Blood Tribe welcomes rejection of child welfare settlement – Lethbridge Herald

October 23, 2024

The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) late last week rejected a $47.8 billion settlement agreement on long-term reform of First Nations child and family services after a three-day debate in Calgary.

In a statement from Makiinima Chief Roy Fox released on Monday, he says the Blood Tribe welcomes the rejection as Canada failed to their consent.

“The Blood Tribe opposed this proposal because Canada failed to seek our consent, violating its duty to meaningfully consult. This agreement ignores the deep, ongoing harm caused by forcibly removing our children from their families and communities, severing their ties to our ways of life as Kainaiwa people,” the statement said.

According to a Child Intervention Information and Statics Summary from the Government of Alberta released in January of 2023, 74 per cent of children in childcare were Indigenous as of December of 2022, even though they only made up 10 per cent of the population.

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