Today, dignitaries from Indigenous, provincial, and federal governments will join Waywayseecappo First Nation and Waywayseecappo CFS in celebrating a historic accomplishment.
The Waywayseecappo First Nation will celebrate receiving its own provincial mandate under the Child and Family Services Act.
Chief Murray Clearsky said in a news that “Our values and traditions are needed in healing the traumas experienced by the community members and supporting families and children and connecting them to their home and to their community.”
Waywayseecappo has been working on its CFS Mandate since 2023 and it is embedded in the Waywayseecappo First Nation self-government agreement.
An Advisory Committee was formed that consisted of Waywayseecappo elders, and community members with the task of developing a child welfare law framework.
Waywayseecappo began a collaboration with the Southern First Nation Network of Care and the province of Manitoba for the purpose of the Manitoba CFS Mandate.
The new Waywayseecappo Child Welfare Law framework will be completed within the next year, and the laws will be based on Anishinaabe traditions and values of the community.
Festivities start at 10:00 am at the Waywayseecappo Bingo Hall.
