i can say he's 20 here. what i had to say. so natalie say, now it is mad. came
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in late talking about it. but you know what? it made me. it made me the person i am today because i'm a beta i don't give up with anything i know has always wanted to break the vicious circle of trauma. she remained silent on the subject to protect her grandchildren, bear them the fate to befalls most of the communities. youngsters. ah,
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unlike their loved ones, they have not experienced residential schools. ah, yet all seem to carry the burden. in 43 percent of 1st nation youths between the ages of 12 and 24 have addiction issues. women are the biggest victims. in canada, indigenous women are 7 times more likely to die or to be killed than white women. victims of the violence inflicted by men, whether white or indigenous, broken by the inherited trauma of colonization, we are targeted as easy prey who this fam aside phenomenon was acknowledged by the state after a 2 year nationwide study
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ah, a claim. i am a product of the residential school. i was raped by a priest when i was young on my reserve. i was raped by 2 police officers here in thunder bay 182-001-2014. i've been beaten by men by my partners. really bad where my doctor, my doctor file is about that thick with pictures of you couldn't even recognize my
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face. broken bones no more stolen sisters, no more store. no more stone with stolen sisters. more than 4000 of them in 30 years, a phenomenon rooted in the country's history. ah. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy even foundation, let it be an arms race is on often very dramatic development. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successfully, very critical time time to sit down and talk
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burger. ah, if we can you breaking news this out? a ukrainian link takes treatments group calling itself the national republican army claims responsibility for the assassination of russian journalistic lapland petoskey, as long as the main suspect was placed under arrest in moscow on terrorism charges . and then another major story developing donald trump is formerly placed on the rest of the appearing to new york courthouse for his arraignment, becoming the country's 1st form a president to face criminal charges. and the usaa and its allies, including ukraine, didn't.
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