Adopted Aboriginal
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Angela Latta is looking for a place where she belongs.
Like thousands of aboriginal children, she was adopted as an infant and grew up in a white household. In 1988, she decided she wanted to know more about her people and her Indian culture, so she applied to Ottawa for information on becoming a registered Indian under the Indian Act. In 1989, she applied for status.
"Maybe because it's a sense of belonging somewhere," she said of her pursuit for status. "It's not necessarily the money part - it's the belonging part."
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