The Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation is a First Nation in the central Yukon Territory in Canada. Its original population centre was Little Salmon, Yukon , but most of its citizens live in Carmacks, Yukon . The language originally spoken by the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation people was Northern Tutchone . They call themselves Tagé Cho Hudän (Big River People).
3-699: Former Chief Roddy Blackjack was an architect of the Yukon Land Claims agreement. The Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation signed the land claims agreement in 1997. A former chief of the First Nation, Eric Fairclough , was leader of the Yukon New Democratic Party and leader of the opposition in the Yukon Legislative Assembly . This First Nations in Canada –related article
6-669: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a Yukon location is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Roddy Blackjack Roddy Blackjack (c. 1927 – death announced on May 2, 2013) was a Canadian elder and former Chief of the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation of the Yukon Territory . He also served as an executive elder of the Council of Yukon First Nations and "elder in residence" at Yukon College . Blackjack
9-452: Is considered an early architect of the Yukon Land Claims agreement. In 1973, Blackjack traveled to Ottawa as part of a delegation of Yukon First Nation leaders. He presented Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau with documents and other paperwork which would form the basis for the eventual Yukon Land Claims agreement. Blackjack died in early May 2013 at the age of 86. His death was announced on May 2, 2013. This article about
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