A Hard Road to Walk

Excerpted from The Outside Circle copyright © 2015 by Patti LaBoucane-Benson, illustrations copyright © 2015 by Native Counselling Services of Alberta. Reproduced with permission from House of Anansi Press, Toronto.

Patti LaBoucane-Benson is a featured speaker at the sold-out Walrus Talks Aboriginal City. Visit thewalrus.ca/live on Thursday, April 23, 7 p.m. MT to watch live streaming video.

Patti LaBoucane-Benson

Patti LaBoucane-Benson is the director of research and evaluation at the Native Counseling Services of Alberta.

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