Aboriginal Women Adopted in ’60s Scoop’ File Suit Against Canada

“Two aboriginal women who were taken from their parents and put up for adoption in white homes during the so-called “60s scoop” are the lead plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Canadian government.

Regina-based lawyer Tony Merchant filed statements of claim this week in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Alberta and is trying to get the suit certified as a class action.

The claim, which has not been proven in court, alleges the Adopt Indian Metis program in the 1960s and 1970s led to physical, sexual and emotional abuse.

It says the children were made to believe that all things aboriginal were worthless.

Merchant says the program was an attempt to take the red out of the child and put the white into the adult.

An Ontario judge certified a different “60s scoop” class action last year and a similar suit was filed earlier this year in British Columbia.”

Aboriginal women adopted in ’60 scoop’ file suit against Canada, citing abuse
[The Canadian Press 8/25/11]

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