Interview with Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith: Stories of Courageous Sixties Scoop Survivors
Channel: all about canadian books
Date: 2023-06-27

Author and editor Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith discusses the story behind Silence to Strength: Writings and Reflections on the 60s Scoop.

From the 1960s through the 1980s the Canadian Children’s Aid Society engaged in a large-scale program of taking 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. Stories of the intergenerational disruption from loss of family and culture are shared in this collection, as are stories of strength and survivance.

In Silence to Strength: Writings and Reflections on the 60s Scoop, editor Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith gathers together contributions from seventeen Sixties Scoop survivors from across the territories of Canada. These courageous writings show there is strength in telling story, and power in ending the silences of the past.

The contributors to Silence to Strength are: Anna Croxen, Vonda Knipfel, Shaun LaDue, Alice McKay, Denise Mcleod, Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith, David Mortimer, Arlene Noskye, Karen Orser, Doreen Parenteau, Shane Pement, Tyler Pennock, Cathy Phannenhour, Elizabeth Redsky, Terry Swan, Melissa Thomas (Sigvaldason), and Lisa Wilder.

EVERY Canadian should read Silence to Strength. I was so moved by these courageous stories. 

HUGE miigwetch🙏Christine!

BIG 🙏for watching!

Get To Know Christine Interview:
https://youtu.be/1Lfo_ZxbIyM

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https://www.kegedonce.com/books/oral-intellectual-traditions/silence-to-strength-writings-and-reflections-on-the-sixties-scoop/

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