1 00:00:00,734 --> 00:00:01,868 >> Hill: WE ARE CONTINUING OUR 2 00:00:01,868 --> 00:00:03,636 SERIES, "TURNING POINTS," 3 00:00:03,636 --> 00:00:05,372 STORIES PRODUCED, DIRECTED AND 4 00:00:05,372 --> 00:00:07,707 TOLD BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FROM 5 00:00:07,707 --> 00:00:08,975 YELLOWKNIFE IN CANADA'S 6 00:00:08,975 --> 00:00:10,777 NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. 7 00:00:10,777 --> 00:00:12,345 IT'S PART OF AN "EMPOWERMENT 8 00:00:12,345 --> 00:00:14,014 JOURNALISM" PROJECT IN 9 00:00:14,014 --> 00:00:15,482 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GLOBAL 10 00:00:15,482 --> 00:00:22,522 REPORTING CENTER. 11 00:00:22,522 --> 00:00:23,456 >> YES, GOOD MORNING. 12 00:00:23,456 --> 00:00:25,392 MY MOM NEEDS AN APPOINTMENT TO 13 00:00:25,392 --> 00:00:35,702 SEE HER DOCTOR. 14 00:00:35,702 --> 00:00:36,536 SHE'S GETTING OLD. 15 00:00:36,536 --> 00:00:37,771 SHE'S 95. 16 00:00:37,771 --> 00:00:40,507 SHE NEEDS SOMEBODY THERE. 17 00:00:40,507 --> 00:00:42,442 I'LL VISIT HER, DO LAUNDRY FOR 18 00:00:42,442 --> 00:00:45,812 HER, COOK FOR HER. 19 00:00:45,812 --> 00:00:49,115 OKAY, I'M GOING TO MAKE SOME 20 00:00:49,115 --> 00:00:54,154 BANNOCK. 21 00:00:54,154 --> 00:00:55,488 WELL, WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT A 22 00:00:55,488 --> 00:00:56,656 LOT OF THINGS, BUT IT'S A LOT 23 00:00:56,656 --> 00:01:03,430 BETTER THAN 30 YEARS AGO, YEAH. 24 00:01:03,430 --> 00:01:05,165 AFTER I GOT OUT OF RESIDENTIAL 25 00:01:05,165 --> 00:01:08,568 SCHOOL, I-- I WAS ANGRY AT MY 26 00:01:08,568 --> 00:01:09,903 MOM FOR A LONG TIME. 27 00:01:09,903 --> 00:01:14,007 I SAID-- I BLAME THEM, I GUESS. 28 00:01:14,007 --> 00:01:15,442 SEVEN YEARS OLD, I DON'T KNOW 29 00:01:15,442 --> 00:01:17,977 WHY THEY SEND ME THERE. 30 00:01:17,977 --> 00:01:19,813 THEY WERE ALL STRANGERS TO ME-- 31 00:01:19,813 --> 00:01:21,714 NUNS WITH ALL BLACK, DRESSED IN 32 00:01:21,714 --> 00:01:23,049 BLACK. 33 00:01:23,049 --> 00:01:25,485 I LOST MY LANGUAGE, MY CULTURE. 34 00:01:25,485 --> 00:01:27,120 YEAH, I LOST-- I REALLY LOST 35 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:31,491 MYSELF. 36 00:01:31,491 --> 00:01:39,666 I JUST MEASURE MY FLOUR. 37 00:01:39,666 --> 00:01:42,735 WHEN I WAS 13, 14, I WASN'T 38 00:01:42,735 --> 00:01:44,037 GETTING NO SUPPORT FROM MY 39 00:01:44,037 --> 00:01:46,439 PARENTS, TOO, SO I-- I RAN AWAY. 40 00:01:46,439 --> 00:01:52,011 I WAS HOMELESS FOR A LONG TIME. 41 00:01:52,011 --> 00:01:53,113 I WATCH PEOPLE DRINK. 42 00:01:53,113 --> 00:01:54,581 I THOUGHT THEY-- THEY HAD FUN. 43 00:01:54,581 --> 00:01:56,449 I HAD OLDER FRIENDS, YOU KNOW? 44 00:01:56,449 --> 00:01:57,784 THEY WENT TO PARTIES, SO I WENT 45 00:01:57,784 --> 00:01:58,751 WITH THEM. 46 00:01:58,751 --> 00:02:06,025 THAT'S HOW I STARTED DRINKING. 47 00:02:06,025 --> 00:02:07,160 I USED TO GO TO JAIL, USED TO GO 48 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,929 TO DRUNK TANK, USED TO GO ON-- 49 00:02:09,929 --> 00:02:10,997 ON THE STREET LIKE ON A 50 00:02:10,997 --> 00:02:17,270 SCHEDULE, YOU KNOW, MANY TIMES 51 00:02:17,270 --> 00:02:20,206 BECAUSE OF ALCOHOL AND UNHEALTHY 52 00:02:20,206 --> 00:02:22,142 RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT PERSON I 53 00:02:22,142 --> 00:02:23,810 WAS WITH. 54 00:02:23,810 --> 00:02:25,411 I HAD MY CHILDREN WERE TAKEN 55 00:02:25,411 --> 00:02:27,180 AWAY. 56 00:02:27,180 --> 00:02:30,383 I WAS HOMELESS FOR A LONG TIME. 57 00:02:30,383 --> 00:02:31,317 I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO BE A 58 00:02:31,317 --> 00:02:32,585 PARENT. 