Ottawa’s planned overhaul of the Indigenous child welfare system could leave thousands of children and families without services, some Indigenous-run agencies say.
BBC News
By Peter Goffin
image captionChristine Miskonoodinkwe-Smith has reconnected with her indigenous culture
The revelations that there are hundreds of indigenous children buried in unmarked graves at the sites of former residential schools have shaken Canadians. They have also increased calls for changes to the country s foster care system, where indigenous children are vastly overrepresented.
Christine Miskonoodinkwe-Smith, from Peguis First Nation in Manitoba, was taken by child services when she was about a year old, along with her sister, and adopted by a non-indigenous family in the province of Ontario.
The loss of family and cultural connections can be devastating to children in care.
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