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First Nation gets control of children in care
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A vigil takes place where ground-penetrating radar recorded hits of what are believed to be 751 unmarked graves near the grounds of the former Marieval Indian Residential School on the Cowessess First Nation, Sask. on June 26, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Taylor
COWESSESS FIRST NATION, SASKATCHEWAN – A Saskatchewan First Nation where hundreds of unmarked graves were recently discovered near the site of a former residential school is the first in Canada to take back control of children in care under federal legislation.
“Every day we will roll up our sleeves to make sure that every child, when we call them home, that they know where home is – that is Cowessess First Nation,” Chief Cadmus Delorme said Tuesday.
The First Nation, east of Regina, is the first to sign an agreement with Ottawa that sees jurisdiction over children returned to the community. Federal legislation enabling an overhaul of Indigenous child welfare was passed in 2019 and came into force last year. We never gave up our sovereignty of our children, Delorme said.
The chief signed the agreement alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Scott Moe on the powwow grounds at Cowessess. Nearby is the former Marieval Indian Residential School.
Last month, ground-penetrating radar detected a potential 751 unmarked graves at the site.
Trudeau and Moe also visited the area where the graves are located and heard from survivors.
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