Îyârhe Nakoda-Quechan, 1st JD grad on my Rez. Indigenous Consultant - Mu Winyan Iyuch on Two Row Times
Mar 16, 2022 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Read and share- the billions announced in child and family- this is how it will go.
A couple of tribes without land and some Métis are trying to say that they are claiming self-government and Indigenous laws in child and family services.
Aseniwuche Winewak consists of Cree,
Mohawk (Iroquois and Haudenosaunee), Beaver, Shuswap, Sekani, Assiniboine (Sioux), Saulteaux and Métis lineage- located near “Grande Cache”!
They’re were trying to get “child x” back from Quebec.
Quebec said no and then said Bill C-92 (Indigenous child care law) was
Oct 2, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
My late father never said he was a survivor, he said he was an escapee of residential schools.
We were raised to believe being Indian was a gift and because of this we were empowered to stand for our people.
When we were kids we’d go to the states to visit my mom’s family (she
was from Yuma Arizona).
Once we stopped in Lethbridge for the night and my dad tried to get a room where the sign said vacancy. No rooms he was told.
We drove off and my dad called from a pay phone. “Yes we have a room”, he was told.
Then he called the police to come back to
Dec 9, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Bill C-15 (#UNDRIP) there is a huge difference between putting international law UNDER section 35 (Doctrine of discovery and canadian whiteman made law control) versus expanding section 35 (making canadian racist doctrine of discovery laws) to meet international standards.
Plus Bill C-15 says it will be under “a minister” - no specificity. Why would we agree to put the international laws into the hands of some rogue minister? Or is this a made for Perry position?
Treaty First Nations argue that our laws are international nation to nation
