(a) Killing members of the group;
quote 1: “Some days it was so bad I thought they were going to kill me.” – Walter West
quote 2: “A lot of them have been murdered.” –Carole Dawson
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
quote 1: “He hit me right across the leg and I didn’t pee for 2 days.” – Walter West
quote 2:“I used to get strapped so bad. Once they hit me way back here and I was all black and blue.” – Walter West
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
quote 1: “Some of them through alcohol and drugs have killed themselves.” – Carole Dawson
quote 2: “Did you ever try to say “these people are bothering me”, and did anyone try to help you, any of the Staff?” “No. Nobody wanted to help.”
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
quote 1: “We were never allowed to speak to our own sisters or cousins on the girls’ side. They wouldn’t let us talk to the girls.” – Bill McLean
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
quote 1: “She was in the Small girls and I was in the Medium girls, and by the time she got to the Medium girls I was in the Big girls.” – Rita Watcheston
June 1, 2016 at 3:48 pm
Good finds. The last one might not match but the whole idea of being removed from your family to live at the residential schools would be proof of that.