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Nations take different approaches to asserting jurisdiction on child and family services
As Cowessess First Nation sits on the cusp of asserting its rights under C-92, An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families, Mi’kmaw Nations in Nova Scotia are leaning toward asserting their rights for their children and families through their existing Treaty and Aboriginal rights.
Cowessess Chief Cadmus Delorme and Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Nova Scotia/Newfoundland Regional Chief Paul Prosper explained their different journeys toward the same goal taking control of the wellbeing of their nations’ children and families. They were speaking on March 2 at the third of five virtual gatherings hosted by the AFN on Child and Family Services and Self-Determination.
A Saskatchewan First Nation is gearing up to become the first Indigenous community in Canada to launch its own child welfare system. On April 1, Cowessess First Nation plans to reassert jurisdiction over child welfare, which it never surrendered.