Long Way Home - Story of a 60's Scoop Survivor
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In this #BeyondBarriersPodcast episode #JeffSchoep and Acacia speak with an Indigenous survivor of the #SixtiesScoop. This is an incredible story of courage and strength. How one survivor found his way...
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"The Sixties Scoop refers to a practice that occurred in Canada of taking, or "scooping up," Indigenous children from their families and communities for placement in foster homes or adoption. Despite the reference to one decade, the Sixties Scoop began in the late 1950s and persisted into the 1980s. It is estimated that a total of 20,000 aboriginal children were taken from their families and fostered or adopted out to primarily white middle-class families as part of the Sixties Scoop..." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixties...
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