| Shirley Adamson was born in Whitehorse to the Wolf Clan [Agünda]. Her mother, Irene Adamson, ws Ta’an Kwäch’än and her father, John Adamson, was coastal Tlingit. Shirley was raised in the Lake Laberge area, living with her grandparents Celia and Frankie Jim.((Roxanne Livingstone, “Biography” in Mark Nuttall, ed., //Encyclopaedia of the Arctic,// New York, Routledge, 2005: 9.)) Shirley’s grandmother's grandmother was Klon-day [Łande], mother of son Jim Boss and daughter Shuateen. Shuateen married “Dutch” Henry Broeren and became Maggie Broeren. Their daughter Celia married Frankie Jim. When Shirley’s grandfather, Frank Slim, received his captain's papers to pilot the riverboats he had to renounce his First Nation status, making his children and grandchildren non-status. Adamson's parents moved to Whitehorse and the children attended Whitehorse elementary. ((Roxanne Livingstone, "Shirley Adamson won't be pushed around," //Yukon News// (Whitehorse). 20 December 2002.))\\ | Shirley Adamson was born in Whitehorse to the Wolf Clan [Agünda]. Her mother, Irene Adamson, was Ta’an Kwäch’än and her father, John Adamson, was coastal Tlingit. Shirley was raised in the Lake Laberge area, living with her grandparents Celia and Frankie Jim.((Roxanne Livingstone, “Biography” in Mark Nuttall, ed., //Encyclopaedia of the Arctic,// New York, Routledge, 2005: 9.)) Shirley’s grandmother's grandmother was Klon-day [Łande], mother of son Jim Boss and daughter Shuateen. Shuateen married “Dutch” Henry Broeren and became Maggie Broeren. Their daughter Celia married Frankie Jim. When Shirley’s grandfather, Frank Slim, received his captain's papers to pilot the riverboats he had to renounce his First Nation status, making his children and grandchildren non-status. Adamson's parents moved to Whitehorse and the children attended Whitehorse elementary. ((Roxanne Livingstone, "Shirley Adamson won't be pushed around," //Yukon News// (Whitehorse). 20 December 2002.))\\ |
| Shirley Adamson was elected to the executive council of the Yukon Association of Non-Status Indians (YANSI) in 1975.((Roxanne Livingstone, “Adamson, Shirley” in Mark Nuttall, ed. //Encyclopedia of the Arctic,// Routledge, 2005: 8-9)) She secretary-treasurer in 1975-76 and also acted as the director representing the Lake Laberge Local in 1976-77.((YANSI Elders Circle, //It’s our Time to Tell Our Story.// Whitehorse Aboriginal Women’s Circle, 2025: 212.)) She moved into the national arena and was on the board of the Native Council of Canada.((Roxanne Livingstone, “Adamson, Shirley” in Mark Nuttall, ed. //Encyclopedia of the Arctic,// Routledge, 2005: 8-9)) | Shirley Adamson was elected to the executive council of the Yukon Association of Non-Status Indians (YANSI) in 1975.((Roxanne Livingstone, “Adamson, Shirley” in Mark Nuttall, ed. //Encyclopedia of the Arctic,// Routledge, 2005: 8-9)) She secretary-treasurer in 1975-76 and also acted as the director representing the Lake Laberge Local in 1976-77.((YANSI Elders Circle, //It’s our Time to Tell Our Story.// Whitehorse Aboriginal Women’s Circle, 2025: 212.)) She moved into the national arena and was on the board of the Native Council of Canada.((Roxanne Livingstone, “Adamson, Shirley” in Mark Nuttall, ed. //Encyclopedia of the Arctic,// Routledge, 2005: 8-9)) |
