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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Intimate integration : a history of the Sixties Scoop and the colonization of Indigenous kinship
—Stevenson, Allyson D., 1976- author.
Paper Book
Privileging Indigenous voices and experiences, Intimate Integration documents the rise and fall of North American transracial adoption projects, including the Adopt Indian and Métis Project and the Indian Adoption Project. Allyson D. Stevenson argues that the integration of adopted Indian...
Silence to strength : writings and reflections on the Sixties Scoop
Paper Book
From the 1960s through the 1980s the Canadian Children's Aid Society engaged in a large-scale program of removing First Nations children from their families and communities and adopting them out to non-Indigenous families. This systemic abduction of untold thousands of children came to be known...
Sixties scoop
—Cook, Inez
Paper Book
For decades, "scooping up" (taking) Indigenous chldren from their families for placement in foster homes or adoption, was commonplace. this is the story of one of those 20,000 children.
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...
Bearskin diary : a novel
—GoldenEagle, Carol Rose, 1963- author.
Paper Book
Raw and honest, Bearskin Diary gives voice to a generation of First Nations women who have always been silenced, at a time when movements like Idle No More call for a national inquiry into the missing and murdered Aboriginal women. Carol Daniels adds an important perspective to the Canadian...

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