Troubled past provided lessons Charlotte Nolin needed to transform

Charlotte Nolin is an Oji-Cree, Métis, two-spirit knowledge keeper, sun dancer, pipe carrier and elder.

Nolin, a ’60s Scoop survivor taken from her family when she was only six months old, had navigated her childhood through the child welfare system, alone and unaware she had a family.

Her story is a remarkable journey of perseverance, of gender discovery, of recovery.

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