v In 1955, there
were 3,433 children in the care of British Columbia’s child welfare
branch, only 1% of which were of Aboriginal ancestry.
v
By 1964, 1,446
children in the care of British Columbia’s child welfare branch
were Native, which was 34.2% of all adopted children in B.C. at the
time.
v
Over
3,400 Aboriginal children were shipped away to adoptive parents in
other societies, and sometimes in other countries between 1971 and
1981 alone.
v During 1983, Aboriginal children represented 40% to 50% of children in care within the province of Alberta alone.
v
60% to 70% of
children in care in Saskatchewan were of Indian descent in 1983.
v
In 1983, Native
American children constituted 50% to 60% of children in care within
Manitoba.
v
Statistics from
the Department of Indian Affairs reveal a total of 11,132
Canadian-status Indian children adopted between the years of 1960 and
1990.
v
Aboriginal
children were 4.5 times more likely than non-Aboriginal children to
be in the care of child welfare authorities in 1983.
v
70% of
Aboriginal children that were adopted were placed in non-native
homes.
v
In 1981, 38% of
adoptions among Indian children were assigned to parents residing
across the Canada-United States border.
v
17% of Métis
adoptions in 1981 made a placement in the United States.\
v
Throughout
1960-1980, 3000 children from Manitoba were adopted to Non-native
homes.
v
In 2008, 51% of
all children in the care in B.C.'s child welfare program were
Aboriginal, even though Aboriginal people comprised only 8% of B.C.’s
population.
v
Approximately
27,000 aboriginal children were placed in foster care in the year
2000.
v
85% to 95% of
aboriginal trans-racial adoptions ultimately fail by the time the
adoptee reaches adolescence.
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