Survivors Edna Daigneault, Dwayne Desjarlais, and Robert Malboeuf reflect on life before and during residential school, sharing memories of growing up on the land, speaking their language, and living within strong family and cultural traditions. Through deeply personal accounts of forced removal, loss, abuse, and resilience, they reveal the lasting impacts of colonization while emphasizing the importance of preserving language, passing on traditional knowledge, and telling the stories that were hidden.