Familyseperation Stories

Why did they take her from me? Why did they put me in this strange place where everything is so big and shiny and I'm surrounded by all these strange people who took me from my mother?

A young mother knows that the people who control her land will take her baby from her. This is what happens to children sometimes. The rich and powerful need a new slave that they can bend and mold to their will sometimes, one they can keep in the intimate confines of their mansions. And it's so easy to break a child if you raise said child. She knows that her baby will grow up not knowing the stories and songs and anger and laughter of the people in the fields and factories and mines. Before she has to say goodbye forever though, she can give the child something important. A piece of her history, a bit of strength.

The situation for First Nations children is incredibly discriminatory, unfair, unequal, and deeply traumatic. First Nations kids don't get adequate social services, get unequal social services, are sometimes denied healthcare, their schools are underfunded, and kids are being separated from their families. Which is traumatic. Participate in this communal action so that they stop being discriminated against. Read on to find out more.

Alice used to have friends. She used to be somewhat happy. This story shows her struggle with home and school alike and how she deals with it all.

A young father holds his baby, and hopes.