LovingLifeinMoosoneeBorninMooseFactoryIsland，locatedabout12milesinlandfromtheJamesBaycoastlineinnorthernOntario，IspentmyearlychildhoodyearsinnearbyMooseRiverCrossing．OurfamilyreturnedtoMooseFactorylater，somy

　　Loving Life in Moosonee

　　Born in Moose Factory Island，located about 12miles inland from the James Bay coastline in northern Ontario，I spent my early childhood years in nearby Moose River Crossing．Our family returned to Moose Factory later，so my siblings（兄弟姐妹）and I could continue our education，（21）___ the local school had been closed down．

　　Moose River Crossing is situated along the only railroad track in Canada that reaches all the way up to the northern community of Moosonee，Ont．，which later（22）___ （become）-and still is-my true hometown．

　　（23）___ my siblings and I were growing up，I always sensed something was missing in my life，（24）___ fundamental to my very identity，to who I was and where I came from．Over the years，I began to learn more（25）___ my Native culture，the history and our way of life．Then，in 2009，I met a man who later became my husband．（26）___（be） an ambassador of the land and a hunter，my husband taught me how to hunt，fish，set nets，snare rabbits，make a fire in the rain，read the weather and drive a boat．Even after having lived in Moosonee for 26years，I had never experienced and learned so much on the land and the mighty Moose River，（27）___ the sunsets are breathtakingly beautiful，as I did in the relatively short time I've known my husband．

　　I am so thankful and proud（28）___（give） the opportunity to lead this kind of lifestyle，which someday will be passed on to my grandchildren．

　　Today，I continue to trace my roots and try to live my life according to them．I have also been back to Moose River Crossing after being away for many years．My older sister and only brother，both hunters，along with a few nephews and nieces，continue to carry on the traditions of our ancestors in Moose River Crossing．

　　Every year，our family gathers for a spring hunt，mainly geese and ducks．In summertime，we go fishing and，in the fall，we head out hunting．In addition to （29）___（add） to our foods for the year，these excursions are （30）___ o