Mistawasis Nêhiyawk mother gets her son back after trying for close to a year | APTN News
A mother from Mistawasis Nêhiyawk in Saskatchewan who lost her ten year old son to the child welfare system while battling an addiction has him back.
After losing her son in July 2020, the mother, who can’t be named, entered treatment and has been clean and sober since.
With the help of her community her son was returned after being moved off reserve to a foster home by the Ministry of Social Services.
“To all the moms and the dads that are sitting there under the influence of alcohol or drugs, that’s not who you are, that’s just something you do,” she says. “Don’t let the ministry get to your children. Don’t give up.”
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