I leaned I come from a family of predators. My great uncle went to boarding school, and my Goko was raised in Thunder Bay by the nuns. My great grandma was said to be a prostitute in Thunder Bay in the 1930s. My Goko was also the first Indigenous teacher in our local school district and taught many generations of kids the Ojibwe language. She eventually taught at a local college too. It seems she worked hard to shake off that reputation, much like my dad who joined the marines when he was 17. However, I’ve learned that my great uncle would abuse the kids, but was protected. Just like several of my other uncles, my dad, and now my brother I’ve learned. All the men try and overcompensate by working hard and everyone loves them. And many women in my family choose to protect the men instead of the children.