Sixties Scoop

What was the "Sixties Scoop"

• a school system where indigenous children were sent away

• The mass removal of indigenous children from their families into the child welfare system

• an event that occurred in the 1950s where children were "scooped" out of their homes

What were some of the factors that contributed to the removal of children from their families?

• the children were better off with adoptive parents

• The government wanted to provide European families who couldn't have children of their own with children

• Social workers did not have any training on the family structure and cultural practices of indigenous families

• The children were all living in abusive homes

The majority of children who were removed from their family homes were placed with:

• their distant relatives

• nuns who ran boarding schools

• a different indigenous family

• middle-class European families

What was the reason for removing children from their family homes?

• Government authorities believed that indigenous children could receive a better education if they attended the public school system alongside other Canadian children

• The government removed children because they believed that the children didn't deserve to grow up with their family

• It would be better for the indigenous children to be raised in European homes

• because the children would receive better food with their adoptive families

True or False

The sixties scoop did not only affect the children who were placed in different families, but it also had intergenerational effects for the next generation of children

• True

• False

Where did the term "Sixties Scoop" come from?

• The term was coined by a social worker who felt like she was literally scooping up children out of their parent's arms

• the term came from the scoop of ice cream the children were given to stop crying after being removed from their home

True or False

Many adoptions did not work out.

20% of indigenous adoptions failed by age 15

50% of indigenous adoptions failed by age 17

• True

• False

What were some of the lasting effects of the sixties scoop reported by adult adoptees?

[ 2 answers are correct ]

• Loss of cultural identity

• Feelings of shame, loneliness, and confusion

• relief that they could attend public school with other Canadian children

• a sense of pride in their identity