"Healing The Hurt" -- Documentary about Native Americans

[Kanary]

On LinkTV

Healing the Hurt
Length: 01:00 Type of program: Documentary
Broadcast Times
Tuesday, September 21 7:00 PM
Wednesday, September 22 1:00 AM
Wednesday, September 22 7:00 AM
Wednesday, September 22 1:00 PM


In 1989, twenty five adult survivors of various Native American boarding and residential schools in both the United States and Canada gathered at the Alkali Lake Indian Reserve in British Columbia, Canada to attend a four-day intensive workshop on healing the hurt and shame of the demeaning Native boarding school experience. This documentary takes an intimate look at the painful but rewarding healing process. The boarding school system was established, in both the United States and Canada, to forcibly assimilate Native peoples into mainstream society. A major force for breaking the cultures and traditions, this system stripped the Native peoples of role models and skills for healthy parenting and family life, leaving them instead institutionalized with models for low self-esteem and abuse. "Healing the Hurts" is part of the "First Peoples' TV"series made possible by DreamCatchers, a non-profit organization working to bring Native films to a wider audience.

[Kanary]

1. Reminder about a great video. Here's the series it's from:

http://www.dreamcatchers.org/fptv/index.html

Watch and learn.

Kanary

[G_j]

7. thanks!

[Kanary]

2. kick for the evening crowd

:kick:

[seemslikeadream]

3. Thanks for the reminder Kanary

I'm going to watch it now.

[Kanary]

4. Great! I only caught a glimpse of the earlier one, so let me know

your impression of it.

I'm going to record it for a Native American friend of mine who doesn't get LinkTV, so I hope it's as good as it looks.

Kanary

[knowbody0]

5. healing

not unlike the healing that never took place for the viet nam era vets and their families. now is the time for all human "beans" to come together. looking at the hurt is phase one. those years in indian history are the lost years

[Kanary]

8. You've made an important connection, knowbody0!!

I'm watching the video right now, and it's soooo powerful! You are so right that this is the same kind of work so necessary for vets, and people in poverty, and other groups......racial, etc. This is the foundation for peace work.

It's hard to watch, but it's so educational, and shows how we can *really* work with each other to affect very basic changes.

Thank you very much for your input........ you're so right on.

Kanary

[G_j]

6. Link TV

sure sounds like they have some excellent stuff. impressive
I wish I got it.