MWRF Part 3 w Elaine Kicknosway - Bi-Giwen: Coming Home

What this episode covers

Join the Missing Witches Reparations Fundraiser by supporting The Sixties Scoop Network! For Part 3 of our MWRF series, Amy sits down with Sixties Scoop survivor and co-founder of The Sixties Scoop Network, Elaine Kicknosway, to talk about the continuing impact of the large-scale removal or “scooping” of Indigenous children from their homes, communities and families of birth, and their subsequent placement into predominantly non-Indigenous, middle-class families across the United States and Canada. Elaine says, "I want to believe we can all come home, even our missing and murdered sisters, I want to believe we can all come home." Stick around til the end of the episode to hear Elaine sing!!! Elaine Kicknosway (Qwe/she/her) is a Traditional helper - Swampy Cree through her biological mother from Amisk Lake and her biological father’s side is from Buffalo Narrows Sk. She is a Sixties Scoop Survivor and returned home in 1996. Elaine is Wolf Clan and is a member of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation in Northern Saskatchewan. She has been long time community advocate in the areas of child welfare, MMIW2SG, healthy families, and Indigenous Wellness that include spaces for the LGBTQ2S+. She is a carrier of ceremonial teaching. Elaine is an Indigenous land based focusing therapist & trauma Counsellor, a Blanket exercise facilitator and trainer, Indigenous full spectrum birth to death Doula , Traditional dancer, singer, drummer and is the Cofounder of The Sixties Scoop Network. www.missingwitches.com/ep-265-mwrf-part-3-w-elaine-kicknosway-bi-giwen-coming-home https://sixtiesscoopnetwork.org/