An Ontario court has ruled in favour of thousands of Indigenous people who were stripped of their cultural identities when they were taken from their homes on reserves by child protection workers and placed with white families.Survivors of a period known as the Sixties Scoop are now waiting to hear how much the Ontario Superior Court orders the federal government to pay in damages following an eight-year legal battle."After so many years, I feel like a great weight has been lifted from my heart. Our voices were finally heard and listened to. Our pain was acknowledged," lead plaintiff Marcia Brown Martel said in a media release.The plaintiffs are seeking about $1.3 billion in damages, or $85,000 for each of the 16,000 people represented in the lawsuit.Read more on VICE News.