It is recognized that often the best way to serve and protect children is to provide support to their family. The Agency provides support and services according to Honouring our Children, Families and Nation Act.

According to Honouring our Children, Families, and Nation Act, subsection 6 (1):

PRINCIPLES AND MINIMUM STANDARDS OF PEGUIS CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES

   Best Interests of the Child

6.1   This Act is to be interpreted and administered in accordance with the Best Interests of the Child, in particular:

1. (a) The Best Interests of the Child must be the paramount consideration in the decision-making process in the context of Child and Family Services in relation to the Child, and in the case of decision making relating to apprehension, the Best Interests of the Child must be the paramount consideration; and

1. (b) Primary consideration must be given to the Child’s physical, emotional and psychological development, safety, security, well-being and the Child’s sense of continuity and need for permanency with the least possible disruption, as well as the importance of that Child having an ongoing relationship with the Child’s Family and the Peguis First Nation or people to which the Child belongs and of preserving that Child’s connection to culture, heritage and the First Nation’s traditional territory.

Truth – carried by the Turtle

It is said that the Grandmother Turtle has been here since the beginning of time. It is said she survived all the purification of the earth, and holds the truth. Once you know and live the other seven teachings, you will then know truth. The back of Grandmother Turtle’s shell represents Turtle Island, the sweat lodge , and the 13 moons calendar. She draws herself inside and like her we must look inside ourselves to find “our” truth. We feed the Turtle fruit. The turtle carries the medicine Cedar.