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Generation After Generation We Are Coming Home©

As early as 1890 it has been documented that thousands of First Nations children were forcible removed from their homes. between the year of 1941 through 1978 when the Indian Child Welfare Act was passed, we know that the entire First Nations people were affected by state and private adoptions or foster care systems creating post adoption, spritual and mental health issues resulted in high rates of depression, addiction, school drop out, incarceration and suicide. These institutions and homes were often brutal which added to the trauma of early childhood separation. Many mothers and fathers of these lost or stolen children still grieve the loss of their children. Now adults, they struggle with personal identity and a sense of belonging. The mental and emotional toll is evidenced in the high suicide rate, incaraceration rates and depression of adult adoptees. Many search for their family ties but do not know where to begin which increased the pain of separation. The time has come to heal these wounds caused by "Forced Assimilation" and establish their sense of belonging to a spiritually rich family.
 
I want to extend a special greeting to all adoptees and fostered individuals. And to all our birth parents and other relatives who spend the years we are away from them wondering, worrying about us always praying we will some day return home. We thank you for those prayers for it those prayers that has kept us here and brought us home. Our voices have been silent for many years. Now the time has come to tell this side of the story.
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