Cowessess First Nation is working to change a system that critics say has notoriously harmed Indigenous children and families, first with residential schools, then with the Sixties Scoop and ongoing through child and family services and foster care.
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“Today is a historical day,” said Cowessess Chief Cadmus Delorme. “This is where Indigenous people, as rights holders, can create their own laws in a true co-relationship [with the Crown], as treaty was meant to be.” Trudeau, Delorme and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe were in attendance to finalize the coordination agreement, titled the Miyo Pimatisowin Act. “This is a step along the journey, one that was identified by Indigenous communities, I think rightly, as being a priority making sure we recognize the harm done to children in residential schools, the harm done through child and family services, the removal of Indigenous kids who are overrepresented in care,” said Trudeau.