Grace Beardy's youngest child was born in Takaskweyak Cree Nation on May 19, Victoria Day. Ten days later, power in the community was out.

The boy was about two weeks old when he became an evacuee.

"It was sad, especially going through postpartum and carrying the little one," Beardy said Wednesday. "I was alone out there with him for four days, until my sister came."

Tataskweyak, also known as Split Lake, declared a state of emergency on May 29, with a wildfire only about a kilometre away from the northern Manitoba First Nation.

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Beardy and her three children were among the more than 2,400 Tataskweyak residents forced to leave their homes because of the fire.

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