The Sixties Scoop

The Sixties Scoop refers to the large-scale removal of Indigenous children from their homes and communities through the 1960s, who were then adopted by non-Indigenous families across Canada and the United States. The experience left many with a lost sense of identity, and the physical and emotional separation from their birth families continues to impact survivors and Indigenous communities to this day. To learn more about this important topic, here is a list of recommended reading containing adult fiction and nonfiction, as well as titles for children.

Updated November 15, 2023
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Ohpikiihaakan-ohpihmeh = Raised somewhere else : a 60s Scoop adoptee's story of coming home
—Cardinal, Colleen
Paper Book
During the 60s Scoop, over 20,000 Indigenous children in Canada were removed from their biological families, lands and culture and trafficked across provinces, borders and overseas to be raised in non-Indigenous households. Ohpikiihaakan-ohpihmeh delves into the personal and provocative...
Sixties Scoop
—Nicks, Erin
Paper Book
Half-bads in white regalia : a memoir
—Caetano, Cody
Paper Book
*WINNER OF THE 2023 INDIGENOUS VOICES AWARD FOR PUBLISHED PROSE IN ENGLISH* *FINALIST FOR THE 2023 EDNA STAEBLER AWARD FOR CREATIVE NON-FICTION* *LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 LEACOCK MEDAL FOR HUMOUR* *LONGLISTED FOR CANADA READS 2023* *LONGLISTED...
In Search of April Raintree
Beatrice Culleton Mosionier
Paper Book
Memories. Some memories are elusive, fleeting, like a butterfly that touches down and is free until it is caught. Others are haunting. You'd rather forget them, but they won't be forgotten. And some are always there. No matter where you are, they are there, too. In this moving story...

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