‘It Takes a Child to Raise a Village’ – The Tyee

by ahnationtalk on January 17, 202557 Views

Canada’s residential schools have divided Indigenous families for generations — the human rights abuses in those facilities divided families and contributed to intergenerational trauma and a vast overrepresentation of Indigenous children placed in the so-called child “welfare” system.

Today, there is a wide-ranging network of survivors, advocates and leaders who are working towards a new way forward. They are working to ensure Indigenous communities can assume jurisdiction over their own child and family well-being systems in Canada. Indigenous governing bodies can decide if they want to assume jurisdiction, or partner with federal and provincial governments to ensure no Indigenous child gets left behind.

“Children and women are the heart of community,” Jessica Knutson told The Tyee. Knutson is a survivor of the child “welfare” system and is now a social worker.

Read More: https://thetyee.ca/Series/2025/01/16/Takes-Child-To-Raise-Village/

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