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VICTORIA - The mother of a B.C. teen apprehended by child welfare authorities at a polygamist community in Texas says she's working to bring her daughter back home to Canada.

The mother said Tuesday her family is working through channels that don't include the Canadian government in order to bring the girl home.

"My daughter is down there and we're working on getting her home," the woman said in a telephone interview.

She said her family has yet to contact the Canadian government for help.

"I haven't ventured in to have them help us," said the mother, who will not be identified by The Canadian Press in order to protect the identity of the daughter caught up in the child welfare investigation in Texas.

"I haven't ventured that way. We're working on it in the other direction."

Foreign Affairs has confirmed that one Canadian is involved in the child seizures in Texas, but did not provide further details.

The government said it was providing diplomatic assistance to the person.

The girl's family lives in Bountiful, in southeastern B.C., and the mother said the girl went to Texas to visit her grandparents at the Yearning For Zion ranch in Eldorado, Texas.

Both communities belong to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which split with the mainstream Mormon church when it abandoned the practice of polygamy.