6 episodes
The Disappearance of Natasha Lynn Starr APTN News
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4.5 • 37 Ratings
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The Millennial Scoop is the ongoing assimilation of Indigenous children and youth through the Canadian government’s child welfare systems. Natasha is a Millennial Scoop survivor from Manitoba’s Child Welfare System. This is her story.
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Episode 1: Chaos and Confusion
Welcome to this new place
New face upon new face
Who are these people remains a mystery
Just like you and your life history
But you have to make do with this weird situation
And accept that you’ll never get a full explanation
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Produced and voiced by Natasha (Reimer) Okemow, edited by Damian Joseph.
Special thanks to APTN’s Director of News and Current Affairs Karyn Pugliese and Executive Producer Cheryl McKenzie. -
Episode 2: Childhood Interruption
Misplaced trust
Childhood years fade to dust
Turns out that mommys and daddys don’t stay
When the going gets tough they walk away
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Produced and voiced by Natasha (Reimer) Okemow, edited by Damian Joseph.
Special thanks to APTN’s Director of News and Current Affairs Karyn Pugliese and Executive Producer Cheryl McKenzie.
Clip credit to King Imprint / YouTube -
Episode 3: System is Whack
Meeting strangers who share the same DNA
Struggling to find the right words to say.
I don’t know if I can do this
Reuniting is far from being all beautiful and bliss
I thought I was ready I really did
But instead I built up a wall and hid
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Produced and voiced by Natasha (Reimer) Okemow, edited by Damian Joseph.
Special thanks to APTN’s Director of News and Current Affairs Karyn Pugliese and Executive Producer Cheryl McKenzie. -
Episode 4: Identity Crisis
I am Indian who had my identity erased at the age of two
Place in a home that wasn’t a right fit but forced to make due
I am Indian that was taken in the millennial scoop
Better known as a systematic curse an ongoing loop
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Produced and voiced by Natasha (Reimer) Okemow, edited by Damian Joseph.
Special thanks to APTN’s Director of News and Current Affairs Karyn Pugliese and Executive Producer Cheryl McKenzie. -
Episode 5: Truth Hurts
Maybe one day I won’t be triggered
And reminded of the past
Maybe one day I‘ll find peace
And a home at last
Maybe one day
Maybe
Maybe
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Produced and voiced by Natasha (Reimer) Okemow, edited by Damian Joseph.
Special thanks to APTN’s Director of News and Current Affairs Karyn Pugliese and Executive Producer Cheryl McKenzie. -
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In Canada, there are tens of thousands of kids in the child welfare system. Manitoba has over 11,000 kids in care, which is the highest in the country. Indigenous youth make up 90 per cent of that number. Natasha Lynn Starr was one of them.
The Disappearance of Natasha Lynn Starr debuts on September 9, 2019.
Promo produced and voiced by Natasha (Reimer) Okemow, edited by Damian Joseph. Cover art by Jesse Andrushko.
Song: Fire 2 the Water. Written and performed by Leonard Sumner.
Customer Reviews
A must listen
Thank you for sharing your life story! Heartbreaking to hear first hand how the system works! Thank you!
Incredibly Powerful
Powerful, authentic account of how the system targets people of color and destroys lives and generations. The vulnerability demonstrated by Natasha is inspirational. I learned so much through her story. Thank you!
Thankf You For Sharing
I just want to say thank you for sharing your story and I pray you continue growing because the world is yours! Your courage is admirable and because of your story, I hope that future adoptees can live in homes that acknowledge their past as part of their story, rather than hiding it. Homes that embrace their culture, celebrate it and educate themselves in it. And homes that acknowledge the pain adoptees feel, regardless of how loved they are by their adoptive families. As an adoptive mom, I want to give my son a loving home that embraces everything about who he is. Praying that our approach of complete openness and honesty leads him into a life of knowing exactly who he is... as our son AND the son of his biological family. Thank you!