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Regina Leader-Post Updated: January 7, 2019 Share Adjust Comment Print The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is calling for an immediate moratorium on provincial adoptions of First Nations children into non-First Nations homes. The request came in the form of a news release issued Monday in response to Premier Scott Moe’s apology for Saskatchewan’s role in Indigenous children being seized from their birth families and relocated to non-Indigenous homes starting in the 1950s and lasting until the late 1980s. FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron, who was not present for Moe’s apology at the Legislative Building, has requested to have compensation attached to an apology, but the Sask. Party has long stated it would not do so. “Our First Nations children are still being ripped away from their families, communities and culture. This needs to stop immediately. This apology is empty if it is not followed through with action,” Cameron said in the release. While the FSIN, which represents 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan, acknowledged and welcomed the government’s apology as “a good start,” FSIN vice-chief David Pratt said the current social services system “continues to fail our children.” Pratt called for “immediate reforms that will place jurisdiction and accountability into our First Nations communities.” “We will continue to fight for our children and our families and we won’t stop until there is a First Nations-led child welfare system that focuses on family support, language and culture,” Cameron said. “We look forward to asserting our First Nations control over our First Nations children.” In his speech, Moe stressed the changes that have occurred in the government’s approach to child welfare since the Sixties Scoop. “What we can offer is the solemn assurance that government policies have changed. And they continue to change,” he said. “While there are still too many First Nations and Métis children in care, today we work with 17 First Nations Child and Family services agencies to deliver culturally appropriate child welfare services to vulnerable children in more than sixty First Nations communities,” Moe added. Moe said that when possible, families are kept together, supports have been strengthened to maintain connection to culture and family, efforts are made to keep siblings together, and work continues to actively recruit First Nations and Metis foster families. “And we’re providing cultural training to non-Indigenous foster families,” he said.  Cancer patient Janis Walsh 'pumped' to receive PET scan on Tuesday Sask. Sixties Scoop Apology: Premier Moe's speech This Week's Flyers Most Read * Trudeau to hold town hall meeting in Regina * Yellow vests not welcome at Regina oil and gas rally * FSIN calls for immediate action on adoption of First Nations children * Sask. 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