By Amy Romer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, IndigiNews This is the second story in a three-part series about child welfare jurisdiction in Gitanmaax. You can read the first part here. Ayawasw (Audrey Woods) sits at the end of a large grey table in the boardroom of Wila Dildilsdi’m — the new Gitanmaax family services department. She reflects on how, back in the 1980s, she, her aunt Charlotte Sullivan, and then-chief councillor Marjorie McRae made a decision that would change the way child welfare unfolded in their community. On their own time — without pay or formal recognition — the three Gitxsan women put themselves on call for every home visit the Ministry of Child and Family Development (MCFD) made. Day or night, they showed up. “It was just an impromptu…
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