The Aboriginal children who were subjected to the federal
residential schools wanted only one thing: to go home. Their
families were at home. Home was a sanctuary from the crimes
against humanity that were inflicted upon them at the
residential schools. Running around in circles of the globe, to
spend all their cash, to take a good look, at what’s in a book,
was of no interest to them. To cope with atrocities, many bought
hair spray for its alcohol content. They could mix it with
water, then drink it to make the pain disappear, if only for a
while. Some were such young children, that they lost their
language, their families, their identities and their homes. They
became lost generations who watched as those who had homes
travelled around the globe in jets, ships and vehicles that
harmed the environment. Important non-Aboriginals who had homes
were never at home. Aboriginals who wanted to return home, were
forced to stay at residential schools. The Canadian government
thought it could exterminate the Indian fr