[Hardt] told CBC his work in Canada has led him to believe that many Indigenous people have suffered “more profound post-traumatic stress disorder than returning war veterans.”

broken clock, I guess

Alma Stonestand said she was hesitant when CBC first reached out for an interview, because there were so many powerful people involved in the study. But she said she now hopes to get some answers and accountability.

“They take advantage of these kids' minds to use them for their own study, to use them for their own purposes, with empty promises of things that they couldn't give them,” said Stonestand.

“That was offensive that they came and played with all these kids’ minds.”

It is evidence of the trauma done to her by the powerful her entire fucking life that she doesn't feel comfortable publicly calling it anything worse than offensive.