Colleen Cardinal, a member of the Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta and a survivor of the ’60s Scoop, has started to map out the stories of survivors.
According to an article in Canada’s National Observer, Ms. Cardinal launched an online mapping tool in 2019. Now, it includes the stories of more than 100 survivors who were displaced from across Canada to places as far as the UK and Botswana.
The map illustrates where people were born and where they were moved. It logs birthdates, when people moved and if survivors met their biological families, the date that happened. Each entry includes space for people to share words and videos telling their own stories and contact information for survivors to connect with others.
The project also aims to identify resources for ’60s Scoop survivors to find support and help in repatriating, cultural reclamation, counselling and locating other survivors across Canada.
Genetic Detective, a genetic genealogy service near Ottawa, has offered to subsidize DNA test kits for some survivors, create a database of survivors’ genetic information, and connect survivors to their biological families.
