Yukon who is who

Moose Jackson, Jänachälatà (~1925 – 2011)

Moose Jackson was born at Hutchi Village, about forty kilometres north of Champagne. His parents were Hutchi Jackson and Lilly Isaac. He hunted, trapped, and fished with his family and spoke Southern Tutchone (Dákwänje). Before the highway was built, the family travelled north and south. They went to Klukshu in the summer to fish. Moose never learned to read but could follow along in the Bible to a taped story. He remembered having a good life at Hutchi, a place where you never went hungry and where people from many places gathered. In 1948, Moose moved to Haines Junction and he and Daisy David (Ama Kwanjia) of Aishihik married. Moose worked at the Experimental Farm at Mile 1019.¹⁾

Rod Tait remembered Moose Jackson as a very good equipment operator.²⁾ After the experimental farm closed down, Moose worked for Yukon Forest Service and Parks Canada. He retired in 1989. He was the Chief of Champagne and Aishihik First Nations (CAFN) in 1975-76 and served several terms on the Elder Council. Gord Allison got to know him when he would drop into the CAFN office, and they travelled to places Moose remembered together. Gord remembers him as having a remarkable memory and a sharp sense of humour.³⁾