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MIKE.DEAL@FREEPRESS.MB.CA 100623 - Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 A new United Way report with data from 1996 to 2006 says that more aboriginal Winnipeggers are finishing high school, getting jobs, buying homes and earning middle class salaries. Gloria Thompson with her son Kree, 5, from Pinaymootang First Nations. see Mary Agnes Welch story MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS