We Were Children 12 years old

For over 130 years till 1996, more than 100,000 of Canada's First Nations children were legally required to attend government-funded schools run by various Christian faiths. There were 80 of these 'residential schools' across the country. Most children were sent to faraway schools that separated them from their families and traditional land. These children endured brutality, physical hardship, mental degradation, and the complete erasure of their culture. The schools were part of a wider program of assimilation designed to integrate the native population into 'Canadian society.' These schools were established with the express purpose 'To kill the Indian in the child.' Told through their own voices, 'We Were Children' is the shocking true story of two such children: Glen Anaquod and Lyna Hart.

Credits

We Were Children Cast

Name	Character
Ross McMillan He was 24, now 37 years old	as Father X
Lyna Hart

We Were Children Crew

Name	Department
Tim Wolochatiuk as Director.	Directing
Jason Sherman as Writer. He was 49 (now 62) years old	Writing