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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Behind the Smile: A Survivor of the Metis Sixties Scoop

Behind the Smile: A Survivor of the Metis Sixties Scoop

Rogers, Kp

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ISBN13: 9798650933168
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 3 2020
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.34 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In this emotionally hard-hitting book, KP Rogers weaves a vivid and compelling record of Métis children taken from their family like a litter of unwanted kittens and raised in a cold, abusive foster home. She shares the terrifying memories of being separated from her mother and then her siblings, and the life-long struggle to heal from the effects of diverse and perpetual abuses and trauma of foster care. All around these children, people knew much of what was happening to them - why did no one blow the whistle? Why were the known events never investigated by Child Welfare, to protect these children?KP Rogers exposes a malevolent truth of the Canadian Child Welfare system in what is now known as the Sixties Scoop. She reveals a dark story with a bright ending of repatriation to family and cultural roots, and personal triumph over adversity. Behind the Smile is a tribute to the tens of thousands of Sixties Scoop survivors, and the affected families of the Metis Nation, the Inuit, and the First Nations. It is a testament of the resilience of the human spirit to overcome adversity and early childhood trauma.

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