The Circle of Turtle Lodge calls on all SURVIVORS of the SIXTIES SCOOP living in Renfrew County to participate in their ‘Welcome Home’ project that includes four Saturday workshops focused on reclaiming our Indigenous Well-Being over the summer months at our Indigenous Hub in the [east] Pembroke Mall.
Sixties Scoop Survivors, and those affected by intergenerational trauma from it, may register for one of 4 dates: June 3rd, July 8th, August 12, or September 9th at the Indigenous Hub, Pembroke Mall or by email: thehub@thecircleofturtlelodge.ca
The Well-being Day will include lunch and the following topics:
- A ceremonial opening and closing
- Indigenous Identity: Spirit Names and Clans
- Your Medicine Bundle for Healing
- Self-Care for Scoop Survivors
- Intergenerational Trauma Indicators
- Sharing Circle
Additional wellness days on the land – one per month in June, July, August, and September – will be included with registration for those interested. For further information call the Indigenous Hub at 613-629-9977 or email them at thehub@thecircleofturtlelodge.ca
“The 60s Scoop is a relatively unheard-of phenomenon that occurred in the late 1950’s to early 1980’s. It took place behind the closed doors of child welfare agencies following on the residential school’s Indigenous child removal policies in Canada.
Over 22,500 First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children were apprehended, solicited, and trafficked across provinces, borders, and overseas by social workers, churches, and adoption agencies. This was hailed as a benevolent practice by provincial and federal governments.
Thousands of Indigenous children grew up in non-Indigenous households losing their vital connection to language, ceremonies, kinships, identity, and connection to their traditional land.” https://sixtiesscoopnetwork.org/
Sadly, the involvement of the child welfare system is no less prolific in the current era…the “Sixties Scoop” has merely evolved into the “Millennium Scoop.”
– Sinclair, “Identity lost and found: Lessons from the sixties scoop.”
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Aimee Bailey, Spokesperson