Mary Louie remembers wanting only one thing when she was a young girl at residential school: to get home.

Louie says she did not understand everything happening around her, but she noticed changes in the friends and became increasingly uneasy.

“Well, I did go to residential school, but what I seen, I didn’t quite understand what was happening,” Louie said.

She eventually escaped the school late one night.

“I stayed off the road. I stayed in the mountains and crossed the highway at night. Walked back and walked home” Louie said.

She says fear did not stop her from making the journey.

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