#littlebirdedit

This is my mother and that's my father. You were wrong. They wanted me. No. That's not-. It's what I found out. You were not taken care of. This is what they told, "Save these children. They need good homes. It's a mitzvah." You're not listening. That's my mother and father and they loved me. No. I was removed because the Government was taking Indian kids. We had a paper saying "unfit mother". You don't think Governments have lied before? [...] You can't just stick a new name on a person and pretend that nothing's happened. And you can't just take a five year old child away from their family and think that they're just gonna forget.

After you left, I looked and I found reports from the provincial courts about mothers losing children. Yeah. This thing that happened to you and to your family... This is disgusting. When I first met you, you were all dressed up in a nice dress, but you didn't smile. And I thought, "She has lost everyone... I have lost everyone, this is a good match." It wasn't true. You had a family. So, now you need to make decisions for yourself. You need to choose what you want. What do you mean? I mean, this is your life. You choose.

Excuse me. Are you Dora Mueller? What do you want? I've been looking for you. Well, who the fuck are you? I'm your sister. I went to child protective services and they gave me your name. They said you were looking for family. Yeah, yeah. I'm Bezhig.

I went to North Dakota, I saw the farm. Met your sister. Shit. She showed me where you slept. You didn't deserve that. It was fine. It's better than all the other places. I don't know. I try not to think about all that. All what? A bunch of foster homes. There was this one lady who used to like hit me and... I was six. She just... fuckin'. What the fuck, man. What the... what the fuck.

Ma’am, what is your full name? Patri... Patricia Little Bird. Little Bird. Hey, Mrs Little Bird, we’re child case workers with the child protective services in Saskatchewan, do you understand? We’re here to determine if you are a fit mother.

I realize this is out of the ordinary. I was adopted in 1968, and I got this from my sister's adoptive family. And there's your name on it, so I was hoping you might remember something about us. Dora and I have two brothers, and me, I was Bezhig then. I, uh... Hmm...1968. I would have just been starting out. I'm sorry. I've seen so many children. Well, I was hoping for something small, even a sense of... where I might have been born.