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Returning home to the rez was the best decision I ever made

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In the eleventh month of the pandemic, my 26-year-old marriage collapsed. 

I had been souring on Toronto for some time, having left home at the age of 17 to go to York University and never returning other than to visit. 

I was tired of living in the big city with the traffic and the noise and the sky-high prices. My marriage falling apart hastened the resolve that was growing in me – I just wanted to go home. 

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Home is the historical and storied Haudenosaunee community of Six Nations of the Grand River, 100 km down the highway from Toronto, where my duties and

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This story was originally published on  CBC News. To read the rest of this news worthy story, please visit https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/first-person-returning-home-to-the-rez-1.6289950?cmp=rss.

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