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Creative Nonfiction

The Sixties Scoop: Far More than a Decade

Karlee Benediktson Apr 07, 2021
The Sixties Scoop left behind a profound shock and a loss of heritage, language, families and identity. In 2017, the Canadian government announced the Sixties Scoop Settlement in acknowledgement of its cultural genocide. But, only for Inuit and Indigenous people with status. Métis and non-status, who were adopted under the same scheme of assimilating children into white society, still cannot apply.
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