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== Consequences of the Sixties Scoop ==
== Consequences of the Sixties Scoop ==
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'''Indigenous Peoples disconnected from their culture, families and Nations '''
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*<span>Many people lost </span>their heritage and sense of belonging, in addition to being forced out of their families. <ref>https://settlement.org/ontario/immigration-citizenship/citizenship/first-nations-inuit-and-metis-peoples/what-is-the-sixties-scoop/</ref>
*Survivors had to live through years of linguistic, spiritual and legal loss.
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'''Abuse by adoptive families'''
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*Many surviving adoptees reported physical, emotional and sexual abuse from the families they were placed with. <ref>https://settlement.org/ontario/immigration-citizenship/citizenship/first-nations-inuit-and-metis-peoples/what-is-the-sixties-scoop/</ref>
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'''Overrepresentation of Indigenous children in the child welfare system'''
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* According to the 2016 census, Indigenous children account for 7.7% of the total child population of Canada, but 52.2% of children in foster care.  <ref>https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1541187352297/1541187392851</ref> <br>
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Revision as of 02:08, 12 November 2022

The Sixties scoop was the mass non-consensual removal of Indigenous children from their families and into the child welfare system during the 1950s-80s; term coined by Patrick Johnston to describe the stealing of Indigenous children from their communities and culture to be placed in non-Indigenous, middle-class households that reached its peak during the 60s; legacies of the Sixties Scoop continue to exist in the drastic overrepresentation of Indigenous children in the child welfare system. -Indigenous Foundations [1]


Consequences of the Sixties Scoop

Indigenous Peoples disconnected from their culture, families and Nations 

  • Many people lost their heritage and sense of belonging, in addition to being forced out of their families. [2]
  • Survivors had to live through years of linguistic, spiritual and legal loss.

Abuse by adoptive families

  • Many surviving adoptees reported physical, emotional and sexual abuse from the families they were placed with. [3]

Overrepresentation of Indigenous children in the child welfare system

  • According to the 2016 census, Indigenous children account for 7.7% of the total child population of Canada, but 52.2% of children in foster care. [4]

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