Raised on teetotal tribal lands, where she observed her father's struggles with alcohol, she became the medical lead at Alberta Health Services' Indigenous Wellness Core, where she developed Indigenous Health Commitments: Roadmap to Wellness.
[2] She grew up on tribal lands, where alcohol is prohibited, and recalls other community members becoming bootleggers to earn money.
[1] She earned a bachelor's degree in Native American Studies from the University of Lethbridge,[2] before marrying Bjarne Store-Jakobsen,[3] whom she had met at the 1981 World Council of Indigenous Peoples assembly in Australia,[4] and moving to Norway.
She and her former husband, Sami politician Store-Jakobsen, are the subject of their daughter's 2014 film Bihttoš (Rebel).
[7][3] The film, narrated by Elle-Maija Tailfeathers, details the couple's "mythical love story"[8] after they met at the 1981 World Council of Indigenous Peoples assembly in Australia[4] and the family's struggles, which eventually ended in their divorce.