Dawn Charlie (d. 2012)

Dawn Charlie was the project manager for the Little Salmon/Carmacks Tage Cho Hudan Interpretive Centre at Carmacks. The interpretive centre opened in July 1997. Dawn’s husband, Wilfred Charlie, constructed a moose skin canoe, using traditional methods, for an exhibit. He remembers seeing a canoe of this type when he was eight-years-old, and he asked local Elders for their help. Rachael Tom remembered how the moose skins were sewn together. Young David Tom helped with the construction. Max Skookum spent a couple of months building a dugout canoe from a popular tree for the Centre.¹⁾

In 1999, Dawn Charlie was instrumental in developing the Little Salmon-Carmacks First Nation greenhouse and gardens. The project was an inspiration to many northern communities and people.²⁾ Dawn Charlie was the widow of Wilfred Charlie and they lived in Carmacks.