By Dave Baxter  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Chief of a Manitoba First Nation spoke on Friday about what Orange Shirt Day means to him, as a survivor of the Sixties Scoop. Brokenhead Ojibway Nation (BON) Chief Gordon Bluesky, who is currently serving his first term as Chief of the community north of Winnipeg, was one of thousands who took part in events at the Forks and at the RBC Convention Centre on Friday to commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. He said he has dealt with his own trauma after being taken from his family and his community when he was a child, as part of the Sixties Scoop, a period in this country when policies were enacted that allowed the child welfare system to take Indigenous

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