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Unpopular take: Getting off the reserve alive is what makes an indigenous person a “survivor,” not having attended a residential school.
Here’s why.
You may want to bookmark this one. 1/10 🧵
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Tim Thielmann
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Tim Thielmann
@timthielmann
Director: Making A Killing documentary. Former indigenous rights lawyer. MLA Tara Armstrong’s DEI hire.
Victoria, BC Katılım Eylül 2023
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After repealing DRIPA, how do we take on the “final boss“ of aboriginal title?
Marc Nixon and I discuss property, rights, reconciliation, and a new proposal to the existential crisis Canadians face.
Marc Nixon@MarcNixon24
Former Indigenous rights lawyer @timthielmann says British Columbia is heading toward an EXISTENTIAL crisis. Property rights. Land claims. DRIPA. National unity. This may be one of the most important conversations I’ve ever had on this channel. WATCH THIS.
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What the actual fuck is this
Tim Thielmann@timthielmann
Residential schools saved thousands of lives, but the stories have been buried.
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Hi @PeterMilobar, , you vowed to be a "voice against denialism". Each of these speakers, including myself, deny the claim that there were 215 bodies discovered in Kamloops. The number is zero. I invite you to come and voice your opposing view.
Frances Widdowson@FrancesWiddows1
Coming to @BCLegislature on May 27, 2026, 12:00-2:00 p.m. We must have truth about Kamloops. If we can't have truth about "The 215" we can't have truth about anything. @TimThielmann @JimMcMurtry01 @NewWorldHominin @Dallas_Brodie @DrewCouver56
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@FrancesWiddows1 @CrystalSeahorse Nina needs a publicist on X.
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Two words: Nina Green (indianresidentialschoolrecords.com)
Mario Zelaya@mario4thenorth
No one in this country has EVER gone into this much detail. Ever. “Schools received funding on a per capita basis. The Indian agent was required to audit the schools for student count, to verify funding. School population was audited, and missing children would be noticed”
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@TheReclamare This was a significant public service. Thank you for your work and brilliant exposition of the relevant evidence.
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This🧵contains empirical evidence disputing the conclusion that the remains of 215 children were found in a mass burial at Kamloops Residential School.
The burden of proof lies with the Tk'emlúps
Lets go🌞
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Can you read this thread and maintain the conclusion that there are bodies buried or likely to be buried in Kamloops? An invitation to all. Prepare for an overload of logic and evidence.
The Reclamare@TheReclamare
This🧵contains empirical evidence disputing the conclusion that the remains of 215 children were found in a mass burial at Kamloops Residential School. The burden of proof lies with the Tk'emlúps Lets go🌞
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In a democracy, you can die waiting for a heroic politician to save your nation. Or you can do the hard work of changing hearts and minds of the people politicians follow. Chris chose the hard path and he has cleared the way for change.
Billboard Chris 🌎@BillboardChris
Very good news! I asked @PierrePoilievre what he plans to do as Prime Minister of Canada about the abuse of child transition. He was more clear than he’s ever been in vowing to stop it!
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@RitaKarakas They are students not survivors and I have spoken with many of them and I have studied the TRC report. Have you? I have also listened to the teachers from residential schools. Have you? I’ve also listened to the defenders not just the critics of residential schools. Have you?
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@timthielmann Tim how about reading up on some history or better yet the testimonies of survivors?
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Residential schools saved thousands of lives, but the stories have been buried.
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@9781118555927_ I’m very sorry to hear that. How did he die?
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@timthielmann My uncle died in your residential school. My grandmother hid the rest after that.
Literally it was your grandmother and grandfather who are to blame for inaction.
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@timthielmann This may work on a 4 year old you duplicitous cunt. Your gaslighting is so monumentally ridiculous I had to chuckle.
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@BasedTJMiller These are the stories that have been buried.
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My neighbour said the residential school was her only escape from being raped and beaten by her drunk Dad and Uncle on the reserve and many like her feel the same way, but afraid to tell the truth and go against the narrative.
Billions of dollars + powerful forces involved.
Tim Thielmann@timthielmann
Nuns and priests and brothers cared for children who came to the schools and many cases because they didn’t have care at home. They are Canada‘s heroes not villains. Shame on anyone, perpetuating, absurd lies of murdered children in mass Graves.
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@timthielmann I was going to put Iain high on my ballot just under KLF but he was removed from it completely when I voted.
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If you’re number one priority is to avoid a liberal retrenchment, then the most important voting decision is to keep Milobar and Black completely off your ballot. This is true for everyone who is voting for KLF, Fulmer, or Elliot regardless of which you rank first.
KLF has a consistently Conservative track record. Fulmer ann execute. Elliot has an aggressive policy platform despite her past ties.
But Milobar and Black? both despise the base and backstab true conservatives. Milabar did it to Brodie when she stood up on the 215 claim. Black did it against Armstrong when she denounced UNDRIP.’s indigenous ethnonationalism.
Let them run for the NDP next election. We don’t need them.
Tim Thielmann@timthielmann
Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Juri Fulmer, and Caroline Elliott have each prioritized removing UNDRIP from our laws and ending the grievance-based transfer of money, land, and power. They all say they’ll stop gender transitions for minors and appreciate the need for deep economic reform. Any one of them would be a major improvement over the previous status quo under Rustad. No politician is perfect. I think Findlay demonstrates the strongest commitment to these promises. Elliott has broad appeal, which matters in a general election. And Fulmer has demonstrated charisma, a willingness to take risks, and business success to draw from, which is critical for execution. All three will be on my ballot, and I would be willing to support any one of them if elected. Milobar and Black will not be on my ballot. Milobar carries too much water for the reconciliation industry, and Black strikes me as a phony, pandering Liberal — precisely the kind of politician so many of us joined the BC Conservatives to be rid of. Whatever your ballot looks like, happy voting, everyone!
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And anybody who knows me knows that I am not naïve. If any of these candidates betrays the base, the base will coalesce around a new leader. we will make sure of that.
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@No_strin The arrival of Europeans increased indigenous lifespans from about 25 to about 75 and has increased indigenous populations by several orders of magnitude.
It was the opposite of a genocide. It was a genocrescence— the growth of a people.
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@timthielmann Thousands more lives would have been saved if you’d just stayed in Europe.
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@Lord_grimz Well put and the same concern arises with immigration from the Third World.
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True. They saved lives indigenous people couldn't save before Western medicine came. It saved languages too despite languages being lost so that theyd survive the immersion of English
Many missionaries figured out the languages and put them in written form .
The west was good despite the serious issues that ensued, the most apparent in my view is the intrinsic harms assimilating a stone age society into an industrial one would have, which the West did not understand.
Tim Thielmann@timthielmann
Residential schools saved thousands of lives, but the stories have been buried.
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Making a Killing now has over 1.4 million views across all platforms. It is about so much more than Kamloops. Watch it here: lowercase makingakilling.ca
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@TheReclamare The narrative for indigenous people in Canada should be a coming-of-age story, not a folkhorror.
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Though moral laundering is en vogue, its just subjugation with a bow🎀
You can't succeed without special help
You can't be held to the same standards as others
Your choices matter less because of your ancestry
We expect less from you
Your identity determines your capabilities
The Reclamare@TheReclamare
Indigenous peoples are no longer victims of colonialism, but they are victims of their own cultural continuity A thesis🧵
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