How Much is Your Culture Worth?

‘The Sixties Scoop represents a darker time in Canadian history of when European culture was viewed as “better” than Aboriginal culture and that if aboriginal children were raised with European culture they would benefit with a better lifestyle. Social workers during the Sixties Scoop saw these differences in culture as inadequacies in the proper development of a child. Today — mostly — we now know that European culture and Aboriginal culture are simply different and not inferior or superior to each other. We also know that what was done during the Sixties Scoop was unjust and critically damaging to the aboriginal children — now adults —, their culture, and the multicultural identity of Canada overall. I believe that the Canadian government must make amends for its previous actions in order for it to advance and for the people affected to advance as well.’