Call on the Canadian government to apologize to Sixties Scoop survivors. | View in browser [[link removed]] .


[[link removed]]“The pain grew with us as teens and adults. If you know you have hurt someone’s
spirit, you ask for forgiveness. To acknowledge that harm did happen comforts
the small child’s spirit inside us still.” – Elaine Apatchitwane Kicknosway, Sixties Scoop adoption survivor


Dear John,

From the late 1950s to the 1980s, thousands of Indigenous children in Canada
were adopted out of their communities, usually out of province. Many were sent
as far away as the US, Germany and Australia. The Provincial, Territorial and
Canadian governments gravely violated the rights of these families: to belong to
their Indigenous nation, to learn their culture and language, not to be
subjected to assimilation, and not to be subjected to genocide.

After decades of lawsuits by Indigenous Sixties Scoop survivors, 2017 brought a
breakthrough in their long struggle for justice in Canada — the federal
government finally announced a settlement with survivors and established a
national healing foundation.

Sadly, the celebration didn’t last long. The federal government refused to apologize to the over 20,000 adoptees and
recognize the hurt they caused by racist child welfare policies.

That’s why we launched a parliamentary petition
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Canadian government to ask forgiveness from the adoptees.

We only have a short time to add more voices to this call. Will you sign and
share our parliamentary petition before the December 15th deadline?
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[[link removed]]Colleen Hele-Cardinal, co-founder of the National Indigenous Survivors of Child
Welfare Network, explained in a CBC interview this week
[[link removed]] why the network has launched the petition to the Prime Minister: “ It's not enough, just giving us money. It needs to be on record that this
happened in Canada. It needs to be acknowledged. ”

You can act now in solidarity with survivors like Colleen and Elaine by signing and sharing the parliamentary petition
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Miigwech for your advocacy and support,

Ana

Ana Collins
Indigenous Rights Advisor
Amnesty International Canada


P.S. Amnesty International is partnering with the National Indigenous Survivors
of Child Welfare Network to advocate for the continued need to connect Sixties Scoop survivors who were taken with their families, and raise awareness about the
survivors' ongoing struggle for justice. You can learn more here >>
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