It is important to understand homelessness through Indigenous worldviews and not just through mainstream definitions of homelessness. Indigenous homelessness includes disconnection and isolation from relationships to the land, as it comprises historical, social, and infrastructural
elements of housing needs and not solely lacking residence (Thistle 2017). Indigenous homelessness must be culturally understood, in which solutions need to be informed by Indigenous peoples’ experiences and worldviews. It must take into account the gendered experiences of homelessness that are inextricably linked to violence and mental health.
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