More Indigenous family separations now than during residential schools, advocate says
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More First Nations families are being separated now than during the years of residential schools — and some are still dying in government care as Indigenous children make up the bulk of Canada’s foster care system, one advocate says.
“The federal government funds all public services on reserve and does so to lesser levels,” she said on an episode of Global News’ The West Block. “That’s been going back to Confederation.”
Despite making up just over seven per cent of kids under the age of 14 in Canada, federal government statistics show Indigenous children account for more than half of kids — 52.2 per cent — in the country’s foster care system.
As these Indigenous children grow up, they’re also far more likely to be incarcerated. Indigenous adults accounted for 31 per cent of Canada’s incarcerated population in 2018-19 , despite making up just 4.5 per cent of the Canadian adult population.
The federal government is also facing criticism for pushing back against two Canadian Human Rights Tribunal rulings, including one to compensate Indigenous children who faced discrimination .
Blackstock said this “needs to stop.”
“They’re still fighting St. Anne’s residential school survivors where they literally had an electric chair for those children, but they’re using tax dollars to fight those survivors. They need to drop that,” she said, adding the federal government has a responsibility to comply with orders to provide equitable and culturally-based services to First Nations children and families.
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Every day brings another reason to vote against the current government and none to vote for any of the alternatives.
I don't think that cherry-picking paragraphs out of an article in order to bolster the point you are trying to make provides an accurate picture for readers. I would suggest that either you post the WHOLE article, or provide a caveat that makes it clear that you have only posted specific paragraphs from an article and suggest that readers click the "SEEDED CONTENT" link to read the whole article.
I did not include the entire article as much of it was in other articles that I previously seeded. However, I will heed your advice for the next time.
Okay, no harm done - just a matter of best procedure to avoid possibly misleading readers.
Unbelievable. So now the government is taking over for the church.
Also seems this was not endemic. Just saw this.
I met some of the survivors in the late 90's. The church in Ireland was a bastion of brutality.
I recommend the movie "Philomena", starring Dame Judi Dench. It tells the story of a woman who gave birth in one of the "Magdalene Laundries", as they were called, and whose son was adopted by Americans. There is also a move called "The Magdalene Sisters". The last of these homes closed in the 90s. The stories will break your heart.
Read the ''Rabbit Proof Fence'', the story of three indigenous sisters that escaped from an Australia ''school''.
For the US Indian Boarding Schools, ''Education and Extinction'' and ''Broken Circle''.
There are some documentaries on the Boarding Schools, ''Unspoken'' and ''Our Spirits Don't Speak English''.
Rabbit Proof Fence was also adapted to a pretty good movie.
Anoon...Yep our track record absolutely stinks when it comes to the Koori population and the stolen generation.
You hope after all these years White man has learnt and improved our way of thinking..but you really have to wonder at times.
Feel like we take three steps forward and two steps back at times.
The Koori voice gets stronger with each generation and things are changing for the better. But there is still such along way to go.
As the Kooris say re their land..
Always was and always will be..
There will come a day in the years to come when the tables will turn. And the White people will have to depend on those of other skin colors to help them survive.
The anger is boiling over in Canada.
Two First Nations tribes have cancelled their Canada Day celebrations. One Catholic church has been hit with graffiti and four Catholic Churches have been burned to the ground.
Ya think? I can see the Mercier bridge being closed down once again.
It's a famous photograph. The following article is by: Tabitha Marshall has a PhD from McMaster and is the History Editor at the Canadian Encyclopedia. I am sure there are other takes on what did or did not happen.
The photo is Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) Brad Larocque.
Interesting link.
Many years ago I posted on Anishinaabe group an article about this documentary that was produced and narrated by my friend Alanis Obomsawin.
Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance
Unfortunately due to having to preserve space on NT older articles are deleted, as was mine.
I remember that article, Buzz.
I just do not know what to say. No matter what I say it would sound like platitudes. I am glad so many of these stories are being brought to light here at NT. I have been passing them on to co-workers, family & friends. It is necessary for people to read these & learn the truth.