Mary Jane Moses

Mary Jane Moses is Tetl’it Gwich’in, originally from Fort MacPherson, Northwest Territories. She was the heritage coordinator for the Vuntut Gwitchin Government in Old Crow for twenty years. She is a filmmaker, mentor, researcher and translator. She contributed to both the Tetl’it Gwich’in and Vuntut Gwitchin communities, translating and indexing hundreds of Gwich’in interviews.((Lawrie Crawford, Mary Jane Moses and Colleen James recognized for preservation and revitalization of cultural knowledge.” //Yukon News,// 9 June 2022.))

Her films share Gwich’in stories celebrating the knowledge of elders and the Gwich’in language and culture. They include //Imprints of Our Ancestors Parts I and II// (2007); //Dinjii Shik Trał Tat Gwich’in ~ Man Who Always Lives in the Bush// (2008); //Nilii Gaii Tr’ahtsii// (2009); //Caribou, Our Livelihood// (2010); //Geh eenjit di’tr’iheetl’yaa ~ We Will Set Snares for Rabbit// (2010); and //Adhòh Tr’ahshii ~ Hide Tanning// (2019). Her work has been critical in cultural revitalization, ensuring the knowledge and stories of elders are captured and shared.((Lawrie Crawford, Mary Jane Moses and Colleen James recognized for preservation and revitalization of cultural knowledge.” //Yukon News,// 9 June 2022.))

In 2022, Mary Jane Moses received an honorary bachelor of northern heritage and culture from Yukon University for her work in Old Crow.((Lawrie Crawford, Mary Jane Moses and Colleen James recognized for preservation and revitalization of cultural knowledge.” //Yukon News,// 9 June 2022.))