The first episode of the third season of the Canadian television show “Anne with an E” features a new First Nation character named Ka’kwet. Ka’kwet teaches Anne some language of hers and shows her life too. Anne is fascinated by Ka’kwet and writes a short newspaper article about her, but not everyone in Anne’s village welcomes Ka’kwet.
Ka’kwet was told about a residential school by one of Anne’s neighbors, and she gets on the train with a puffy dream. After a while, Ka’kwet’s appearance gets totally different from the past. Long hair got shortened, and I could see her being forced to sing and speak in English. In addition, Ka’kwet, whose name is changed to Hanna is forced to assimilate culturally into Christian churches and governments.
This short video reveals the tragedy of the indigenous people in North America, and I think it is a very encouraging phenomenon that the show is being aired on TV, the mainstream media which can acknowledge crucial facts on First Nation.
commnets
This is a story that needed to be told. I was ignorant to residential schools, at least how bad they were, before watching this season. I wish we could have gotten more from this wonderful show. It is heartbreaking that this storyline likely didn’t have a happy ending. -Jen321able4-
being indigenous myself, i’m glad to see that the real and dark stories of canada’s residential schools are being shared and brought to life by being shown to audiences such as anne with an e’s. my parents both attended residential school, and i’m only 13. ka’kewt’s story hit close to home. i’m so glad that our stories and history is being acknowledged. i really wish that they didn’t cancel anne with an e. -Aryanna Charles-
this arc or storyline was so heartbreaking, i couldnt watch it without tears in my eyes not because im sad but because im angry. its very frustrating to see the catholic white people be like that and as a catholic myself, i could never imagine for them to be that disgusting. it was really frustrating to watch and made me uneasy but i realized that the writers and producers were brave enough to introduce a storyline like that. man fuck netflix for not renewing this show… -hawoo-
Ohforsatanssake. [2020, May 20]. Ka’kwet’s story[Anne with an E]. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OHuFCjaEK8&ab_channel=ohforsatanssake
That is definitely seems like a very moving and life changing series to watch David.
I watched something last year, and it was called “Indian Horse”- thats a link to show you the trailer for the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02cyFlnvA4s
It’s an adaptation of Ojibway writer Richard Wagamese’s award-winning novel, where he shed light on the dark history of Canada’s Indigenous Residential Schools and the indomitable spirit of aboriginal people.