Evelyn Stoney, mother of Gina
Evelyn Stoney was born in Big Trout, her mother was flying towards Sioux Lookout but went into labour while they were stopped in Big Trout for the night. Her mother took Evelyn back to her home in Fort Severn on the next plane ride back.
Later, when Evelyn was pregnant she flew up to Sioux Lookout, but she made it all the way before giving birth. She had to stay in Sioux Lookout for a full month before she got to fly back home with her daughter Gina.
In her day to day life she is the owner of her own little coffee shop near the band office. She started the coffee shop in 1999 and it has been moderately successful. When I talked to her she had just finished serving some men who were working on the new water reservoir.
She has some family here and she married another man from Fort Severn. She really felt that it was exciting to see the pictures because they gave a sense of history and time to everything in the community.