The homelessness of Aboriginal young women takes place in the
historical context of lost homes and lost homelands. This article
focuses on homeless Aboriginal women in the city of Edmonton
and explores their perception of this experience. Involving nine
young women who were interviewed over a two year period,
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families and their attempts to transition out of homelessness.
Part of a larger study of the homeless experience of eighteen
girls and young women in Edmonton, this article breaks out data
that focuses on the experience of Aboriginal participants and
contextualizes their discourse in light of enforced home loss in
western Canada. While their experience overlaps with the non-­
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and historically located differences.