“I knew I'd never see my family if I were captured; we wouldn't be reunited at the school”(Dimaline 12). How does this quote showgovernements restrictions and on going survelance

This quote illustrates how aboriginal people were systematically separated from their families in order to control them, use them, and assimilate them. Capture only meant isolation for the people. This can be seen as a metaphor for residential schools in Canada’s recent history.