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Legacy
Child Welfare
Contributor:
Call To Action:
4. We call upon the federal government to enact Aboriginal
child-welfare legislation that establishes national
standards for Aboriginal child apprehension and
custody cases and includes principles that:
i. Affirm the right of Aboriginal governments to
establish and maintain their own child-welfare
agencies.
ii. Require all child-welfare agencies and courts to take
the residential school legacy into account in their
decision making.
iii. Establish, as an important priority, a requirement
that placements of Aboriginal children into
temporary and permanent care be culturally
appropriate.
Reconciliation Quilt
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