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| Julius Kendi (1876 -1948) | Julius Kendi (1876 -1948) |
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| Julius Kendi was Tukudh Gwich’in, born at Lapierre House on the Bell River.((Linda E.T. MacDonald and Lynette R. Bleiler, //Gold & Galena.// Mayo Historical Society, 1990: 276, 396.)) He was ordained as an Anglican catechist by Bishop Stringer in 1910.((“The Exham Years: The Church, Art, and Life in Old Crow, 1965-1969.” 2020 website: https://www.exhamexhibit.com/the-catechists.)) He was a catechist at the headwaters of the [Porcupine] River from 1911 to 1913.((Linda E.T. MacDonald and Lynette R. Bleiler, //Gold & Galena.// Mayo Historical Society, 1990: 276, 396.)) He arrived at Fraser Falls on the Stewart River in 1915 and spoke to the Na-Cho Nyäk Dun who were there drying fish. They decided to establish a village two miles below the village of Mayo on the opposite banks of the Stewart River. This site is now known as Old Village.((First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun, “History.” 2018 website: http://www.nndfn.com/history/)) Kendi stayed at the old Village near Mayo from 1915 to 1918.((Linda E.T. MacDonald and Lynette R. Bleiler, //Gold & Galena.// Mayo Historical Society, 1990: 276, 396.)) | Julius Kendi was Tukudh Gwich’in, born at Lapierre House on the Bell River.((Linda E.T. MacDonald and Lynette R. Bleiler, //Gold & Galena.// Mayo Historical Society, 1990: 276, 396.)) In 1899, Bishop Reeve confirmed thirty-four candidates at the Fort McPherson and they included Julius Kendi and Amos Njootli.((F.A. Peake, //The Bishop Who Ate His Boots: The Biography of Isaac O. Stringer.// Yukon Church Heritage Society, 2001: 67.)) |
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| | Kendi was ordained as an Anglican catechist by Bishop Stringer in 1910.((“The Exham Years: The Church, Art, and Life in Old Crow, 1965-1969.” 2020 website: https://www.exhamexhibit.com/the-catechists.)) He was a catechist at the headwaters of the [Porcupine] River from 1911 to 1913.((Linda E.T. MacDonald and Lynette R. Bleiler, //Gold & Galena.// Mayo Historical Society, 1990: 276, 396.)) He arrived at Fraser Falls on the Stewart River in 1915 and spoke to the Na-Cho Nyäk Dun who were there drying fish. They decided to establish a village two miles below the village of Mayo on the opposite banks of the Stewart River. This site is now known as Old Village.((First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun, “History.” 2018 website: http://www.nndfn.com/history/)) Kendi stayed at the old Village near Mayo from 1915 to 1918.((Linda E.T. MacDonald and Lynette R. Bleiler, //Gold & Galena.// Mayo Historical Society, 1990: 276, 396.)) |
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| Reverend Kendi was ordained Deacon at Moosehide in 1918.((Linda E.T. MacDonald and Lynette R. Bleiler, //Gold & Galena.// Mayo Historical Society, 1990: 276, 396.)) In July 1921, the steamer //Nisutlin// carried Reverend Kendi, his wife, and their dogs on their way from Peel River to his new appointment at St. Mark’s at the Old Village near Mayo.((Frank A. Peake, //The Bishop Who Ate His Boots.// Yukon Church Heritage Society, 2001: 135.)) The first church in the Old Village was built by Julius Kendi and his congregation.((Helen Dobrowolsky, "The Church in the Yukon - A Thematic Study". Prepared for Heritage Branch, January 1990: 49.)) | Reverend Kendi was ordained Deacon at Moosehide in 1918.((Linda E.T. MacDonald and Lynette R. Bleiler, //Gold & Galena.// Mayo Historical Society, 1990: 276, 396.)) In July 1921, the steamer //Nisutlin// carried Reverend Kendi, his wife, and their dogs on their way from Peel River to his new appointment at St. Mark’s at the Old Village near Mayo.((Frank A. Peake, //The Bishop Who Ate His Boots.// Yukon Church Heritage Society, 2001: 135.)) The first church in the Old Village was built by Julius Kendi and his congregation.((Helen Dobrowolsky, "The Church in the Yukon - A Thematic Study". Prepared for Heritage Branch, January 1990: 49.)) |
