Our own Larry Otway (INOBU) has written two fine songs that SHOULD make folks feel uneasy. The story of "Amadou" is well known, but another song of his "Yvette's Song" deserves to be heard. It tells the story of the native kids in Canada who were removed from their homes to be raised as "white". It is harsh and truthful. The Roman Catholic Church was very powerful in Quebec for many years and and pressured the politicians to allow one of the most shameful episodes in Canadian history. It took a lot of those kids many years to die on the streets, so nobody thinks of it as genocide, but it was.

I shouldn't imply that it happened only in Quebec; it was widespread and most of these kids were never even told if their parents were alive or dead after a number of years. They came from very remote areas, and few were able to afford to go back even after becoming adults.

Rick