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Confronting The Past
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia

Video
Contributors
Rajotte, Coleen; Rajotte Productions (Firm)
Description
"An in-depth, three-part series examining the history of the 'sixties scoop' -- aboriginal adoption in Canada. The impacts of adoption are explored through the eyes of adoptees and their families. We meet the people who worked in Child Welfare Agencies in the 1960's and explore why so many children were placed outside of Canada. The series is the first up-to-date history of the 'sixties scoop', including the current debates surrounding the adoption of aboriginal children to non-aboriginal parents. We look at the struggle to open adoption records and the dozens of pending lawsuits by adoptees who were placed in the United States. We also explore different experiences, different stories, of how several adoptees have adjusted to meeting their birth families."

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Alternate Title(s)
A long journey home
And one day they were gone
Different stories, different lives
The story of the Gott children
Statement of Responsibility
Rajotte Productions ; director Coleen Rajotte.
Publication Information
Winnipeg : Rajotte Productions Inc.
Physical Description
3 videodiscs (ca. 144 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in.
Contents
pt. 1. And one day they were gone: the story of the Gott children -- pt.2. A long journey home : the story of the Gott children -- pt. 3. Different stories, different lives : the story of the Gott children.
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