'There are thousands of us': Sixties Scoop survivor shares story following National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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Tauni Sheldon is often referred to as “the picture-perfect baby” with full cheeks, almond-shaped eyes and sporting a frilly white dress.
Tauni Sheldon is often referred to as “the picture-perfect baby” with full cheeks, almond-shaped eyes and sporting a frilly white dress.
The image of her as a baby was used in a Toronto newspaper back in 1970, which advertised her to prospective parents.
"I did go to a very loving family, my adoptive family, my adoptive parents,” Sheldon told CTV News. “When they saw my adoption notice in a Toronto telegram, they knew that they wanted to adopt me."
The column was published not long after Sheldon was taken away from her mother on the day she was born.
"So, she held me for three hours knowing that I would be taken away and it took the next 22 years or so to find each other," she said.
She was removed from the remote Inuit community of Inukjuak on Hudson Bay, and ended up being adopted by a family who lived near Milton.
