The air is fresh with the sweet scent of buffalo grass. As you look to the horizon you can see all that is natural, walking without being disturbed, till you reach your migrational destination...
Just over 500 hundred years ago there was a force that impeded our direction, a force that has gone down in the Euro-American history books as the greatest conquest of civilized man... According to my point of view that would be rape, murder, disease, theft, lies and the unnatural occupation of my homeland.
Genocide is the political purgative of Euro-American progression and I personally am a survivor of this policy. But the attempt was unsuccessful: still we survive and live among those who were brought from Europe who now call the Americas their homeland.
The residential schools were one of the attempts to re-educate the Indigenous for this reason: the invaders inability to exterminate the tribal people. So to “save the man you must kill the Indian”. Up until the time of my mother and father, the last generation of residential school survivors- (but not the only ones-) those Indian children have been systematically de/re-programmed, battered, sexually abused, humiliated into submission and, at times, killed for resisting their forced brainwashing.
In present days, approximately 50,000 children are missing. This is the result of the residential school policy implemented by the US and Canadian governments under the care of the Roman Catholic Anglican Protestant and other churches.
Kerry Atjecoutay became aware of this truth from his parents, There, he heard stories of some of the atrocities that the Church had committed. Guided by the Duty of Memory, he courageously started to lift the veil on the complete history of what happened to the Native children in the Christian Residential Schools. Today, Kerry Atjecoutay is looking for answers: why this happened, how this happened, and where are the bones of these lost children. In this spirit, along with other concerned people to bring about a symbolic healing of the Church and the children that suffered under its “care”.
The Indigenous people are waiting for the Church authorities to recognize their participation and responsibility for the Genocide.
Animist Knowledge Association (animist espace) is honoured to be given the confidence of organizing their campaign and accepts this responsibility with conviction. With the supervision of Kerry Atjrcoutay, we will rally support in Switzerland, particularly in Geneva, where we will propose public conferences (Association House), projecting documentaries on genocide,. Together we will hold vigils in front of the United Nations. We also will propose a public debate at Animist Espace.
All propositions are welcome, and we are expecting your engagement and strong support for this major cause. Regarding in this direction, you are invited to join the organisation at ANIMISTespace, 4 rue Louis-Aubert, 1206 Geneva.
Thank you to confirm your presence at kredatjecoutay@yahoo.ca
In the spirit of Pontiac
Animist Knowledge Association AKA
