WEBVTT 00:00.734 --> 00:01.868 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> Hill: WE ARE CONTINUING OUR 00:01.868 --> 00:03.636 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SERIES, "TURNING POINTS," 00:03.636 --> 00:05.372 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% STORIES PRODUCED, DIRECTED AND 00:05.372 --> 00:07.707 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TOLD BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FROM 00:07.707 --> 00:08.975 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% YELLOWKNIFE IN CANADA'S 00:08.975 --> 00:10.777 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. 00:10.777 --> 00:12.345 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IT'S PART OF AN "EMPOWERMENT 00:12.345 --> 00:14.014 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JOURNALISM" PROJECT IN 00:14.014 --> 00:15.482 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GLOBAL 00:15.482 --> 00:22.522 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% REPORTING CENTER. 00:22.522 --> 00:23.456 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> YES, GOOD MORNING. 00:23.456 --> 00:25.392 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MY MOM NEEDS AN APPOINTMENT TO 00:25.392 --> 00:35.702 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SEE HER DOCTOR. 00:35.702 --> 00:36.536 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SHE'S GETTING OLD. 00:36.536 --> 00:37.771 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SHE'S 95. 00:37.771 --> 00:40.507 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SHE NEEDS SOMEBODY THERE. 00:40.507 --> 00:42.442 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I'LL VISIT HER, DO LAUNDRY FOR 00:42.442 --> 00:45.812 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HER, COOK FOR HER. 00:45.812 --> 00:49.115 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OKAY, I'M GOING TO MAKE SOME 00:49.115 --> 00:54.154 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BANNOCK. 00:54.154 --> 00:55.488 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WELL, WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT A 00:55.488 --> 00:56.656 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LOT OF THINGS, BUT IT'S A LOT 00:56.656 --> 01:03.430 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BETTER THAN 30 YEARS AGO, YEAH. 01:03.430 --> 01:05.165 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AFTER I GOT OUT OF RESIDENTIAL 01:05.165 --> 01:08.568 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SCHOOL, I-- I WAS ANGRY AT MY 01:08.568 --> 01:09.903 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MOM FOR A LONG TIME. 01:09.903 --> 01:14.007 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I SAID-- I BLAME THEM, I GUESS. 01:14.007 --> 01:15.442 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SEVEN YEARS OLD, I DON'T KNOW 01:15.442 --> 01:17.977 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WHY THEY SEND ME THERE. 01:17.977 --> 01:19.813 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THEY WERE ALL STRANGERS TO ME-- 01:19.813 --> 01:21.714 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% NUNS WITH ALL BLACK, DRESSED IN 01:21.714 --> 01:23.049 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BLACK. 01:23.049 --> 01:25.485 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I LOST MY LANGUAGE, MY CULTURE. 01:25.485 --> 01:27.120 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% YEAH, I LOST-- I REALLY LOST 01:27.120 --> 01:31.491 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MYSELF. 01:31.491 --> 01:39.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I JUST MEASURE MY FLOUR. 01:39.666 --> 01:42.735 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WHEN I WAS 13, 14, I WASN'T 01:42.735 --> 01:44.037 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GETTING NO SUPPORT FROM MY 01:44.037 --> 01:46.439 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PARENTS, TOO, SO I-- I RAN AWAY. 01:46.439 --> 01:52.011 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I WAS HOMELESS FOR A LONG TIME. 01:52.011 --> 01:53.113 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I WATCH PEOPLE DRINK. 01:53.113 --> 01:54.581 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I THOUGHT THEY-- THEY HAD FUN. 01:54.581 --> 01:56.449 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I HAD OLDER FRIENDS, YOU KNOW? 01:56.449 --> 01:57.784 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THEY WENT TO PARTIES, SO I WENT 01:57.784 --> 01:58.751 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WITH THEM. 01:58.751 --> 02:06.025 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THAT'S HOW I STARTED DRINKING. 02:06.025 --> 02:07.160 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I USED TO GO TO JAIL, USED TO GO 02:07.160 --> 02:09.929 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TO DRUNK TANK, USED TO GO ON-- 02:09.929 --> 02:10.997 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ON THE STREET LIKE ON A 02:10.997 --> 02:17.270 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SCHEDULE, YOU KNOW, MANY TIMES 02:17.270 --> 02:20.206 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BECAUSE OF ALCOHOL AND UNHEALTHY 02:20.206 --> 02:22.142 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT PERSON I 02:22.142 --> 02:23.810 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WAS WITH. 02:23.810 --> 02:25.411 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I HAD MY CHILDREN WERE TAKEN 02:25.411 --> 02:27.180 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AWAY. 02:27.180 --> 02:30.383 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I WAS HOMELESS FOR A LONG TIME. 02:30.383 --> 02:31.317 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO BE A 02:31.317 --> 02:32.585 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PARENT. 