George Edzerza Agouta (1908 – 1987)
George Agouta Edzerza was born in Goondachagga (Tahltan village) to parents Etheny (Mary) and George Edzerza. His was a hereditary chief’s family. George followed his uncle Nonnock’s teaching and at age fourteen walked to Treaty Creek to participate in and witness a peace treaty gathering with the Nisga’a Nation. Not formally educated, he was a prodigious reader and kept up with local, provincial, and national politics. George and his wife Grace homesteaded by the Stikine River. The family moved to Lower Post in 1943, and George was disenfranchised so he could own property and would not have to attend the residential school. The family moved again in the 1950s, this time to Atlin where George owned and operated Cassiar Safari Outfitting catering to Americans and Europeans. George retired to Whitehorse in 1968.1)