How one First Nation aims to break the cycle of trauma with new child ‘well-being’ law – CBC
Dec 18, 2022
Taykwa Tagamou Nation hopes to join other Indigenous governing bodies with child welfare laws in effect
Taykwa Tagamou Nation Chief Bruce Archibald still remembers how it felt to be taken away from his home as a toddler and sent to live with another family that didn’t practice his Cree traditions.
“Things like that shouldn’t happen,” he said.
Archibald was two years old when he was placed with a French-speaking family.
Today, Archibald is using that experience as motivation to keep Indigenous kids rooted in their culture.
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