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Aboriginal Children and Manitoba

welfare agencies: That is a Canada-wide trend, according to Globe and Mail. In the past year in Manitoba, the percentage of children in care who are aboriginal has risen from 80 to 87 per cent. There are reasons why aboriginal children are taken into the care of welfare agencies in grossly numbers. It an alarming statistic. Stephanie Lane mother says bone fragments returned to her last year should be enough. This is a catch-all ASF view; only displays when an unsupported article type is put in an ASF drop zone More Related to this StoryTHE CONVERSATION Jan. 31: This week Talking Point – aboriginal rights and a child life; plus letters to the editorGlobe editorial Manitoba hopes for native family lifeGARY MASON Aboriginal revenue sharing is an idea whose time has come The mother of a woman last seen in 1997 says she was told her daughter DNA wasn't enough to charge serial killer Robert Pickton with her murder. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.