Mushkegowuk Council 19th Annual Assembly
Resolution No. 2004-09-20
First Nation
Chief Mike Metatawabin
Fort Albany First Nation
First Nation
Fort Albany
First Nation
Chief Leo Friday
Kashechewan First Nation
Moose Cree
First Nation
New Post
First Nation
Adopted by Consensus
Chapleau Cree
First Nation
Certified copy of a Resolution
passed on Sept. 16, 2004
Missanabie Cree First Nation
September 16, 2004
Cochrane, Ontario
Support for Mushkegowuk Families by Child and Family Service Agencies
WHEREAS the preservation an support of healthy families in Mushkegowuk Territories is fundamental to the future of the Mushkegowuk Nation; and
WHEREAS the services provided by provincially funded Child and Family Service Agencies (CFSA) in Mushkegowuk Territory can have a large impact on Mushkegowuk children and families; and
WHEREAS CFSA can cause great harm to Mushkegowuk communities if they give too much weight to provincial policies that are unsuitable for a First Nations territory, or if CFSA carry out their work in a way that results in the removal of children from their Mushkegowuk families and communities;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that a central priority for CFSA dealing with our Mushkegowuk people be to keep Mushkegowuk immediate families together, to keep Mushkegowuk children with the families, and to keep Mushkegowuk children within their community and within Mushkegowuk Territory;
Resolution No. 2004-09-20, cont.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that CFSA operating within Mushkegowuk Territories be urged to develop draft protocols, for review by Mushkegowuk Council, setting out how these priorities can be implemented.