KI youth invite Canadians to their community
Create: 12/01/2015 - 19:24
A group of youth from Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) First Nation have invited 25 Canadians to spend a week in their homes and experience what life is like in the remote northern First Nation.
“We want them to bring them into our community so that they can experience our living conditions, our way of life and to change stereotypes,” said youth leader Justin Beardy. “It’s a different lifestyle and I don’t think many Canadians really know that. We’re just trying to open up communications between First Nations and Canadians.”
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