Joseph W. “Jos” Sakata (1866 - 1920)
	
Joseph Sakata was born in Yokahama, Japan.((Ed and Star Jones, “Asians in Yukon.” Santa Fe, New Mexico. Unpublished manuscript. June 2010.)) Sakata, his wife Yukins, and their son Masayuki (Massa), moved from Japan to Juneau in 1897. They were in Skagway in 1897 and Jos piloted boats for the Klondike stampeders. The family settled in Dawson in 1902 and one account states that Jos ran an employment office and later owned a restaurant.((Lillian Nakamura Maguire, “May is Asian Heritage Month.” //What’s Up Yukon,// May 20, 2020.)) He was a proprietor and cook of the Occidental Café.((//Dawson Daily News// (Dawson), 12 May 1920.)) Jos Sakata died of pneumonia and a funeral was held at St. Mary’s chapel.((Dawson City Mortuary Records, 1898 – 1938. AlaskaWeb.org, 2020 website: http://www.alaskaweb.org/dawmort/s.html.)) He is buried in the Hillside Cemetery in Dawson.((Lillian Nakamura Maguire, “May is Asian Heritage Month.” //What’s Up Yukon,// May 20, 2020.))