My dad intentionally did not get me status. He hid from me that we are Mi’kmaq until about fifteen years ago when I found out his sister is Mi’kmaw. He was trying to save me from what had happened to him and his siblings, and you know, maybe he did. Because I was never taken away and incarcerated in one of those loathsome residential “schools”. The last residential school closed three years after I graduated university. He only opened up to me about his mom being Mi’kmaw a year ago. I know almost nothing about Mi’kmaq culture. The very little I do know comes from a Mi’kmaw elder who prepared me to go through a week of ceremony shortly after the lockdowns. Please consider donating to the Indian Residential School Survivors’ Society. You could also look through the #IndigenousMutualAid tag and find folks who can really use your help.   #ResidentialSchool #genocide #Indigedon #OrangeShirtDay #IndigenousMastodon #TruthAndReconciliationDay   https://www.irsss.ca

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