Gavin McKenna

My mom's from Dawson City, which is like five hours north of Whitehorse, but she grew up in Whitehorse, yeah.

Just, like, hearing some of my grandpa's stories.

He went through a lot growing up.

So to see how far he's come and, like, getting to actually, like, have someone experience those stories in your family, like, it hits home, obviously.

So me being Indigenous means a lot to me, especially, like, I do it for my grandpa.

I think...

He never even says the stories just because of how crazy some of them are and don't know if he ever will.

So I do it for him.

Yeah, we text a little bit.

Not much about being indigenous and stuff like that, but I've read his book, some crazy stories in there.

I saw him at the airport once, and we had a two-hour conversation together.

Yeah, we text and stuff like that, and obviously he was kind of like the staple for indigenous hockey players, so obviously very cool to talk to him and stuff.

Yeah, exactly.

Yeah, I think I'll get to go home for a week or so.

Yeah, I think I actually might have some of the boys come up.

Yeah, we might go for like a fishing trip, bring some of them up, show them what it's like up there.

I don't usually get much time at home, but when I do, I like to get out and do the things I usually do.

Not when I first got there.

My second year, I lived with him.

And, yeah, I had a great time with him.