THE FORGOTTEN CHILDREN

A young Native child had a good life, his parents were so thrilled and full of joy that they were going to have a boy. When he was born life was good, they loved him unconditional, then as he got old enough to walk and talk, his life turned for the worst. His parents started to turn to drinking, because the father lost his job, and the mother's sister died of kidney failure, because she drank herself to death. Every pay check they got from the government, they would go to White Clay Nebraska, to buy liquor and stay there, they would leave him alone and he had to dress himself and get ready by himself for school, even make breakfast for himself, he didn't have anybody to go to. Then his parents would come home and pass out on the bed or have big parties at their house. When he was 10 that's when it started to get violent. But he loved his parents even though they beat him. He wants to help his parents get better, but that all changes when some foster parents step in to help.