No Home in a Homeland

Indigenous Peoples and Homelessness in the Canadian North

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Social Work, Cultural Studies, Native American Studies, Sociology
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Author: Julia Christensen ISBN: 9780774833974
Publisher: UBC Press Publication: February 17, 2017
Imprint: UBC Press Language: English
Author: Julia Christensen
ISBN: 9780774833974
Publisher: UBC Press
Publication: February 17, 2017
Imprint: UBC Press
Language: English

The Dene, a traditionally nomadic people, have no word for homelessness, a rare condition in the Canadian North prior to the 1990s. Julia Christensen documents the rise of Indigenous homelessness and proposes solutions by interweaving analysis of the region’s unique history with personal narratives of homeless men and women in two cities – Yellowknife and Inuvik. What emerges is a larger story of displacement and intergenerational trauma, hope and renewal. Understanding what it means to be homeless in the North and how Indigenous people think about home and homemaking is the first step, Christensen argues, on the path to decolonizing existing approaches and practices.

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The Dene, a traditionally nomadic people, have no word for homelessness, a rare condition in the Canadian North prior to the 1990s. Julia Christensen documents the rise of Indigenous homelessness and proposes solutions by interweaving analysis of the region’s unique history with personal narratives of homeless men and women in two cities – Yellowknife and Inuvik. What emerges is a larger story of displacement and intergenerational trauma, hope and renewal. Understanding what it means to be homeless in the North and how Indigenous people think about home and homemaking is the first step, Christensen argues, on the path to decolonizing existing approaches and practices.

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