How a First Nation fought the “new Residential School system”

By The Big Story Podcast

On today’s Big Story Podcast, this is Mia’s story, but she is far from the only one.

When the BC government decided to take her from her band and her closest family, and ship her halfway across the country to non-Indigenous foster parent, the Gitxsan fought back.

What happened offers a glimpse into a system that supposedly has learned the lessons of residential school horrors, but somehow hasn’t learned enough to stop taking kids from Indigenous communities that want to care for them.

Amy Romer, covered Mia’s story for The Walrus. She tells us on The Big Story: “the problem is that there were numerous family members in the community that were willing and able to look after her, who had gone through proper channels applying for custody, and each time they were denied by the MCFD [British Columbia Ministry of Children and Family Development].”

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