The Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty #3 have profound and distinct laws for raising their children that flow from their sovereignty, miinigoziwin. Their laws have transcended generations through the adisokanaan, the teachings of Nanaboozhoo and through ceremony. Anishinaabe children were nurtured and protected within a web of relationships and taught to understand their interconnectivity to all of Creation, to know their rich history and be immersed in the nuances embedded within the language. This thesis traces steps that the Treaty #3 Anishinaabe have taken to continuously assert jurisdiction of their children and families, despite colonial policy of dispossession and cultural genocide. The Anishinaabeg have never forgotten the children and have been creative and active in their efforts to displace the child and family services system. This thesis paints a picture from an Anishinaabe perspective purposely utilizing predominantly primary sources to illustrate from both a micro and macro view. First Nations will each have to determine how best to shift the child welfare paradigm for their children and their future. Seeking and implementing Anishinaabe truths with the guidance of Anishinaabe knowledge keepers offers the best hope. The federal Act Respecting First Nation, Inuit and Metis Children, Youth and Families has potential as a further step on the pathway to exercising full unencumbered jurisdiction of children and families.