This influential Mackenzie Basin Métis woman is remembered as Catherine, the “old mother of all of us.” She represents a generation of matriarchs who ensured the continuance of northern Métis identity and culture. While respecting her own traditions, she contributed to the development of the first permanent northern Oblate mission as well as the Grey Nuns’ school and hospital, and was instrumental in establishing the Métis community of Fort Providence. Legendary for her long-distance dogsled journeys, this enterprising and resolute woman will long be celebrated as Ehtsu Naats’i, “grandmother of the winds.”