<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The term Sixties Scoop refers to the practice, during the 1960s, of taking ("scooping up") children of Aboriginal peoples in Canada from their families for placing in foster homes or adoption . Provincially, each region had their specific adoption or fostering program and policy . For example, Saskatchewan had the Adopt Indian Metis (AIM) Program . The children were typically placed for adoption or fostering in Canada though a few were placed in the United States or western Europe . The term "Sixties scoop" was coined by Patrick Johnston in his 1983 report Native Children and the Child Welfare System . It is a variation of the broader term Baby Scoop Era to refer to the period from the late 1950s to 1980s when large numbers of children were taken from their parents for adoption . However and henceforth, the continued practice of taking Indigenous, Inuit and Metis children from their families for placing in foster homes or adoption is termed Millennium Scoop </P> <P> An estimated 20,000 aboriginal children were taken from their families and fostered or adopted out to primarily white middle - class families, some within Canada and some in the US or Western Europe . </P>

Where did the 60's scoop take place