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11 My culture and community gives me strength because I know what we have been through and what all Indigenous peoples have been through over the past couple hundred years. We have been through so much abuse and racism, but we must remember that for many nations it made us stronger. I carry this strength from my ancestors through the blood and spirit that we share. — Ariana Roundpoint Akwesasne It is important for Indigenous young people to take the extra step when they are ready to learn about who they are, to ask questions. For me, I didn't even know about my Dene nation history or about First Nations history within Canada. I didn't know most information about the residential school system. Learning from that, I can see how Indigenous people were treated back then and connect it to where we are now. — Jasmine Sangris Yellowknife More non-Indigenous people need to know about the impacts of intergenerational trauma and understand the negative history so that the problems aren't perpetuated and so that we aren't discriminated against anymore. — Krista McNamara Penetanguishene They don't teach about our history very much in school, but it's important to know what our elders have to say to us about it because they have had a lot of experience. You know they just want to share with us and see our faces light up with joy when hearing their stories. A lot of these stories and legends come with important lessons and I think that the way they put the stories and lessons together is very interesting... We need to learn about these and not just American history or what they call Canadian history. — Renee Angotialuk Naujaat

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