k:kowakha
Kowakha (Kow'h-kha) (d. 1906)
Kow'h-kha was a chief of the Teslin Tlingit around the turn of the 20th century. After he died, his nephew, Billy Johnston of Teslin, assumed his name and title.1) George Johnston was a descendant of Chief Kowakha of the Taku River Tlingit.2)
1)
Rab Wilkie, Skookum Jim: Native and Non-Native Stories and Views About His Life and Times and the Klondike Gold Rush. Whitehorse: Skookum Jim Friendship Centre, 1992: 198.
2)
“George Johnson Trail.” Government of Canada, 2021 website: https://www.ehcanadatravel.com/1-yukon/southern-lakes/teslin/parks-places/5586-george-johnstone-trail.html.
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