Talk:Indigenous Families

Hi JP and Nate

I have made some substantive changes here you will want to check.

1. In the introduction, I just refer to the Indian Act, rather than talking about the federal government's exclusive jurisdiction over Indians and land reserved for Indians . . . Where the text recommends that readers get the "advice of a family law lawyer, I added "who has expertise in Aboriginal law." (If a reader needed help with on- and off-reserve issues and was phoning Lawyer Referral, that could be helpful. . .) See what you think.

2. In the information about paying child support, I changed the first couple of sentences to make it more simple. (I also put in some para breaks.)

3. Language: I use Aboriginal (capitalized) in the standard way (to include "Indians," Inuit and Metis) - but use First Nations rather than "Indians." I refer to heritage rather than "roots." I do not use "native."

4. In Resources and links I removed Native Community Law Offices (gone, alas, alas, and grievously missed) and put in the current LSS services. I took out the Native Friendship Centre suggestion because Clicklaw seems to offer only one I can see - in Quesnel.