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.
as Self
as Father Y
as Self
as Lyna (4 Yrs Old)
as Lyna (10 Yrs Old)
as Lyna (18 Yrs Old)
as Sister Mary
as Glen (6-7 Yrs Old)
as Glen (12 Yrs Old)
as Glen (18 Yrs Old)
as Glen (Adult)
as Glen's Cousin (6-7 Yrs Old)
as Glen's Aunt
as Lyna's Grandfather
as Lyna's Mother
as Sister 1
as Girl at Sink
as Cree Speaking Altar Boy
as Supervisor
as Black Robe Priest
as Deputy Minister
as Father X
as Inspector
as Virginia
as Saskatchewan Nun
as Timothy
as Sister Margaret
as Principal - Saskatchewan
as Sewing Girl
as Second Boy
as Glen's Teacher (Priest)
as Glen's Teacher
as Nurse
as Priest - Saskatchewan
as Glen's Cousin (12 Yrs Old)
as Nun 1
