Launching September 29, 2023 – Otinichick : Taken

Launching September 29, 2023 – Otinichick : Taken,

A multimedia touring installation addressing the legacy of the Indigenous residential schools,
day schools, the 60’s Scoop and failed child welfare policies

Ottawa September 25, 2023

We are pleased to invite you to the launch of Otinichick : Taken, a multimedia touring installation addressing the legacy of the Indigenous residential schools, day schools, the 60’s Scoop and failed child welfare policies. Livestream link: https://nationtalk.ca/otinichick-taken

Otinichik : Taken emerges as an innovative collaboration of Sixties Scoop Network, Truth and Reconcilliation Committee of the Métis Nation of Alberta, Île à la Crosse Boarding School in Saskatchewan and Canadian portrait artist Lynn Melbourne, whose work captures the spirit of the children who are survivors of the legacy of forced removal of Indigenous children from their families and the persisting harms of foster.

The purpose of this project is to:

• honour children who were taken and provide support to them and their families;
• provide an opportunity for survivors, families, and communities to share their stories and advance inter-generational healing and reconciliation;
• support calls for action with more investigating, truth telling and the development of new policies;
• increase awareness of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the history and legacy of Residential Schools, the sixties scoop and the continued removal of children from their families and communities.

Attached is as draft program and poster.

Project Planning Committee
Tony Belcourt
Michele-Elise Burnett
Lynn Melourne
Anne Noonan
Landscape of Nations 360

For information contact Tony Belcourt: tonybelcourt209@gmail.com; 613-791-5056

Livestream link: https://nationtalk.ca/otinichick-taken

We gratefully acknowledge the support of Heritage Canada and Wabano for this launch

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