Victoria Redsun says it is difficult to be a young, Indigenous person in an urban environment right now.

The 20 year old Denesuline poet, performer, filmmaker and activist is based in Winnipeg.

She says you only have to walk down the streets of Winnipeg to see the ongoing effects of colonialism.

But Redsun says she felt safe and accepted during her time at the Unist’ot’en healing centre in British Columbia.