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Karen shares openly about the deep issues of life including her struggle with depression and thoughts of suicide. These are issues that many...
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The Storyteller is a 15-minute weekly radio program and internet broadcast featuring true stories from First Nations people across North America who are following Jesus Christ without reserv...

Karen shares openly about the deep issues of life including her struggle with depression and thoughts of suicide. These are issues that many...

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Truman saw much death and destruction as combat a medic during the war. It was his job to treat the wounded and help them get to safety. He...

Truman's story is the seasoned voice of a Kiowa elder sharing wisdom gained by a journey marked by much hardship and difficulty. From his ea...

Linda spent the early days of her life away from her family because of a medical condition. As she grew older, she discovered another condit...

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Josephine grew up in a home where her mother was careful about who her kids were around. But eventually Josephine found a way to be with her...

Robert was caught up in the gang life, so he was used to violence. But at some point he realized that there had to be to life than what he w...

Robert was born on the Oneida reservation in Wisconsin but - because of the Indian Relocation Act - spent his growing-up years in Chicago. I...

Victoria put her trust in Jesus early in life. When she got to high school, though, she began to party with family and friends. This continu...

Chester found out that, just because Jesus saves us from our past and gives us hope for the future, life can still be hard. Difficult challe...

The hate that Chester had harbored for his father since childhood was driving him to drink, despair, and death. Through the intervention of...

Chester grew up in Eel Ground First Nation. His troubled childhood left him with deep hurt and a miserable existence. He tried to end his li...

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Paul is a full-blooded Aleut, born in Egegik in 1935. In part 2 of his story, he shares about one of his life's most difficult moments. He l...

Paul is a full-blooded Aleut, born in Egegik in 1935. Growing up, he lived in the village of Kanatik during the winter. But in the Springtim...

The Storyteller New Years Special with Tom Claus (Mohawk) New Years Eve is a very special time in the Claus family. It was on that night man...

From the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota, Chug and Karen Garreau welcome us into their home as they share Christmas memories and...

Janet continues her story... sharing about how she was strong-willed but came to realize that she couldn't do everything on her own. Years l...

Janet grew up on the Navajo reservation in Arizona. In her youth, she was an ambitious and self-reliant young girl who was not afraid to mak...

It was a News Years Eve Thomas would never forget. It happened at the gang's clubhouse. He tried to get drunk but he couldn't. He tried to g...

Thomas grew up angry and bitter. He ended up spending time in the Manitoba Youth Centre where he got into a lot of fights. Because he was go...

Have you ever wondered if anyone really loved you? Have you ever felt abandoned? These were issues that Milt wrestled with because his fathe...

She wondered what the point of life was... why should she go on living. She contemplated suicide, reasoning that it made more sense to leave...

Edna grew up in Pedro Bay, Alaska. Her father died when she was five. At age 14, she took on a commercial fishing venture for the family. Th...

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Eddie grew up with a dad who drank. He always knew that his daddy loved him though he never heard the words. One day something happened in h...

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Larry recalls hard times... fearful times that would leave bitter memories of his youth. But he tells about how he was able to forgive - not...

Larry grew up in the Eel Ground Reserve on the banks of the Miramichi River in New Brunswick. He became a Native Constable on the reserve an...

Mitch thought that he and God were on good terms. After all, Mitch was doing all the right things. But when he was confronted with the truth...

Mitch was raised going to church. He was good at doing what he thought was expected when people were looking. But when He joined the Navy he...

Larry shares of his bout with depression and suicidal thoughts. It was during that time he realized that he needed to get serious in his rel...

Larry was born in Winslow, Arizona and eventually made his way to Tuba City. He is half Hopi and half Navajo. Larry's story is unique, and s...

There are things that money can't buy. It can't buy love, peace, or real friends. But money was what Rick pursued. He worked hard and put hi...

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Velma shares the rest of her story about how she ended up in Bible school, adjusted to a new culture, and what it was like to live with some...

Velma is from Goodfish Lake, Alberta. It was a hard life, but it was good. She grew up in a log house and lived off the land. They had wild...

Growing up in the village can be difficult. There are many influences that can bring a person down. That could have been George's story... b...

No one feels the pain more than a loving parent when their child dies. Wes didn’t know that when his son walked out the door that day that h...

Wes had gotten sick. No one could figure out what was wrong... and it went on and on. Relatives began to wonder if Indian medicine was invol...

"I went up to the car and snatched the car door open and told him get out. Well when he got out, he came out with a 357 magnum. And when he...

Don was born on the Tuscarora reservation in New York. His parents split up when he was young and for a time ended up living off the reserva...

A miracle happened the day. Everything changed. Some might say that he chose the white man's religion. Gary says no. Jesus came for all peop...

Gary recorded this shortly after he was told he only had weeks to live. Gary's faith in Jesus is unwavering. And when you hear how he came t...

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"I born Cup'ik, real Eskimo. I didn't born in the spring but I born at grass. No, no spring brat. Sod house, and my blanket is all those gra...

Have you ever been so close to death that only the hand of someone else could save you? That's what happened to Fred. In a drunken state, he...