Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Maine, Tribes Agree to Examine Past Child Welfare Abuses

05/24/2011 Reported By: Jay Field
Main Public Broadcasting

The long struggle in Maine to document mistreatment suffered by native American children in the state's child welfare system took another step forward today. On Indian Island, Gov. Paul LePage and the four remaining Wabanaki tribes signed an agreement to set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to uncover past abuses and devise policies to ensure that they never happen again.

...."You know, our Declaration of Independence says that we have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," said Gov. Paul LePage, who joined tribal leaders in signing the document. LePage's participation in the ceremony added an element of pathos to the day. At age 11, Maine's governor was forced to flee his impoverished home and the abuse doled out regularly by his father.

"And frankly, happiness is in your home, whichever home that you have," he said. "It's beyond me to think that, in my case, I chose to leave home. And to think that somebody would be taken from a home, and think that it could be replaced, is beyond imagination." FULL STORY

CPS is out there kidnapping every child they can for the most absurd reasons imaginable in every state in the United States, Canada, and every westernized country in the world.

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