02:32.585 --> 02:34.354 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I HAD TO LEARN. 02:34.354 --> 02:40.560 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LEARN PRETTY FAST TO BE A MOM. 02:40.560 --> 02:46.199 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OKAY. 02:46.199 --> 02:48.168 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I TRIED MANY TIMES TO SOBER UP. 02:48.168 --> 02:50.136 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I WENT FOR TREATMENT IN THE LAST 02:50.136 --> 02:51.337 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% 20 YEARS, YOU KNOW. 02:51.337 --> 02:53.873 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I WENT FOR TREATMENT. 02:53.873 --> 02:55.508 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IT NEVER WORKED BECAUSE I DIDN'T 02:55.508 --> 02:58.178 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WANT IT TO WORK. 02:58.178 --> 02:59.679 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IT'S NOT EASY TO CHANGE, YOU 02:59.679 --> 03:00.013 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% KNOW. 03:00.013 --> 03:02.749 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TAKE-- TOOK ME MANY YEARS TO 03:02.749 --> 03:04.050 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SOBER UP, YOU KNOW. 03:04.050 --> 03:05.852 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IT'S NOT EASY TO SOBER UP, YOU 03:05.852 --> 03:07.420 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% KNOW. 03:07.420 --> 03:09.189 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND I DID IT. 03:09.189 --> 03:13.426 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ANYBODY COULD DO IT. 03:13.426 --> 03:16.029 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I DON'T KNOW. 03:16.029 --> 03:17.697 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THAT SHOULD BE DONE. 03:17.697 --> 03:18.798 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OH, YEAH! 03:18.798 --> 03:20.099 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% RIGHT ON. 03:20.099 --> 03:21.234 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IT'S HOT! 03:21.234 --> 03:22.936 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OOH. 03:22.936 --> 03:25.138 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OKAY, THAT'S DONE. 03:25.138 --> 03:26.806 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BUT EVENTUALLY, I FORGAVE MY 03:26.806 --> 03:27.473 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MOM. 03:27.473 --> 03:32.545 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I'M CLOSER TO HER NOW. 03:32.545 --> 03:35.315 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TODAY, I-- I'M HAVING A BETTER 03:35.315 --> 03:36.716 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% RELATIONSHIP WITH HER. 03:36.716 --> 03:38.418 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SHE TELLS ME ALL STORIES ABOUT 03:38.418 --> 03:40.420 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HER WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG, AND-- 03:40.420 --> 03:42.355 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO SEW. 03:42.355 --> 03:43.990 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% YEAH, I PASS IT ON TO MY GIRLS. 03:43.990 --> 03:46.459 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I GOT THREE DAUGHTERS. 03:46.459 --> 03:47.827 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND MY OLDEST DAUGHTER, SHE 03:47.827 --> 03:48.761 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LOVES SEWING NOW. 03:48.761 --> 03:50.964 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SHE DOES SOME BEAD WORK NOW. 03:50.964 --> 03:54.968 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THAT SHE'S DOING SOME BEAD WORK, 03:54.968 --> 03:56.202 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% YOU KNOW, IT MAKES ME SO PROUD. 03:56.202 --> 03:57.303 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AT LEAST I TAUGHT THEM 03:57.303 --> 03:58.404 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% SOMETHING, YOU KNOW. 03:58.404 --> 03:59.839 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% A LEAST SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I 03:59.839 --> 04:03.610 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TAUGHT THEM. 04:03.610 --> 04:04.544 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND SHE LOVES IT. 04:04.544 --> 04:08.214 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% (LAUGHS) 04:08.214 --> 04:10.083 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% EVERY TIME I-- I PICK A BEAD, 04:10.083 --> 04:13.953 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% YOU KNOW, IT'S KEEPING AWAY FROM 04:13.953 --> 04:15.955 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MY ADDICTION. 04:15.955 --> 04:17.023 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I'LL GO FURTHER AWAY FROM MY 04:17.023 --> 04:20.360 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ADDICTION, AND I GO CLOSER TO MY 04:20.360 --> 04:21.995 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MOM. 04:21.995 --> 04:23.630 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% YEAH, THAT'S-- THAT'S-- I GUESS 04:23.630 --> 04:25.531 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THAT'S THE WAY I LIKE TO THINK 04:25.531 --> 04:26.799 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ABOUT IT NOW. 04:26.799 --> 04:27.834 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% YEAH.