An idyllic childhood with her mooshum and kookum, or grandparents, in her community of Peguis First Nation dissipates as | dG1fQ1haVVZxdFh1NWs
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00:0040s to 60s. Yeah she's brown. I just got out of the drunk tank. Get your fucking hands off me. I lost all my IDs. My brother came for me. Between you and me, I think she has a demon. A beer demon. They all do.
00:19Ow, my back. Dad, your back. Don't worry babe, I'm taking care of you tonight. Let's go. Aberdeen, you know you can't be here. You can't do that. Please leave. Taking this plan. You have to act like that. What? Like you don't want to be here. I don't want to be here.
00:44My brother told me he's sick and he couldn't take care of my grandchildren. They sure love taking our children and giving them to white people. So you have no other forms of identification. I said that's why I'm here. There are some mean people out there Aberdeen. He told me to take charge of my life. I told you to grow up. You're more lost now than ever. Is that what you're doing here? To try to get them out of care? Help with your brother? I'm their cuckoom. I'm the best person they need to be with.
01:13I wish it were that simple. We got a call about an indigenous woman causing a disturbance. Oh, that's nice. Step aside sir. I said step aside. So I just let them win? They always win Alfred. Holding back our identity. Holding back our grandkids. Stealing our children.
01:35You have every right in the world to be angry. Pissed off. But sometimes it just doesn't work. You have to live with the system. Play the game. Play by their rules.