"We Were Children"
GLEN ANAQUOD
Full story told in in the documentary: "We Were Children" (2012)
Glen was only six years old when he was admitted to Lebret Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan. An all boy school, Glen was subjected to physical violence and attempt at rape.
With long school years; 10 months living away from home, Glen was constantly home-sick and missed his traditional way of life. When the oppertunity for him to visit home he was desieved and kidnapped by one of the priests. Kept in the priest's basement, along with other children, he was starved and isolated for 2-3 weeks.
"Nothing compared to be locked up in that place."
Since that experience, Glen fought back by physically assaulting school teachers and running away....
"Life was hard when you got out too."
Glen died before "We Were Children" was finished; however, a special screening was presented for Glen and his family.
LYNA HART
Full story told in in the documentary: "We Were Children" (2012)
Lyna was four years old when she attended Guy Hill Residential School in Manitoba. Like Glen, Lyna was bombarded with constant abuse, which was a part of the federal government’s policy to “kill the Indian in the child.”
Lyna recalls to this day the number she was given when she first walked in to class. Since the moment she was given the number 99, she has only been feeling pain and suffering. Lyna would starve herself and the nuns would force her to take showers daily since her skin tone was "dirty."
The most shocking thing Lyna remembers was "the priest [that] was bent over on [a] child, naked."
"I'm not the only one who experienced the rape."
Lyna lived to tell the tale and died of a heart attack in 2015.