This documentary reveals the impacts of the Sixties Scoop, a period in which a series of Canadian policies enabled child welfare authorities to take, or “scoop up,” Indigenous children from their families and communities for placement in white foster homes. Explore Indigenous resilience through narrative sovereignty as experienced through the Little Bird series’ Indigenous creatives, cast, crew & community members.
Direction
Indigenous creatives controlling their own story—radical by design.
Writing
Narrative sovereignty as craft choice, not just content.
Production
Little Bird series community becomes living archive.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Sixties Scoop affected an estimated 20,000 Indigenous children; many remain disconnected from their nations, languages, and identities today.
Little Bird star Darla Contois is a Sixties Scoop survivor herself; her performance in the series draws directly from lived experience documented here.
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