ᐃᒪ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐊᔭᐊᐧᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ The Answers Lie Within The Communities For over 35 years, we have been serving our 30 First Nations. The Creator entrusted First Nations with the sacred responsibility of protecting our children and developing strong families and healthy communities. The Chiefs created Tikinagan to support and strengthen our children, our families, and our communities. The future of our communities is our children. They need to be nurtured within their families and communities. As such, community responsibility for child protection is an essential aspect of Indigenous self-government, which is key aspect of our service model Mamow Obiki-ahwahsoowin “everyone working together to raise our children. ᑲᐃᓀᐣᑕᒪᐣᐠ ᑫᑭ ᑌᐱᓇᒪᐣᑭᐸᐣ Our Goals The sacred responsibility for developing and sustaining our families takes us as Indigenous people back to the past to prepare ourselves for the future. The concepts, principles, and the values practised are the strengths we need now to encourage to ensure healthy families, which in turn will be the foundation of strong and healthy communities. The overall goal of Tikinagan Child and Family Services is to keep our children with us, and within our community. The goal challenges us to: Nourish the values and principles of our people Draw our strengths from the people we serve Develop skills and resources at the community level to address child welfare issues