Jul 6, 2021 | Announcements, Children & Families
Cowessess First Nation signs $39M deal to implement child welfare system Cowessess First Nation is located 160 km east of Regina. Photo courtesy: Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations. APTN – Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan has signed onto a...
Jun 27, 2021 | Children & Families
More Indigenous family separations now than during residential schools, advocate says Global News – More First Nations families are being separated now than during the years of residential schools — and some are still dying in government care as Indigenous...
Jun 18, 2021 | Children & Families
Elder says Justice Department wants ‘to destroy the Aboriginal people’ as child welfare court fight concludes Photo credit: APTN APTN – A First Nations Elder slammed one of the Canadian government’s top lawyers as a week-long court battle over child welfare and...
Jun 17, 2021 | Children & Families
Canada uses Indian Act to fight tribunal order expanding Jordan’s Principle Photo credit: APTN ‘Racist and colonial’: Canada uses Indian Act to fight tribunal order expanding Jordan’s Principle First Nations organizations criticized the Canadian government in Federal...
Jun 13, 2021 | Children & Families
Indigenous child welfare battle heads to federal court despite calls to drop cases Photo credit: The Canadian Press Ottawa’s controversial legal challenge of a pair of rulings involving First Nations children torn from their families by a chronically underfunded...
Jun 12, 2021 | Children & Families
Indigenous leaders, foster kids decry child welfare system Photo credit: The Canadian Press As stories of the horrors of residential schools circulate after the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation announced it had located what are believed to be the remains of 215...
