Our Relatives: Life on the Streets

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This is a different kind of podcast. One that looks at why so many Indigenous peoples are living on the streets of Winnipeg.

It takes you out of the studio and into the inner city, where you’ll hear people’s stories in their own words.

They tell APTN News reporter Kathleen Martens about the common factors that led them here: lack of housing in their home communities, interactions with the child welfare system, and intimate partner violence.

They share how trauma, untreated mental and physical health issues led them to poverty and addiction. And how the racism and violence in Winnipeg affects them.

It’s a unique take on who is homeless from those living it every day.

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Our Relatives: Life on the StreetsBy APTN