00:00When I was adopted, the agency had said to her, be careful, if someone saw her and was
00:15like, that's a native baby, you're white, you shouldn't have her.
00:20She was terrified someone was going to try to take me.
00:24There's no resource more important to the continued existence of American Indian tribes
00:30than their children.
00:33Between 25 and 35 percent of all American Indian children are removed from their families.
00:37It has been called by some, cultural genocide.
00:41We were just desperate to have a family.
00:44It's hard to feel like there's any history behind America.
00:47Hi, April, this is Kendra Potter, your birthday.
00:53I have a daughter, I don't know if leaving a voicemail is too weird.
01:04I was afraid that I would create more questions for her than provide answers.
01:09I'm so far from who that was, and I'm so grateful you weren't a part of any of that.
01:18It's taken a long time for me to believe that I belong in places.
01:26There's this desire to be recognized as native, but what is native anymore?
01:35When someone says, you're Lummi, it's very hard for me.
01:40I can't wrap my mind around it.
01:42I don't know what that means.
01:46Don't be ashamed who you are now.
01:51Your ancestors are here.
01:54They legged you here.
