Story

     In year 1934 (8 years old), Sarah, who lived happily with her family. Everything changed when the government made a rule called the Indian Act, taking control of Indigenous affairs. The girl's parents heard about it and had to make a very sad decision because the government said they had to go to special schools called residential schools. Even though it was hard, Sarah's parents tried to teach her their special traditions at home.

     In 1938 (12 years old), Sarah had to go to the residential school, and it was really tough because she had to be away from her family. The school wanted to kill the Indian in the kids. When the kids don't listen, they even kill them and buried them right under the school. But Sarah and her friends, Mary and Aki wanted to keep their traditions alive, so they secretly did their special ceremonies. One day, a teacher found out and was very mean to them, he started physically abusing them, even put them in a small dark room.

     As the years went by, Sarah, Mary and Aki grew up to be strong young adults. Even with all the hard times, they still did their tradition everyday in their bedroom.

     In 1996, the last residential school in Canada closed, bringing an end to a sad time. Sarah, who is now a wise elder, sees that people are saying sorry for the hurt caused by the residential schools. In 2008, the government officially says sorry. Sarah, Mary and Aki start to teach their grandchildren about their traditions and ways.