We Were Children
03/03/2012
1h 28m
For over 130 years till 1996, more than 100,000 of Canada's First Nations children were legally required to attend government-funded schools run by various Christian faiths. There were 80 of these 'residential schools' across the country. Most children were sent to faraway schools that separated them from their families and traditional land. These children endured brutality, physical hardship, mental degradation, and the complete erasure of their culture. The schools were part of a wider program of assimilation designed to integrate the native population into 'Canadian society.' These schools were established with the express purpose 'To kill the Indian in the child.' Told through their own voices, 'We Were Children' is the shocking true story of two such children: Glen Anaquod and Lyna Hart.
Cast
Lyna Hart
Self
Ross McMillan
Father Y
Glen Anaquod
Self
Alicia Hamelin
Lyna (4 Yrs Old)
Jade Hamelin
Lyna (10 Yrs Old)
Jennie Morin
Lyna (18 Yrs Old)
Rebecca Gibson
Sister Mary
Rene Batson
Glen (6-7 Yrs Old)
Brun Montour
Glen (12 Yrs Old)
Justin Ducharme
Glen (18 Yrs Old)
Justin Courchene
Glen (Adult)
Tyrone Brooks
Glen's Cousin (6-7 Yrs Old)
Rachel Seenie
Glen's Aunt
Glenn Cochrane
Lyna's Grandfather
Fawnda Neckoway
Lyna's Mother
Maggie Nagle
Sister 1
Shawney Moar
Girl at Sink
Kohl Bohemier
Cree Speaking Altar Boy
Tasha Weight
Supervisor
Robert Kostyra
Black Robe Priest
John B. Lowe
Deputy Minister
Curtis Moore
Father X
Jon Ted Wynne
Inspector
Kayla Contois-Moar
Virginia
Kristen Harris
Saskatchewan Nun
Carlos Swampy
Timothy
Daina Leitold
Sister Margaret
Jeff Skinner
Principal - Saskatchewan
Janelle McPherson
Sewing Girl
Rivers Thomas
Second Boy
Darcy Fehr
Glen's Teacher (Priest)
Lois Brothers
Glen's Teacher
Ashley Hirt
Nurse
Darren Felbel
Priest - Saskatchewan
Ramsey Bruce
Glen's Cousin (12 Yrs Old)
Alice Dano
Nun 1
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