Activists building tiny home for Sask. First Nation family – Global news

December 11, 2015

SASKATOON – Some indigenous activists have come up with a unique way to help one First Nations family. They’ve partnered with a Manitoba company to make a tiny home. Once it’s finished it will be hauled to Big River First Nation, northwest of Prince Albert, Sask.

“There’s some pretty appalling housing conditions, and we’ve known this,” said Dr. Raven Sinclair, who’s a professor with the faculty of Social Work at the University of Regina. “But when you actually see it first-hand, it’s pretty significant,” she told Global News.

Sinclair said the plan started when Idle No More co-founder Sylvia McAdam saw some concerning housing conditions on the Big River First Nation, her home community.