| Sweeney worked as a labourer and a heavy-duty equipment operator.((//Kwanlin Dün: Our Story in Our Words.// Kwanlin Dün First Nation, 2020: 149.)) He moved to Vancouver where he volunteered at the Vancouver Indian Centre and the Carnegie Library, but he had nowhere permanent to live.((Roxanne Livingstone, "Sweeney Scurvey: One of Yukon's first aboriginal journalists." //Our Home,// Winter 1999/2000: 26-27.)) | Sweeney worked as a labourer and a heavy-duty equipment operator.((//Kwanlin Dün: Our Story in Our Words.// Kwanlin Dün First Nation, 2020: 149.)) He moved to Vancouver where he volunteered at the Vancouver Indian Centre and the Carnegie Library, but he had nowhere permanent to live.((Roxanne Livingstone, "Sweeney Scurvey: One of Yukon's first aboriginal journalists." //Our Home,// Winter 1999/2000: 26-27.)) |
| He returned to the Yukon in 1990 to study at Yukon College.((//Kwanlin Dün: Our Story in Our Words.// Kwanlin Dün First Nation, 2020: 149.)) When he realized that alcohol was a problem, he quit drinking in 1997.((Sweeney Scurvey, //A Glimpse of Peace.// Tutshi Publishing, 1996: 3.)) After that, he completed research projects for Heritage Yukon and the Kwanlin Dün.((Roxanne Livingstone, "Sweeney Scurvey: One of Yukon's first aboriginal journalists." //Our Home,// Winter 1999/2000: 26-27.)) He has written hundreds of articles for the //Star, Yukon News, Nannzha,// and several newsletters.((Sweeney Scurvey, //A Glimpse of Peace.// Tutshi Publishing, 1996: 2-3.)) | He returned to the Yukon in 1990 to study at Yukon College.((//Kwanlin Dün: Our Story in Our Words.// Kwanlin Dün First Nation, 2020: 149.)) When he realized that alcohol was a problem, he quit drinking in 1997.((Sweeney Scurvey, //A Glimpse of Peace.// Tutshi Publishing, 1996: 2-3.)) After that, he completed research projects for Heritage Yukon and the Kwanlin Dün.((Roxanne Livingstone, "Sweeney Scurvey: One of Yukon's first aboriginal journalists." //Our Home,// Winter 1999/2000: 26-27.)) He has written hundreds of articles for the //Star, Yukon News, Nannzha,// and several newsletters.((Sweeney Scurvey, //A Glimpse of Peace.// Tutshi Publishing, 1996: 2-3.)) |
