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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.34,0:00:07.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Ethereal music.]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.39,0:00:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The story of our communities,\Npeople, and nation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.94,0:00:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starts a long, long\Ntime ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.67,0:00:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Music]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.42,0:00:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More than 60,000 years,\Nin fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.40,0:00:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Music.]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.92,0:00:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was when our culture\Nand our law
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.07,0:00:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first started to thrive.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.32,0:00:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Music.]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.22,0:00:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We knew who we were,\Nand where we belonged.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.50,0:00:47.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We took care of each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.79,0:00:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our land, and our waters.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.00,0:00:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We ate food that \Nmade us healthy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.56,0:00:55.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lived on country,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.19,0:00:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and abided by our laws,\Nand songlines.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.24,0:01:02.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our families, our children,\Nwere happy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.62,0:01:05.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with strong minds and hearts,\Nbecause
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.51,0:01:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were where they belonged.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.04,0:01:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Strong music.]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.42,0:01:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Soft heartbeat.]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.24,0:01:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, then...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.90,0:01:23.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.17,0:01:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Colonization came,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.74,0:01:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bringing wars, disease,\Nfamine.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.57,0:01:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.24,0:01:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the destruction\Nand violation
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.06,0:01:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our cultural laws,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.46,0:01:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sacred sites,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.70,0:01:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,families,\Nand communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.90,0:01:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were denied our knowledge,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.87,0:01:41.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,language, ceremonies,\Nand identity.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.97,0:01:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The very things that tell us
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.94,0:01:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who we are,\Nand where we belong.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.44,0:01:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our connections
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.80,0:01:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with each other, and the land,\Ngrew weak.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.52,0:01:52.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.59,0:01:54.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our children \Nwere taken from us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.55,0:01:56.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had their names changed,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.15,0:01:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their identities stripped away.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.02,0:02:00.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were told\Nthat aboriginal people were bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.67,0:02:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Worse still,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.84,0:02:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were told
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.07,0:02:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that their parents,\Nand grandparents,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.14,0:02:06.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did not want them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.77,0:02:08.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For years, this happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.51,0:02:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those children became known
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.80,0:02:13.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as "The Stolen Generations."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.71,0:02:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our children were denied love,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.81,0:02:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and experienced physical, emotional,\Nand sexual abuse.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.96,0:02:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This left very deep,\Nvery complex,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.44,0:02:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and very real wounds,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.64,0:02:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaving scars that are \Nstill being felt
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.27,0:02:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,personally, socially,\Nspiritually, and collectively.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.66,0:02:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the time\Nwhen our story started,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.62,0:02:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were able to parent\Nin the cultural way
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.86,0:02:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has seen our family \Nsurvive and thrive,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.62,0:02:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for generations.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.97,0:02:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our people were strong,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.86,0:02:49.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our culture flowed,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.66,0:02:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and healed us\Nin times of hurt.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.01,0:02:54.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, since the trauma\Nof colonization
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.19,0:02:56.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the stolen generations,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.21,0:02:58.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have not been able to heal\Nin the same way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.87,0:03:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have unknowingly passed\Nthis trauma to our children,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.02,0:03:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through sharing our sad stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.02,0:03:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and having them witness\Nand experience our pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.91,0:03:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is known as\NIntergenerational Trauma.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.51,0:03:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see symptoms today,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.27,0:03:12.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in broken relationships,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.91,0:03:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disconnected families,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.47,0:03:16.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,violence, suicide,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.07,0:03:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and drug and alcohol abuse.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.96,0:03:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, this is not\Nwhere our story ends.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.39,0:03:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We still have\Nstrong minds and hearts,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.52,0:03:25.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we still know
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.11,0:03:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who we were,\Nand where we belong.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.82,0:03:31.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By creating safe and strong\Ncommunities together,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.36,0:03:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supporting our families\Nto be free from pain,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.94,0:03:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,returning to our culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.12,0:03:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and building a strength\Nof identity,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.94,0:03:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can stop the cycle\Nof trauma,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.58,0:03:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bring about \Npositive intergenerational change,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.53,0:03:48.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we can continue
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.69,0:03:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to thrive for the next\N60,000 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.06,0:03:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are simple things
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.61,0:03:56.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can all do,\Nto help heal our trauma.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.22,0:03:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Visit
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.27,0:03:59.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,healingfoundation.org.au
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.28,0:04:01.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find out more.