The Mathias Colomb Cree Nation in Manitoba has sent letters to Microsoft founder Bill Gates and a wealthy Canadian family, asking them to help with the housing crisis on the reserve.

Chief Pascal Bighetty said his tribe of 1,400 is in desperate need of at least 300 homes. An average of nine people live in each house and 30 houses need to be demolished due to soil contamination.

Bighetty estimates it will cost $30 million to eliminate the housing backlog.

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