Raven Sinclair

Raven Sinclair (Ótiskewápíwskew) is Cree/Assinniboine/Saulteaux and a member of Gordon First Nation of the Treaty#4 area of southern Saskatchewan and Dean of Social Work at University nuhelot’įne thaiyots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills. She is a survivor and expert on the Sixties Scoop, the practice of taking Indigenous children from their families and placing them in foster care or adopting them out to white families. She is a critic of the current child welfare system in Canada, especially as it relates to Indigenous peoples. She is a professor, film maker, author, public speaker, and facilitator. Sinclair is also a founding editorial member of the Journal of Indigenous Voices in Social Work, and past regional editor for AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples.