Indigenous Children

• Special interlocutor ‘waiting’ for MP bill criminalizing residential school denialism

  Justice minister considers options raised by independent adviser on unmarked graves, who says Indigenous leaders want Canada to move on criminalizing residential school denialism.

  Canada

  Nov 26, 2023
  
• Indigenous groups remain firm on child welfare law as Supreme Court weighs in

  Some Indigenous nations say they are prepared to continue enforcing their jurisdiction over child welfare if Canada's top court sides with Quebec in a landmark constitutional case.

  Canada

  Sep 28, 2023
  
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• Mohawk Mothers step up legal fight in search for unmarked graves at former Montreal hospital site

  A Quebec's Superior Court judge will hear a motion Thursday filed by a group of Indigenous women to stop new excavation work being done on the former Royal Victoria Hospital site.

  Canada

  Sep 13, 2023
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• Changes made after B.C. foster kids ‘failed at every level’ in horrific abuse case: Minister

  One of the two children died following their abuse. The Chilliwack-area foster parents were sentenced to 10 years in prison last week.

  Crime

  Jun 20, 2023
• ‘A different place’: How the missing children of a former B.C. residential school changed Canada

  It's been two years since Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc announced findings of over 200 unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in B.C. A lot has happened since.

  Politics

  May 26, 2023
• Mohawk Mothers relieved as search begins for potential unmarked graves at former Montreal hospital

  Mohawk Mothers are declaring a victory, after signing an agreement with McGill and the SQI to allow for archeological mapping at a former hospital to look for unmarked graves.

  Canada

  Apr 20, 2023
• Indigenous child welfare settlement will get $3B more from feds, AFN says

  The assembly, along with the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, announced the money today as part of a revised compensation package now totalling $23 billion.

  Canada

  Apr 3, 2023
• λugʷaləs becomes first baby in B.C. to have his Indigenous name on birth certificate

  λugʷaləs K’ala’ask Shaw has become the first child in British Columbia to have his Indigenous name registered and printed on his birth certificate.

  Perspectives

  Mar 29, 2023
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• Saskatchewan First Nation says B.C. willing to keep talking to resolve concern

  The First Nation released a statement one day after a news conference in Vancouver that outlined its first steps to control its own child welfare services.

  Politics

  Mar 22, 2023
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• ‘Hurt is still alive:’ Ontario community shocked after ‘plausible burials’ uncovered

  The chief says he is seeing difficult emotions from community members and is feeling overwhelmed as his siblings and ancestors attended the institution.

  Canada

  Jan 19, 2023