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Indian Residential Schools

One of the bleakest times in our Canadian history is when Native children were forced into Residential Schools and the emotional and physical abuse these poor kids had to go through.  I personally don’t know any Natives that experienced it but I have read the stories and watched the documentaries. As a fallout of the residential schools many suffer throughout their lives from post traumatic stress disorder, paranoia, fear of others and unresolved anger issues, drug abuse and alcoholism.
Tonight I was talking with a fellow tenant, during our conversation something revealing came up…HSC Ingrid Nosel as a child was a victim of the Native Residential School System in Manitoba which would explain her anti social behavior, unnecessary fear and inability to relate to others.  Now it’s starting to come together, here I was thinking she’s a bitch but in reality she’s acting on how she was treated growing up in a Residential school. 
A while back I posted how KMHC rules treat tenants like this is a Residential school now I know why.  This doesn’t excuse her behavior and lies about me but it does make me have pity for the woman. 

Open note to Janis Lewis, Director of Urban Native Homes Inc.

I hold you responsible for all this, you knew about Ingrid’s past yet you allow an unstable woman to run a place filled with older Native tenants.  Running KMHC like a residential school is wrong, it's something the Native culture fought against for over 80 years.  When tenants came to you and complained you ignored them. This is why previous tenants and staff members have nothing nice to say about KMHC.   You should be ashamed of yourself.

Tk

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