So far, I find this series to be realistic enough in terms of what the 60's Scoop kids went through when being forced to live in the death camps cleverly disguised as "residential schools".
But that one scene where those 2 kids got picked up by the cops and sent to the so-called schools just because they inadvertently broke a cop car's window with a slingshot, I don't think anything like that happened in real life. The Indian agents and police were usually sent to the kids' homes to pick them up.
In another scene, the female child welfare agent along with her assistant literally barged into the Native family's home with the help of the police, unfortunately that was commonplace. But what really burned me up was when even after answering all of the agent's questions in the most honest and truthful way, the agent still had the nerve to have the police take them away from their home! The mother told the agent that the kids were well-fed, clothed etc. But none of that mattered to the agent.
Anyway, I think this series earns an 8 out of 10 in my books.
But that one scene where those 2 kids got picked up by the cops and sent to the so-called schools just because they inadvertently broke a cop car's window with a slingshot, I don't think anything like that happened in real life. The Indian agents and police were usually sent to the kids' homes to pick them up.
In another scene, the female child welfare agent along with her assistant literally barged into the Native family's home with the help of the police, unfortunately that was commonplace. But what really burned me up was when even after answering all of the agent's questions in the most honest and truthful way, the agent still had the nerve to have the police take them away from their home! The mother told the agent that the kids were well-fed, clothed etc. But none of that mattered to the agent.
Anyway, I think this series earns an 8 out of 10 in my books.