Secrets Buried in Unmarked Graves: Residential Schools

Being an indigenous women, and a daughter of a residential school survivor, seeing you talk about residential schools makes me feel like our voices are finally being heard, thank you Bailey!

I'm a first generation of not going to a "residential school." Let that sink in. If you think this is a thing of the past, it's not. Thanks for doing this episode.

My grandpa still has his dogtag from one of the residential schools. He just turned 70 and he still cries almost every time I see him. He cannot speak about it and I still don’t know which one he went to. He will never speak about it but I truly respect that. Thanks so much Bailey for doing this

Being a daughter of residential school survivors… this was so hard to hear. I can’t tell you how many tears I’ve cried. I live hours away from the original site where remains were found, and in January, a local residential school (the one my mom and dad went to) will be releasing their statement of how many remains they found. My heart isn’t ready, the subject all together is hard, and Bailey I wanted to say thank you for bringing light to this. This is how we heal, by talking and educating others, and challenging ourselves to do and be better. Sechanalyagh, thank you,

I am a Canadian residential school survivor. I am 51 years old.. its not ancient history.. my community was given the grounds of former residential school . We are currently searching our grounds for bodies of missing children. Bailey.. thank you for your voice and teaching the untold truths of my people.

My mother and father met in residential school. She came home pregnant with me. I'm the first generation to not go to residential school. I'm an intergenerational trauma cycle breaker. ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾 Every Child Matters 🧡🧡

This same process also happened in New Zealand though it looked slightly different. Māori, the indigenous people, were beaten or abused for speaking their language or expressing their culture at schools and this was legitimately written into laws that existed right the way into I think the 60's. Pretty similar story of displacement from land etc as happened in the US and Canada. It seems no matter where the British went they were horrifyingly consistent with their treatment of indigenous peoples

Not indigenous, but an ally...I will be using this video for my son's history class for homeschooling. We're at the colonization period, and I'm not sugar coating anything for him, so he gets to know the truth. No mainstream schooling curriculum!

as a person who’s mom went to residential schools in Canada, I’m only 16 and I’m so glad your spreading awareness about this. ITS NOT IN THE PAST

As a indigenous woman, this makes me absolutely happy that a influencer is talking about this and educating the YouTube platform, none of my role models have not spread any awareness WHATSOEVER!! Bailey I’m manifesting you get the success you DESERVE! Thank you for speaking up with our people.

Your hair is connected to your spirit. I didn’t go to a residential school but my grandparents did & the affects of residential schools are still prevalent in the current times . It’s generational trauma .

I really appreciate you not only using terminology for this (colonization, colonizers, white washing) and telling it like it is! The school systems have romanticized a lot of history.

For those of you that may not know, this “history” was carried on till 1996. Which is when the last residential school was finally closed. Thats only 25 years ago, This history is still fresh and still effects a lot of us and our families to this day. 1996, I was born in 2000. We were the generation that got away but still carry the generational trauma and heartache of our past loved ones that suffered. This is very important and not talked about enough, Thank you for speaking up for us on your platform. You have my whole heart and all my respect. 🧡 Hiy Hiy Bailey. (Thank you in Cree language)

Not even 50 years ago…the last residential school to close in Canada was in 1997 and and so far they found 7310 bodies of children who were ripped away from their families (as young as 2 years old) never to return home, and never to get the justice they deserve! Thank you for bringing more awareness to this dark history that they tried so hard for decades to sweep under the rug.

My great grandma was a residential school survivor and she never told us about her experiences and she took the trauma and horrible memories with her to the creator. I miss you so much Éna💔 ❤️9/14/38 ~ 9/30/21❤️

Last summer here in South Dakota on the rosebud reservation, bodies of children finally got to come home! We're given a traditional burial. This has taken so long to achieve and was very emotional.

My 31 year old brother was the last generation of residential school survivors. In 1996. He passed on Oct 27, 2021. He always spoke about his trauma and systematic marginalization. I am a residential school survivor as well, my brother and I took different paths. 😔 Thank you for bringing an awareness to this issue. 🙏

As a generational survivor of residential schools, this was quite hard to watch, but I’m massively glad you talked about it. Every child matters.

Money and religion are the root of all evil, nothing truer than that. Watching this from Zambia, Africa and this was heartbreaking to hear, my heart goes out to ythe families of the survivors

My mom survived Stewart Boarding school in Carson City, NV. She is now almost 80 years old and she still remembers everything she endured. Most people do not realize this school was in operation until 1980.