Yukon who is who

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Albert Isaac, //Khia// (d. 1970s)
	
Albert Isaac was elected chief of Aishihik before the community was abandoned in the summer of 1967. He did not consider himself a traditional chief in that, unlike his father, he did not give enough potlatches to win the position. He and his wife, who was raised in Fort Selkirk, had nine children, only one which was alive in the 1960s. He was a very successful hunter and ran a trapline with some assistance from his son-in-law until he was into his eighties. Isaac was a well-known singer and story-teller.((Catherine McClelland. 1970. //The Girl Who Married the Bear: A Masterpiece of Oral Tradition.// Ottawa: National Museums of Canada. (Publications in Ethnology; 2), 2008 website: http://collections.civilisations.ca/multimedia/3143/840/PUB-E-1970-2E-028_033.pdf)) Isaac worked as a guide for prospectors and surveyors for many years, and he staked mining claims for himself. Albert Creek is named for him.((//Dakeyi Teaching Guide: Southern Tutchone Place Names,// Yukon Native Language Centre, 1997: 62-3.))