Sixties Scoop
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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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Quebec to exhume remains of Innu boys whose families have questions about 1970 deathsThe exhumations are the first to be authorized under a 2021 Quebec law intended to help Indigenous families learn more about the deaths and disappearances of their children.CanadaJun 15, 2023
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Journey towards reconciliation includes access to traditional ceremonyIn order to heal from the trauma endured in residential schools, many Indigenous people have turned to traditional healing ceremonies.PerspectivesMar 16, 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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New initiative helps Indigenous people reconnect with community, cultureTwo B.C. Indigenous leaders, who were themselves taken from their families and placed in foster care, are now looking to help others who were separated while fostering healing.CanadaSep 30, 2022
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Saskatchewan horse ride to raise awareness for Indigenous children in care completes final yearThe QBOW Bring Home the Children Ride ends after 10 days of raising awareness of Indigenous children who were lost to the welfare system, residential schools and Sixties Scoop.CanadaAug 12, 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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New Brunswick students recreate Sixties Scoop survivor’s portrait'This is going to make them feel better and hopefully bring out what has happened ... from the Sixties Scoop,' said Minda Burley of an art installation in Quispamsis, N.BCanadaJun 17, 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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