Sixties Scoop

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Articles

More First Nations Children Removed From Their Homes Than Ever Before

This article discusses how more than 27 500 First Nation children are in foster care today, more than the number of children removed from their families at the peak of the residential school system in the 1940s.

The Sixties Scoop:  How Canada's "Best Intentions" Proved Catastrophic

An article from First Nations Drum: Canada’s National Native Newspaper regarding the Sixties Scoop. (Gr 9 and up)

Books, Fiction

Indian Killer

By Sherman Alexie, 2008.

From Amazon.com: "The main character is an Indian serial killer who incites racial tension by murdering whites in retribution for his people's history. The killer leaves clear signs of his motives by scalping his victims, and leaving feathers as gestures of Indian defiance. The killer is a conflicted creation--raised by loving white parents, but twisted by loss of his identity as an Indian." (Grade 9 and up)

Film & Video

Red Road Preview 1

YouTube (2:25 mins)

A preview if the movie Red Road about the Sixties Scoop. Warning: explicit content.  (Grade 9 and up)

Red Road Preview 2

YouTube (1:42 mins)

A preview if the movie Red Road about the Sixties Scoop. Warning: explicit content.  (Grade 9 and up)

Websites

Origins Canada: Supporting Those Separated By Adoption

This website provides information on the Sixties Scoop, a references list of scoop material, and additional resources   about adoption as it relates to Aboriginal communities. (Grade 9 and up)

Southern Manitoba First Nations Repatriation Program

This website is dedicated to repatriating Manitoba First Nation people separated by forced adoption with their families. (Grade 9 and up)

Stolen Nation

This website details personal stories of forced adoption and includes the stories of prominent First Nation and Metis figures in Canada.  (Grade 9 and up)