Affiliation with a South Island First Nation*

A child or family shall be considered affiliated with a South Island First Nation if:

1. The child is registered with a South Island First Nation.
2. One or both parents caring for the child are registered with a South Island First Nation.
3. One or both parents not caring for the child are registered with a South Island First Nation.
4. One of the child’s siblings is registered with a South Island First Nation.
5. One of the child’s grandparents, uncles and aunties is registered with a South Island First Nation.
6. The child’s extended family caregiver is registered with a South Island First Nation.
7. The child’s non-family caregiver is registered with a South Island First Nation.
8. The child’s extended family caregiver is not registered with a South Island First Nation, but lives on the Reserve of a South Island First Nation.
9. The child’s non-family caregiver is not registered with a South Island First Nation, but lives on the Reserve of a South Island First Nation.”

*for the purposes of NIȽ TU,O CFSS South Island First Nation refers to the seven (7) Coast Salish communities under our umbrella – Beecher Bay, Pauquachin, Songhees, Tseycum, Tsartlip, Tsawout, and T’Sou-ke