Alberta First Nation building Indigenous-led youth group home – CTV News

May 30, 2022

A new Indigenous-led youth group home is being built west of Edmonton at the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation.

Once completed, the group home will serve kids aged five to 17 with the goal of keeping Indigenous children in care in the First Nation community at a facility that has a traditional knowledge keeper, elders and social workers.

On Monday, a groundbreaking ceremony was held at the site of the project.

“Anytime you are taken away from your home you experience trauma,” said Chief Tony Alexis.

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