Beatrice Lavallee on Treaty Four

Beatrice Lavallee talks about life after residential school

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And another principal came along and his name was Father Paul Piché (**phonetic) and he was from the Town of Gravelbourg and for me this is where I went, I went to Gravelbourg. But before then he used to always ask me what are you gonna do when you leave here, what are you gonna do when you leave here? What’s your plans? So one day out of, cause he was forever asking me that, I asked, I told him one day when I leave here I’m gonna get married, have babies…..no….go home, get married, have babies and chop wood cause that’s what I saw.

That’s the only thing that I saw happening at home. You went home, you got married, you had babies and you chopped wood.

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