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Poetry/Prose Poetry/Finding Remains
Copyright Protected, ID 01-156-938-08
All Rights Reserved, 2023, Constance La France

Written August 01, 2023
For the International Contest, Relativity - Time - A Vignette
Sponsor, Suzette Richards Judged 08/26/2023

Honorable Mention

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In Canada, the First Indigenous Communities sadly watched as the ground penetrating high-tech equipment searched and found the unmarked graves of residential school children. These children were taken from their homes by force, beaten, raped, and killed, and buried in unmarked graves in what is called the Sixties Scope. As an Ojibway girl, I watched too. In a Manitoba church basement archeologists detected fourteen possible graves sites thinking they could be human remains of children. Some in the community said let the dead rest, others demand justice for these children taken by the government. Is there relativity in digging up the remains after all this time? I have screamed to the sky at each revealed grave, why! Oh, no time can erase the hurt and pain of the Indigenous people. This is part of the history of Canada. No words can ever remove it. Yes, it happened, it was real !

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Date: 8/6/2023 1:39:00 AM
Thank you for entering my contest, Relativity/Time – congratulations on your HM Constance.
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Constance La France
Date: 8/7/2023 9:50:00 AM
Suzette, thank you so much for the contest and the opportunity to share my story on the finding remains of the First Nation children buried in nameless graves, and thanks for the Honorable Mention, I am honored to be on your list, blessings
Date: 8/4/2023 7:49:00 PM
Dear Constance, This story is true - it's the history of Canada. unbelievable how much cruelties were done to children!My heart breaks thinking about those families whose children were taken away. You have created a beautiful piece of writing remembering that sad part of Canadian history.
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Constance La France
Date: 8/5/2023 10:01:00 AM
Mala, thank you so much for your comment, and compliment. As a fellow Canadian you know of this scar on our history that no words, no action can ever erase, the gov't has to help bring the families of these children some kind of closure though I don't think it is possible, blessings!
Date: 8/1/2023 9:48:00 AM
Sad history, Native people were not treated fairly in any part of the world. We can restore their heritage and bring pride in their culture.
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Constance La France
Date: 8/1/2023 1:25:00 PM
Jay, thank you so much for the visit and comment. Nothing can erase what has been done in Canada to the First Nation People, it is a deep scar that may never heal, blessings

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