The 60's Scoop And The Long-Term Effect On A Non-Indigenous Family

60’s Scoop and the long-term effects The 60’s Scoop has caused major effects on families and children, leaving many with questions and few with answers. Beginning in 1951, children were taken from their families and were given to strangers in an attempt to strip them of their culture. Children were put into homes with English-speaking families, and families that did not know anything about their culture or traditions. Growing up in a non-indigenous family you lose the sense of culture: the goal was to make the indigenous child forget and lose their sense of language and culture because indigenous people were seen as savages. Society had a preconceived perception of Indigenous communities and because it wasn’t the traditional western way, in their opinion there was obviously something that needed to change. Indigenous …show more content…
Individuals trying to find a way to cope have turned to substances like drugs and alcohol, which has turned into a problem of poverty and unemployment (“loss of culture and identity”). Society promotes seeking help, for the Indigenous population the services are accessible, but yet hard to access when there is a 3 month waitlist to see a counselor. Indigenous people want to reach out for help, but how are they supposed to get help when the people they have to ask are the same people who caused the issue? It is no secret that indigenous people struggle with mental health, often due to generational trauma. The government still continues to take children from homes, with 52.2% of children in child protective services being indigenous; if the child's parents struggle with mental health, or addictions, they will take the child from the home to “protect” them, but what if instead of taking the child they instead helped the parent with sobriety, or help them access help to maintain a stable mental