We've never been able to track him down, or their sister down (she was still at the orphanage, too young to ship off when they were broken up).

My grandfather was lucky in Canada. He worked dawn to dusk, but was fed well, sheltered from the elements, and learned how to manage a farm. He came out of it reasonably well.

People often say there is a history of treating Natives poorly in Canada, colonies. Yet we did it to ourselves, too.

Especially the churches.