'60s Scoop
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The Southern Chiefs’ Organization launches campaign aimed at ’60s ScoopThe Southern Chiefs' Organization launched a campaign called Stronger than the Scoop on Wednesday to help members of SCO nations heal from the effects of the '60s Scoop.CanadaJan 17, 2024
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‘A miracle’: Sisters separated by ’60s Scoop meet for first time in VancouverSisters Nita and Brandy Quill met for the first time at a SkyTrain station in Vancouver last week, more than 30 years after they were separated during the '60s Scoop.CanadaJan 9, 2024
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‘Something we grew up with’: Podcast highlights impact of ’60s scoopAn Indigenous, women-led podcast, 'Spilling Labrador Tea Under Cedar Trees,' has launched its third season, centering on the child welfare system and impacts of the '60s scoop.CanadaNov 20, 2023
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Organization aims to move reconciliation forward in southern AlbertaThe Honouring Traditions and Reconciliation Society is a grassroots group taking action to move towards reconciliation.CanadaDec 9, 2022
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Federal Court certifies class action for off-reserve Indigenous kids in foster careThe Federal Court of Canada ruled the class period will cover from Jan. 1, 1992 to Dec. 31, 2019, which the plaintiffs call the period the "Millennium Scoop."CanadaJun 20, 2022
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‘Beginning to speak our truth’: Sixties Scoop exhibit arrives in Vancouver from AlbertaThe exhibit is the first of its kind in Canada, featuring the oral testimonies of 12 survivors of the '60s Scoop.CanadaJun 18, 2022
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Mawita’jik Competition Pow Wow 2022 brings First Nations dancers, drummers to N.S.The competition pow wow called Mawita'jik -- meaning ‘let us gather’ in Mi’kmaw – brought performers from about 15 nations, from as far as North Dakota.CanadaJun 18, 2022
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‘Breathe life into our own laws’: Visions for the future of Indigenous child welfare in B.C.After years of criticism and overrepresentation of Indigenous youth in care, British Columbia is in the midst of major reform in First Nations, Inuit and Métis child welfare.CanadaJun 16, 2022
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‘We’re invisible’: Amid residential school reckoning, ’60s Scoop survivors in B.C. want actionAmid the reckoning over unmarked graves at residential schools across Canada, '60s Scoop survivors in B.C. are sharing their stories — and calling for more government action.CanadaJun 14, 2022
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Okanagan Sixties Scoop survivor concerned about compensation delaysThousands of people who were removed from their Indigenous families as children are eligible for compensation as part of a Sixties Scoop class-action lawsuit.CanadaMay 13, 2022
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