The 60s Scoop is a relatively unheard-of phenomenon that occurred in the late 1950’s to early 1980’s. It took place behind the closed doors of child welfare agencies following on the residential schools Indigenous child removal policies in Canada.

Over 22,500 First Nations, Inuit and Metis children were apprehended, solicited and trafficked across provinces, borders and overseas by social workers, churches, and adoption agencies. This was hailed as a benevolent practice by provincial and federal governments.

Thousands of Indigenous children grew up in non-Indigenous households losing their vital connection to language, ceremonies, kinships, identity and connection to their traditional land.

We, the Sixties Scoop Network, are a small group of Indigenous child welfare survivors based in Ottawa, ON, Canada who are dedicated to reconnecting to culture through ceremony, healing and building community with other survivors.

Please visit us at https://sixtiesscoopnetwork.org/ for more information watch our short video.