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Polly Fraser, Tudùwasst (1931 – 2011.) | Polly Fraser, Tudùwasst (1931 – 2011.) | ||
- | Polly Fraser was born in a trapping cabin on the Dezadeash River to parents Alice Johnson and Chief Johnny Fraser. She was wolf clan and a fluent speaker of Dákwanjè. | + | Polly Fraser was born in a trapping cabin on the Dezadeash River to parents Alice Johnson and Chief Johnny Fraser. She was wolf clan and a fluent speaker of Dákwanjè.((“Tudùwasst / Polly Fraser.” Dän Kʼe Kídän, 2020 website: http:// |
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+ | Polly worked at cafes along the Alaska Highway and at the S&A Café in Whitehorse. One place was run by Earl Brooks at Dry Creek across from Paul Nieman’s café near Beaver Creek. She met her husband, Larry Niven, in Whitehorse and they had seven children that they raised at Whiskey Flats, Sleepy Hollow and Porter Creek. She adopted four other children as well. She told them stories and Southern Tutchone and Tlingit protocols taught to her by her father.((Polly Fraser, Celebration of Life pamphlet.)) | ||
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+ | Polly received her teaching certificate from the Yukon Native Language Centre in 1989 and she taught at the Whitehorse Elementary School from 1986-1998. Language and culture were driving forces and part of her everyday life.((“Tudùwasst / Polly Fraser.” Dän Kʼe Kídän, 2020 website: http:// | ||
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