Definitely Not the Opera

Kevin and Val Whyte: love on the rez

What makes a guy from New Brunswick plant himself in Pukatawagan, a reserve in northern Manitoba?
Kevin and Val Whyte on their wedding day, October 1995

Kevin Whyte is from small-town New Brunswick but he's been living in Pukatawagan, a reserve in northern Manitoba, for the past 20 years. It all started when he met and fell in love with Val. But theirs is no simple love story... the interracial couple faced some shocking challenges when they tried to move to Kevin's home province.