Family

Jacobs graduated from Roman Catholic Indian day school in 1953. (Courtesy: Kaia’titákhe Jacobs)

Story told by Kaia’titákhe Jacobs

After I graduated high school, I worked a year, then got married and had babies. I had three babies in a row. It was challenging at times, but I can’t imagine life without them. They’re all good people. They have good values. I’m proud of them.

I had four children. I had three girls, and then the last one was a boy who came a little bit later.

Because I had three girls, I never expected I would have a boy. When I became pregnant, I just assumed it would be another girl.

At the hospital I told my husband, “I’m so sorry, but I think we’re having another little girl.”

My husband said to me, “Don’t worry, I like girls.”

And then “the boy” came.

Now I have grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Beautiful, beautiful children. You know what? The older you get, the more you appreciate babies!

Family is very important in this community. It’s really special, it’s exceptional.

Second to the right, Kaia’titáhkhe Jacobs poses with her husband Kenneth, alongside friends in the summer of 1955, the year the St. Lawrence Seaway began construction. (Courtesy: Kaia’titákhe Jacobs)