Silence to Strength : Writings and Reflections on the Sixties Scoop (FNCR 2023) Nuu-chah-nulth and the Defence of Grand

and the Defence of Grand River

This resource is also available in English: That Reminds Me

From seaweed to clams to char to shore grasses

Or how to be an ally to Indigenous people

This book is published by TakingITGlobal Connected North program in partnership with Indigenous Artist and Visual Story Teller

Silence to Strength : Writings and Reflections on the Sixties Scoop (FNCR 2023) Nuu-chah-nulth and the Defence of GrandChristine Miskonoodinkwe Smith is a Saulteaux woman from Peguis First Nation. 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 as the Sixties Scoop. The lasting disruption from the loss of family and culture