The story
It was established in response to the death of Jordan River Anderson, a child from Norway House Cree Nation who suffered from Carey Fineman Ziter syndrome.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jordan's Principle
Today it means: The principle that the government or department that first receives a request to pay for a service for a First Nations child must pay for the service and resolve jurisdictional issues only thereafter. Full definition →