59 00:02:32,585 --> 00:02:34,354 I HAD TO LEARN. 60 00:02:34,354 --> 00:02:40,560 LEARN PRETTY FAST TO BE A MOM. 61 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:46,199 OKAY. 62 00:02:46,199 --> 00:02:48,168 I TRIED MANY TIMES TO SOBER UP. 63 00:02:48,168 --> 00:02:50,136 I WENT FOR TREATMENT IN THE LAST 64 00:02:50,136 --> 00:02:51,337 20 YEARS, YOU KNOW. 65 00:02:51,337 --> 00:02:53,873 I WENT FOR TREATMENT. 66 00:02:53,873 --> 00:02:55,508 IT NEVER WORKED BECAUSE I DIDN'T 67 00:02:55,508 --> 00:02:58,178 WANT IT TO WORK. 68 00:02:58,178 --> 00:02:59,679 IT'S NOT EASY TO CHANGE, YOU 69 00:02:59,679 --> 00:03:00,013 KNOW. 70 00:03:00,013 --> 00:03:02,749 TAKE-- TOOK ME MANY YEARS TO 71 00:03:02,749 --> 00:03:04,050 SOBER UP, YOU KNOW. 72 00:03:04,050 --> 00:03:05,852 IT'S NOT EASY TO SOBER UP, YOU 73 00:03:05,852 --> 00:03:07,420 KNOW. 74 00:03:07,420 --> 00:03:09,189 AND I DID IT. 75 00:03:09,189 --> 00:03:13,426 ANYBODY COULD DO IT. 76 00:03:13,426 --> 00:03:16,029 I DON'T KNOW. 77 00:03:16,029 --> 00:03:17,697 THAT SHOULD BE DONE. 78 00:03:17,697 --> 00:03:18,798 OH, YEAH! 79 00:03:18,798 --> 00:03:20,099 RIGHT ON. 80 00:03:20,099 --> 00:03:21,234 IT'S HOT! 81 00:03:21,234 --> 00:03:22,936 OOH. 82 00:03:22,936 --> 00:03:25,138 OKAY, THAT'S DONE. 83 00:03:25,138 --> 00:03:26,806 BUT EVENTUALLY, I FORGAVE MY 84 00:03:26,806 --> 00:03:27,473 MOM. 85 00:03:27,473 --> 00:03:32,545 I'M CLOSER TO HER NOW. 86 00:03:32,545 --> 00:03:35,315 TODAY, I-- I'M HAVING A BETTER 87 00:03:35,315 --> 00:03:36,716 RELATIONSHIP WITH HER. 88 00:03:36,716 --> 00:03:38,418 SHE TELLS ME ALL STORIES ABOUT 89 00:03:38,418 --> 00:03:40,420 HER WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG, AND-- 90 00:03:40,420 --> 00:03:42,355 AND SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO SEW. 91 00:03:42,355 --> 00:03:43,990 YEAH, I PASS IT ON TO MY GIRLS. 92 00:03:43,990 --> 00:03:46,459 I GOT THREE DAUGHTERS. 93 00:03:46,459 --> 00:03:47,827 AND MY OLDEST DAUGHTER, SHE 94 00:03:47,827 --> 00:03:48,761 LOVES SEWING NOW. 95 00:03:48,761 --> 00:03:50,964 SHE DOES SOME BEAD WORK NOW. 96 00:03:50,964 --> 00:03:54,968 THAT SHE'S DOING SOME BEAD WORK, 97 00:03:54,968 --> 00:03:56,202 YOU KNOW, IT MAKES ME SO PROUD. 98 00:03:56,202 --> 00:03:57,303 AT LEAST I TAUGHT THEM 99 00:03:57,303 --> 00:03:58,404 SOMETHING, YOU KNOW. 100 00:03:58,404 --> 00:03:59,839 A LEAST SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I 101 00:03:59,839 --> 00:04:03,610 TAUGHT THEM. 102 00:04:03,610 --> 00:04:04,544 AND SHE LOVES IT. 103 00:04:04,544 --> 00:04:08,214 ( LAUGHS ) 104 00:04:08,214 --> 00:04:10,083 EVERY TIME I-- I PICK A BEAD, 105 00:04:10,083 --> 00:04:13,953 YOU KNOW, IT'S KEEPING AWAY FROM 106 00:04:13,953 --> 00:04:15,955 MY ADDICTION. 107 00:04:15,955 --> 00:04:17,023 I'LL GO FURTHER AWAY FROM MY 108 00:04:17,023 --> 00:04:20,360 ADDICTION, AND I GO CLOSER TO MY 109 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:21,995 MOM. 110 00:04:21,995 --> 00:04:23,630 YEAH, THAT'S-- THAT'S-- I GUESS 111 00:04:23,630 --> 00:04:25,531 THAT'S THE WAY I LIKE TO THINK 112 00:04:25,531 --> 00:04:26,799 ABOUT IT NOW. 113 00:04:26,799 --> 00:04:27,834 YEAH.