Yukon who is who

Kaushee Harris, nee Emma Jack (1936 - 1979)

Kaushee Harris was a Taku River Tlingit of the Crow clan. She was born near Teslin to parents George and Antonia Jack. She attended Lejac Residential School to grade six and spent three years in a TB sanatorium. She moved to Atlin and married Jackie Williams and they had six children: Marion, John, Mervin, Brenda, Vernon, and Joanne. When the couple separated, Kaushee completed grade seven by correspondence. She and her children moved to Whitehorse. She took cooking at the vocational institute and cooked for several institutions. In 1971, she married Harold Harris and they had one son, Taku. Kaushee went back to the vocational institute and completed to grade twelve in two years, and then received training for a management position. When she died, Kaushee was the personnel administrator with DIAND in Whitehorse. She served on YANSI, was the first president of the Yukon Indian Women's Association, served with the Indian Women's Association of Canada, Outreach, and was an advisor to the Yukon Indian News.[need source]

Kaushee worked hard to establish a safe place for women and children in distress. Kaushee’s Place in Whitehorse, a transition home for women experiencing violence, is named in her honour.¹⁾