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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Pensive music.]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The story of our communities,\Npeople, and nation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starts a long, long\Ntime ago.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Music]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More than 60,000 years,\Nin fact.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Music.]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was when our culture\Nand our law
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first started to thrive.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Music.]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We knew who we were,\Nand where we belonged.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We took care of each other,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our land, and our waters.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We ate food that \Nmade us healthy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lived on country,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and abided by our laws,\Nand song lines.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our families, our children,\Nwere happy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with strong minds and hearts,\Nbecause
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were where they belonged.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Strong music.]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Soft heartbeat.]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, then...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything changed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Colonization came,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bringing wars, disease,\Nfamine.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Violence.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the destruction\Nand violation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our cultural laws,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sacred sites,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,families,\Nand communities.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were denied our knowledge,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,language, ceremonies,\Nand identity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The very things that tell us
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who we are,\Nand where we belong.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our connections
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with each other, and the land,\Ngrew weak.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our children \Nwere taken from us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had their names changed,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their identities stripped away.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were told\Nthat aboriginal people were bad.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Worse still,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were told
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that their parents,\Nand grandparents,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did not want them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For years, this happened.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those children became known
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as "The Stolen Generations."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our children were denied love,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and experienced physical, emotional,\Nand sexual abuse.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This left very deep,\Nvery complex,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and very real wounds,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaving scars that are \Nstill being felt
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,personally, socially,\Nspiritually, and collectively.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the time\Nwhen our story started,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were able to parent\Nin the cultural way
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has seen our family \Nsurvive and thrive,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for generations.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our people were strong,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our culture flowed,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and healed us\Nin times of hurt.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, since the trauma\Nof colonization
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the stolen generations,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have not been able to heal\Nin the same way.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have unknowingly passed\Nthis trauma to our children,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through sharing our sad stories,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and having them witness\Nand experience our pain.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is known as\NIntergenerational Trauma.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see symptoms today,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in broken relationships,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disconnected families,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,violence, suicide,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and drug and alcohol abuse.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, this is not\Nwhere our story ends.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We still have\Nstrong minds and hearts,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we still know
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who we were,\Nand where we belong.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By creating safe and strong\Ncommunities together,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supporting our families\Nto be free from pain,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,returning to our culture,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and building a strength\Nof identity,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can stop the cycle\Nof trauma,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bring about \Npositive intergenerational change,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we can continue
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to thrive for the next\N60,000 years.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are simple things
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can all do,\Nto help heal our trauma.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Visit
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,healingfoundation.org.au
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find out more.