Hay River Reserve

[10] The reserve is governed by a Band Council, consisting of a Chief and four Counsellors, who are elected every two years on "Treaty Day".

Later both the Anglican, with a mission school, and the Roman Catholic Church along with trading posts and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrived.

The current site is located on the south shore of the Hay River, near the mouth of Great Slave Lake[17] In 1974 the then chief, Daniel Sonfrere, negotiated a settlement with the Government of Canada and the first reserve in the NWT was formed.

[18] Hay River has a subarctic climate (Dfc) with mild to warm summers and long cold winters.

The illustrations in the book were based on actual pictures of Tina and the community provided by local multimedia artist Frederick Lepine.