I'm from a little community in northern Saskatchewan called Turnor Lake, a hamlet and reserve where members of Birch Narrows Denesuline First Nation live. Most of my young life was spent around Buffalo Narrows with my grandparents, who had adopted me. I lost my grandfather when I was about nine years old. He was a trapper and lost his life out on the trapline, going through the ice.
I got into a bit of trouble as a young person and ended up in a foster home for a while. When I was about 14, the social services people asked me where I wanted to live. I said, "I want to go home. I want to be wit...
