At the start of the Family Day weekend, the Sts’ailes First Nation took a stand for their most precious resource – their children.
On Friday (Feb. 16), the Sts’ailes community and their guests gathered at the Charlie Longhouse to celebrate and assert the nation’s jurisdiction over child and family services despite the lack of support from Canada’s government.
Today, after more than a century of historic disruption, Sts’ailes is asserting its unbroken and inherent right to care for our children and families according to our own laws and cultural practices,” Sts’ailes Chief Ralph Leon (Sah-ahkw) stated on Friday.