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Intergenerational Trauma: CPS's Role in Displacing Children for Centuries

In my first article in this series I gave a brief history of the Canadian Government's attempt to colonialize the people of The First Nations of Canada by stealing their children.

In my second article I focused on the cycle of sexual abuse ongoing in Native communities today as perpetuated by Residential School Syndrome.

Today I will share a ray of hope and talk about an advocacy group that is helping First Nations families bring their children home in Manitoba, Canada.

MORE THAN 11000 CHILDREN ARE WARDS OF MANITOBA

90% ARE INDIGENOUS BOYS AND GIRLS

TORN FROM THEIR HOMES AND PLACED IN CPS CARE 1

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The First Nations Family Advocacy Office(FNFAO) of Manitoba Canada was opened on June 1st, 2015. With the guidance of Manitoba First Nations Cheifs and Elders, the FNFAO is using Indigenous knowledge, customary laws, traditions and belief systems to bring home First Nations Children that have been wrongfully removed from their families by the Canadian Government.

Furthermore, the FNFAO aims to support healing from the intergenerational trauma of the colonization of Canada's First Nations, through the sharing of traditional knowledge of Native Elders and Grandmothers, and uphold the First Nations Rights of the Child, Parent, Family, and Extended Family.

This is exactly the direction that needs to be explored in order for real healing to be achieved in these communities.

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In May 2014 the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs held community engagement events in which First Nations families shared stories of the crimes committed against their families. The information gathered from these sessions was used to compile a list of recommendations for the government in a report titled “Bringing Our Children Home”(BOCH) This report was provided to both the federal and provincial governments.

The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs took matters into their own hands and without financial support from the government began to implement the principles of the BOCH report.

"Bringing Our Children Home" guiding principles:

FOCUSING ON A CARE MODEL BASED ON PREVENTION

ESTABLISHING A FIRST NATIONS ADVOCATE FOR FAMILIES

PROTECTING CULTURAL IDENTITY

RE-LEARNING TRADITIONAL PARENTING WAYS

RESPONDING TO THE YOUTH VOICE

PROMOTING FIRST NATIONS SOLUTIONS TO KEEP CHILDREN HOME

TRANSITIONING TO A FIRST NATIONS SYSTEM FOR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES

REVITALIZING ORIGINAL SYSTEMS OF LIFE-LONG SUPPORTS

FOCUSING ON FIRST NATIONS SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

REVOLUTIONIZING JUSTICE SYSTEM PRACTICES

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The First Nations Family Advocate Office has already helped over 300 families in the fight for restoring their families. They are committed to bringing Indigenous children home and restoring these families, while giving them the support they need to heal from the trauma inflicted upon them by CPS (CFS). They are up against the billion dollar industry that is Child Welfare and institutionalization.

I intend to donate to The First Nations Family Advocate Office through funds raised from this and future Family Protection articles. I will continue to research and find more independent agencies for child welfare (outside of the governments CPS) and raise money to support them as well.

By sharing information on organizations such as FNFAO I hope to support them in their efforts to bring families together and heal. The abuses by the government need to stop, and I believe agencies such as FNFAO have what it takes to turn the system around.

I will continue to raise my voice for #FamilyProtection and expose the atrocities that families are facing and have faced in the cultural genocide of our First Nations Communities of Canada.