Wabaseemoong Independent Nations will have Anishinaabe law on child welfare start in new year
Posted: Jan 01, 2021 7:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 3 Council members of the Wabaseemoong Independent Nations (pictured left to right) Councillor Rocky Bunting, Councillor Roanna Jourdain-Carpenter, Ogimaa Waylon Scott, and Councillor Glen Kent celebrate the creation of the First Nations customary care code, which will govern child welfare matters in the community.(Submitted by Sinead Dearman) After years of community consultations and hard work, Wabaseemoong Independent Nations in Treaty 3 will see its own child welfare law take effect in the new year. The customary care code, which was...
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