{"id":142,"date":"2017-11-20T03:54:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T10:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/andreotti\/?p=142"},"modified":"2018-01-21T22:41:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T05:41:37","slug":"three-generations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/andreotti\/2017\/11\/20\/three-generations\/","title":{"rendered":"three generations"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>She being born Indian, stubborn and free<br \/>\nShe being sent to catholic mission<br \/>\nShe running away<br \/>\nShe being forced to marry older white man<br \/>\nShe bearing his child<br \/>\nShe running away again<br \/>\nShe back to community<br \/>\nShe having many partners<br \/>\nShe getting pregnant many times<br \/>\nShe banished from community turned catholic<br \/>\nShe constantly refusing<br \/>\nBut still singing the songs OUT LOUD out of synch,<\/p>\n<p>at the church<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Culture and community decimated<\/p>\n<p>Last baby Indian girl born in the streets<\/p>\n<p>Both saved from destitution<\/p>\n<p>By former old white husband<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Girl raised by white father figure<br \/>\nGirl dislikes being Indian<br \/>\nGirl seeks enfranchisement<br \/>\nGirl loses father figure<br \/>\nGirl destitute as assets reclaimed by siblings<br \/>\nGirl repudiates mother\u2019s reputation<br \/>\nGirl repeats mother\u2019s mistakes<br \/>\nGirl agrees to have blood whitened<br \/>\nGirl wants her children not to struggle<br \/>\nGirl saved again by white man<br \/>\nGirl insists mother joins family in city<br \/>\nGirl does not understand why mother refuses<br \/>\nGirl loses battle and mother<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She is born again<br \/>\nShe is Indian, stubborn, but not free<br \/>\nShe now has both bloods in her veins<br \/>\nHer body populated by different ancestral lines<br \/>\nShe refusing this body<br \/>\nHer flesh pulled in opposite directions<br \/>\nShe trying to end the pain<br \/>\nHer mind baffled with questions<br \/>\nShe believing her life is a mistake<br \/>\nHer parents forcing assimilation<br \/>\nShe failing to want it<br \/>\nHer parents fearing destitution<br \/>\nShe not afraid of it<br \/>\nHer parents blaming her for failure<br \/>\nShe finding freedom in it<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/andreotti\/files\/2017\/11\/IMG_4128.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-165\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/andreotti\/files\/2017\/11\/IMG_4128.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/andreotti\/files\/2017\/11\/IMG_4128.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/andreotti\/files\/2017\/11\/IMG_4128-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/andreotti\/files\/2017\/11\/IMG_4128-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All artistic expressions published on this blog were created by Vanessa Andreotti and are licensed\u00a0 under a <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\" rel=\"license\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\" rel=\"license\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-width: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.creativecommons.org\/l\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/88x31.png\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She being born Indian, stubborn and free She being sent to catholic mission She running away She being forced to marry older white man She bearing his child She running away again She back to community She having many partners &hellip; 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