Aberdeen

An idyllic childhood with her mooshum and kookum, or grandparents, in her community of Peguis First Nation dissipates as Aberdeen’s hard-partying and absentee parents distances her from that haven. Now an adult, sleeping on public benches, Winnipeg-based Aberdeen is in survival mode. The last remaining stable parts of her life begin slipping away — her reliable brother Boyd is ill and gives up Aberdeen’s grandkids to the foster care system. Then she loses her ID.

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  Gail Maurice

  Aberdeen
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  Billy Merasty

  Alfred
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  Jennifer Podemski

  Grace
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  Liam Stewart-Kanigan

  Raven
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  Ryan Rajendra Black

  Boyd
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  Onalee Ames

  Maggie
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  Bradley Sawatzky

  Morris
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  Gabriel Daniels

  Jarvis