CBC News: Arlen Dumas elected grand chief of Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
Arlen Dumas, chief of the Mathias Colomb Cree Nation, has been elected grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs.
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The Globe and Mail reports that Alberta's child-welfare system failed First Nations youth
Three First Nations children who spent most of their lives in foster care but died after returning to their parents’ care were failed by the Alberta government, according to the province’s child and youth advocate.
Program helps reunite families with kids
A pilot project aimed at reducing the rate of children being taken into foster care is continuing in a Manitoba First Nation after a significant number of families involved were reunited with their kids.
CBC reports that Indigenous people have little faith in Manitoba's child-welfare system: poll
Indigenous people in Manitoba overwhelmingly give the provincial government a failing grade when it comes to the child-welfare system. That's according to the results of a poll that asked First Nations and Métis in the province to also weigh in on issues like identity, education and racism.