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Charlie Lovtitt (38) and his girlfriend Sharon Pete (46) in a shelter in Vancouver. Unfortunately many First Nations who come to the city and don't succeed to find work and up in shelters and start using drugs or become alcoholics. .Charlie and Sharon are planning to leave Vancouver, Sharon wants to go back to her roots in the reserve. They feel the city has been bad for them. She wants to educate young women in the reserve in telling her life story, to prevent them of going the same way...In Canada there are currently 630 recognized First Nations governments, the total population is about 700,000 of which half lives in British Colombia and Ontario. life in the reserves is difficult where unemployment is high, specially since the 2008 crisis. Many young First Nations move to Vancouver in the hope for a better life. They try to maintain their culture and identity in the big city and many make a livings as artists. (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR)