Dark Cloud

Dark Cloud (born December 15, 1967) is a First Nations storyteller and Sixties Scoop survivor. Dark Cloud is believed to be the sole representative of First Nation heritage residing in Bristol, England.

Biography Dark Cloud, whose birth name is Aaron Quissess, was born in the Chippewa Nation on December 15, 1967. When he was two years old, he and his sisters were taken from their mother, separated, and adopted. Dark Cloud was adopted by a British family living in Canada. In 1977, the family immigrated to Singapore, then later to Manila. Throughout his childhood, Dark Cloud frequently ran away and abused alcohol. As a teenager, he frequented "shanty towns" and lived on a private island called "white sands" making a living giving tourists boat rides.

At some point, Dark Cloud learned that his birth mother committed suicide in 1985 after her attempts to reunite with her children failed.

Dark Cloud ran away from his family and hitchhiked from a London market to Dover and then onto France before traveling throughout Europe. He tried to reconnect with his family in the 1990s, though they had returned to Oshawa, Ontario.

In July 2022, BBC Radio 4's William Crawley interviewed Dark Cloud, focusing on Pope Francis's visit to Canada and the Catholic Church's apology for its role in the Canadian Indian residential school system. The discussion also touched upon reconciliation efforts with the country's Indigenous peoples.

In March 2023, it was reported that artist Richard Mossman had crafted a life-sized sculpture of Dark Cloud which could be cast in bronze.