Fallen Feather Productions

There is a direct link between the limited funds for decent housing and the physical and mental health of our families.

Poverty is linked to housing and as you see this house here, if I were a Child and Family worker and was assessing the home, I would consider health, would consider safety and overcrowding. Obviously the poor parents wouldn’t stand a chance against the policies and standards that are set forth in the guidelines. And that happened a lot in the 60’s Scoop. A lot of our kids were scooped up because the parents couldn’t meet the criteria. The real shame is that we are surrounded by all our traditional territory that was never surrendered or ceded to the Government.

There is now a Paper Mill that has been operating on our land for 82 years. Also, the Province gets substantial revenues from the stumpage fee from the forest industry. Trees from our land that was never surrendered. All the taxation from these business. All this revenue that is raised by the Government. Why wont they share this with us.

With all this natural wealth, it’s a shame that we have to have a housing situation like this across Canada.

Clearly you can see the link between the removal of our land resources, the resulting poverty, and the quality of care we can provide our children.

To help solve this crisis, we have to start sharing this land wealth that was taken away.

All we are asking for is our fair and equal share.

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