Canada's indigenous people raise voices as youth activism surges

Quinn Meawasige says he has spent his life walking with “one foot in a moccasin and one foot in a sneaker”.

The indigenous activist and youth council representative with the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), Meawasige learned to balance both those worlds when he discovered his Aboriginal roots and heritage in a self-imposed stint in rehab as a struggling teenager.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/18/canada-indigenous-youth-activists-first-nations