The Indian Act question

With MP Rob Clarke’s new bill tabled, APTN wanted to take a look at the legislation the Tory politician hopes to amend.

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With MP Rob Clarke’s new bill tabled, APTN wanted to take a look at the legislation the Tory politician hopes to amend.

So what is the Indian Act and why is it so controversial?

With a quick look back at the history of the Indian Act, here is APTN National News reporter Meagan Fiddler.

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  1.  the indian act has to make some changes :my husband has DDD 3 deased dics in his spine severe pain we hike to c dr ,get groceries ect….. social made us sell our truck,  it is getting too hard to hike now cause he is in to much pain, there r medical probs too we get no support at all fr off rez an none from on rez social service told us Y DONT U GUYS GO BACK TOO WERE YOU CAME FR,we got the right too live were we want we also got 3 dr notes also the dr was up set also he was even superised my husband  was still walking,social wont help us at all, we got no finical support fr off rez or fr on rez ,plus  kinship right that r being  violated we have 11 grandkids  an one on the way in dec,  iv won 2 back  for my first son ,now my 7 month old month old now, an going too the birth again of my newest grandchild in dec i hope not to callaps cause this is getting to much each an everyone of them i fought for them since birth im 50 an still fighting my parents were put in residential school taken away fr there parents , 11 of us were taken away fr them,my 3 were takeing away fr me,my daughter lost hers, so did my second son i won 2 back for my first son, were is the kinship rights there . i passed criminal check ,drug tests spent money going back an forth to hospital an home cost me 200$ to get to hospital an a wk there paid another 200$ to get back  plus costs for going back an forth to court an meetings we went broke for all medical trips custudy cases,meetings no money for this months bills an social still wont help us they told us to sell our truck we need that for transportation gone wat they want us to sell everything my new lexmark is on sale now  wats is next ,our furniture was stolen when we moved of rez we had to buy everything all over again plus we had 2 of my grand kids wit us they eventually went back to mom an dad sucessfully they didnt have to go wit strangers,i was here for them it hurt i miss my grandkids if i ever pass on i hope my kids will tell each an every one of them  wat grammy momma bear tried to do to keep them in the family, i was sexually abused in care, so was my daughter i have all my case file when i was in care i just need to get my rcmp files an medical files  social services said i was too emotional  i asked them if someone kept taking ur kids or grandkids away wouldnt u get up set too they all said”YES”if things get werse in dec im taking a reporter wit me to show them wat social is doing too us right to the hospital they lie they got kids in care who got raped an abused in there hands but they get to walk away wit no charges an leave  the victums broken    .they tell u get legal aid they wanted money y they r suspose to b legal aid wats wit that no help , no support .IM NOT GOING AWAY, im going to do every thing i can to fight them im taking my own case file to court if i can or repersent my self , an the media . theres more ect……… please call 902-741-2030 barbara (WE R THE FORGOTTING ONES) as far as im concerned. i wish the gentel man who wrote the human rights act was still alive i know he would of made some changes,most of my sisters an my brother were hurt in care the worse part about that is we all lost that kinship bond we all dont get along ,we r history to each other , i just meet my baby brother a few wks ago , we get along im not going to lose him he is 41 today he was treated badly also . iv got all papers an copied each an every one of them fr me to my grandkids i guess they all have to walk over 100 miles in my moccins to understand normal cases ud go to jail for rape ,abuse but social services must b special i dont even know how they can live wit themselves oo a few social workers did quit there jobs even the one who took my 7 month old grandson away ,an a few who worked wit me for my kids left im friends wit a couple of them still please call (FR THE FORGOTTING ONES) THERE HAS TO B SOME MAJOR CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM if my husband an i end out on the streets we will borrow a tent a camp right in there front yard office this land use to b ours an this is how they treat us  🙁 hope to hear fr yas

    1. Dear Barbara Anne Saulnier, I have read your post and it grieves me to learn of you and your families suffering. What’s more, I know it is REAL. Truly I say this to all of us that call ourselves Canadian’s: “until all the Treaty person’s living on and off Reserves in Canada ARE NOT LIVING IN 3RD WORLD CONDITIONS, we cannot call Canada a First World Country. This is your Country Barbara, and honestly where you can go to get fair treatment and help, I don’t know. You, letting the World know is a Really Great Start. Sincerely, Tracy Polhill

  2. we r still being wrongly treated an discrimated against today i know for a fact we r going through it right now, no support, no lawyer were is the native support , we have drs letters for support but they r being neglected, told to go back to were we came fr, they r not going to help us so to us we r being forced to go back to the rez when we got the right to live were we want an custudy cases i have 11 grandchildren another one on the way for dec each an every one of them i fought for iv only saved 2 fighting for my 7 month old since he was bornright now , went through that for over 11yrs an thats how old my first grand daughter is today the youngest is 7 months old fighting for him now still today even passed criminal check drug tests ,a
    they r discrimating against cause of my past that was long time ago ,they also said i was to emotional i said”wouldnt u b up set to if someone kept taking ur kids or grandkids’ they all said ‘YES ” i have every paper work an copied everything they tell u call legal aid they want money so that put up another wall y do they call it legal aid if they dont want to help u either, my mom an dad were in resedintal school taken fr there parents when they had us we were taken away fr them ,when i had mine they took ALL 3 of mine , my grandkids now IM NOT GOING AWAY  going to keep going public there does have to b changes made in the indian act i got human rights forms but no lawyer to help me,i got my case file when i was in care was abused raped so was my daughter when she was in care , when they brought her back they just droped her wit me they brought her back drunk an stoned she was 16 then she is 31 today, plus my 2 boys but the boys were ok, were is the kinship rights, were is legal aid, wereis the support  there is so much being done wrong here, now in dec when my grandchild is born im going to b there again just hoping i dont callaps  right there cause its getting so over comming for me but i got to do wat i got to do i told them y always my family y when i go in wit them in dec this time im calling the media to come in wit me so people can c wat they r doing to us our whole family .there were 8 of us taken away fr mom shortly after my dad died she had no support either weres the justice IM NOT GOING AWAY today im 50 i thought we r to have help were is it our human rights r gone the gentle man who wrote the human rights act  i wish he was still alive he would of done something to make changes .theres more but hope to hear back fr yas 902 741 2030.  FR THE FORGOTTING ONES “we r native were r our rights? were is our support ????? THANK U

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