Province refuses to register BC baby’s First Nations name – Castlegar News

They had discussed the possibility of a traditional name with the head of Shaw’s family.

So, they sent in a paper copy of the application but that attempt ran into a technical glitch and so they had to re-do it.

He is λugʷaləs and he won’t be registered until we’re allowed to register him, which is ridiculous,” Smith said.

A Squamish woman was in the news recently about being unable to register her baby’s name which includes an “unacceptable” character.

“And with the 97 Calls to Action , with the adoption of UNDRIP, like, ridiculous that we have to do this, that we have to continue to fight like this just to be recognized.

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