Campaign seeks to support ’60s Scoop survivors

 By Miranda Leybourne  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Educating the public about the lasting impacts of the ’60s Scoop on Indigenous individuals and families is the mission behind the Southern Chiefs’ Organization’s newest education and awareness campaign. “It is essential we recognize the lasting impacts of the ’60s Scoop on Anishinaabe and Dakota citizens,” Jerry Daniels, grand chief of the Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) said in a press release sent out on Jan 17. The campaign, called “Stronger Than the Scoop,” will honour and care for survivors of the ’60s Scoop and their families. The Scoop saw the removal of Indigenous children from their communities, families and cultures from the 1960s to the ’80s. An estimated 20,000 to 40,000 First Nation, Metis and Inuit children were removed from their families and…

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