Yukon who is who

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Raymond Jackson //Kànälna// (1939 - 2016)
	
Ray Jackson was a member of the Agunda (Wolf) Clan, the eldest of seven children born to Peter and Marge Jackson. He was a student at the Whitehorse Baptist Mission School, a residential school in downtown Whitehorse.((Sidney Cohen, "'It's a devastating loss for the community.'" //Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 24 August 2016.)) Jackson was an elder and a Champagne and Aishihik First Nations (CAFN) chief from 1972 to 1974 and again from 1979 to 1980.((//Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 24 August 2016.)) He was a determined advocate for First Nation rights in the Yukon and was among the twenty-one chiefs who kick-started land claims and joined Elijah Smith to present the //Together Today for our Children Tomorrow// document to federal government officials in Ottawa in 1973. Lawyer Dave Joe grew up with him and called him a good and faithful visionary. Joe and Jackson worked together on the Umbrella Final Agreement and CAFN's self-government agreement. Elijah Smith urged him to join the Yukon Native Brotherhood (YNB) and Jackson eventually became its president. He had a diverse career including land claim negotiator for Kwanlin Dün First Nation, band manager for Kluane Tribal Council, vice-chair of the Council of Yukon Indians (which amalgamated with Yukon Native brotherhood to form the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN)), worked as a realtor, and in his late '50s and '60s owned an IT company called FrostByte Computers. Besides being a chief for CAFN, he was their band manager, president of Champagne and Aishihik Enterprises, and a CAFN General Assembly delegate. He served on several local boards including the CAFN lands and housing committee and the Haines Junction community justice committee. He was a familiar sight driving his vintage Pontiac Firebird around southern Yukon.((Sidney Cohen, "'It's a devastating loss for the community.'" //Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 24 August 2016.)) Jackson is survived by his wife Annie, and daughters Sue-Anne and Crystal, and siblings Florence, Grady and Jackie. Predeceased by parents and children Oliver, Margaret and Ronnie.((//Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 24 August 2016.))