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Shuswap First Nations to Take Legal Action for Care of Children

<who> Photo Credit: Splatsin Notice of Claim/Facebook

A Shuswap First Nations community is taking legal action against the Province of British Columbia.

Tuesday morning, the Province will be served with a Notice of Claim against their assertion of jurisdiction for Splatsin children.

“Enough is enough. We want our children back. We will not allow our children to suffer through the current failures of the B.C. child welfare system in this country,” said Chief of Splatsin First Nation Wayne Christian. “We’ve got the system that works. Why is B.C. not accepting this?”

At 12 p.m. Tuesday, an assembly of Splatsin members and supporters will gather at Premier Christy Clark’s Westside-Kelowna constituency office to symbolically serve the Notice of Claim.

“They say nobody has the answers and everybody across the nation is struggling with this. That isn’t our issue, our issue is with the Province’s assertion of their jurisdiction over our children,” Christian said.

October 13th marks the 35th anniversary of Splatsin First Nation initiating the unique Spallumcheen Indian Band By-Law #3-1980. Splatsin has been successfully caring for and protecting their children for 35 years according to Secwepemc law, according to a statement released Sunday.



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