Apprehension and optimism: young Indigenous people share their thoughts ahead of Pope's visit
Posted: Jul 23, 2022 7:00 AM MT | Last Updated: 4 hours agoAs the Pope's visit to Canada draws near, CBC Edmonton asked 10 Indigenous young people what the visit means to them, and what impact they hope it has on their communities.As the Pope's visit to Canada draws near, CBC Edmonton asked several Indigenous young people what the visit means to them and what impact they hope it has on their communities.
I feel like for this in particular, my late [grandma] ... this would have meant a lot to her, especially since she was very Catholic when she was alive, but she was also very culturally connected to her Stoney language. She still knew how to speak it fluently, despite it all. She was unfortunately part of the Sixties Scoop.
So, the only reason I feel that the Pope is coming to apologize is they've now discovered all the bodies and there's no way they can say, "No, this didn't happen" anymore, because for years they denied these things. ... But I grew up hearing these stories from my uncles, my aunties, my dad, you know, stories about some of my uncles telling me where their dad had buried their cousins, their families.
In my early years, I sort of knew that I was queer, but I didn't want to admit that to myself because in my First Nations school back then, there was so much homophobic energy. So when I moved away to the city, I got to know more on the Catholic Church.
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