萨斯卡通部落理事会签儿童服务协议 七年获2.69亿加元
加拿大萨斯喀彻温省萨斯卡通10月7日消息，萨斯卡通部落理事会大酋长 Mark Arcand 与加拿大原住民服务部长 Mandy Gull-Masty 当天在第六条约领地签署名为「Māmowōhkamātowin」的儿童与家庭服务协议，克里语意为「携手同行」。这是加拿大安大略省以外首份同类区域协议。
按协议，联邦政府七年内提供2.69亿加元，支持七个成员第一民族的儿童、家庭与青年服务，其中大部分资金直接拨付各民族社区，其余用于家庭服务机构的运营与能力建设。
七个成员民族为 Kinistin Saulteaux、Muskeg Lake Cree、Muskoday、Mistawasis Nêhiyawak、One Arrow、Whitecap Dakota 与 Yellow Quill。协议把儿童与家庭服务的决策权进一步交到民族社区手中，支持预防性服务、住房与青年成年后的过渡支持。
加拿大原住民服务部表示，这类区域协议让第一民族按自己的法律与文化设计服务体系，是联邦政府落实儿童福利管辖权转移的一部分。
Saskatoon Tribal Council Signs Child and Family Services Agreement Worth $269 Million over Seven Years
In Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatoon Tribal Council Tribal Chief Mark Arcand and Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty signed a child and family services agreement named Māmowōhkamātowin, Cree for "working together," on Treaty 6 Territory on October 7. It is the first regional agreement of its kind in Canada outside Ontario.
Under the agreement, the federal government will provide $269 million over seven years for child, family and youth services across the council's seven member First Nations, with most of the funding flowing directly to the Nations and the rest supporting the family service agency's operations and capacity.
The seven member Nations are the Kinistin Saulteaux Nation, Muskeg Lake Cree Nation, Muskoday First Nation, Mistawasis Nêhiyawak, One Arrow First Nation, Whitecap Dakota Nation and Yellow Quill First Nation. The deal moves more decision-making over child and family services to the Nations themselves, supporting prevention services, housing and post-majority supports for young adults.
Indigenous Services Canada says regional agreements of this kind let First Nations design services under their own laws and cultures, as part of the federal transfer of child-welfare jurisdiction.
来源：加拿大原住民服务部
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图片来源：萨斯喀彻温省萨斯卡通市天际线。/ The Saskatoon skyline in Saskatchewan. (Photo: EriedgenArc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
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