of Waskaganish was a good wife and mother. She lived with her husband and three kids. During the days she worked, and then she came home in the evenings and looked after her family. She cooked dinner, she prepared lunches, she got everything ready for breakfast the next morning, and she hauled out the trash and all of her husband's empty beer cans. She helped the kids with their homework or whatever they needed. Every couple of days, she did the laundry for everyone in the house, she washed the

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... floors and vacuumed, scrubbed the bathrooms, and cleaned the frig. She went to her kids' sport or school events and arranged family evenings with friends and weekends out in the bush. Everything that had to happen in that house, Jennifer did it. It was exhausting and she didn't enjoy all of it, but as long as she did all those things, she knew she was a good wife and mother. In 2002, Jennifer did a 300-kilometre walk to experience what her ancestors had experienced in their long-distance treks. At the end of it, she felt sore all over and her feet ached more than they ever had before, but she also felt strong and capable of anything. Her mind was at ease. She did the walk again in 2003 and in 2004.