When you take away someone's language, it's not just the language, it's taking away a part of them. How would you feel if someone came to you and said, "Nope, you're not allowed to speak English. If you do, we'll kill you. Oh and your religion? WRONG, you can only worship our God, the one true God. And while we're at it, that Internet you go on? No more. We don't believe in the internet. And let's take away any other hobbies you might enjoy, they aren't what we consider to be appropriate hobbies. And your land? It's not yours anymore either, it's ours. You can't have land until you worship our God and become just like us." How would you feel if they destroyed your culture? Forbid you from telling any stories of your family and your people? Forbid you to read books written by writers of your nationality? Forbid you to sing the songs of your people?
I'm not saying we should beat up the British (Or, every white American for that matter) what's done is done. However, to just casually brush it off like it was no big deal, just doesn't sit right with me. And the way you said they could revive their language, forgive me if I misunderstood, but that came across to me like you were almost accusing them of being lazy about it. "It's your own fault you're not speaking your native language!" when that is so not the case.
People like to think that it happened a million years ago, but the last residential school in Canada only closed down in the 1980's. I think 1984 to be exact. My father had sisters taken away never to be seen or heard from again. When I went to high school it was a church school who made us speak french only and made fun of our faith and culture. And even tho I am Canadian, I get told by strangers here in nova scotia to speak English or get out of "their" country. Just on Sunday I was on the bus speaking my native to my young son and I was told by 2 old men that I should go back to my country and that "foreigners" like me take all the jobs. Idiots had no clue.
I do not hate all white people, I hate the government for covering up history and not educating people. anyways that is enough heavy thinking for me today lol