Skookum Jim

Skookum Jim (First Nations name “Keish”) was a member of the wolf clan of the Tagish First Nation, and Dawson Charlie (Káa Goox*) (d. 1908) was his nephew. Born around 1855, he lived near the present town of Carcross. As a young man he worked as a packer, carrying the equipment and supplies of early prospectors over the mountain passes from the seacoast to the headwaters of the Yukon river. It was while doing this that he met Carmack, and the two formed a partnership that included Dawson Charlie as well. He died in 1916.

Books

• deArmond, R.N., ed., Stroller White, 1969
• Dale B. DeArmond, The True Story of the Discovery of Gold at Bonanza Creek, 1997
• Thomas F. Thornton, Patsy Henderson's Story, 2004

Chapters in Books

• Charlene Porsild, Keish, Dictonary of Canadian Biography Online

Journal Articles

• Catharine McClellan, An Anthropologist's Account (“Wealth Woman and Frogs among the Tagish Indians”), Anthropos, 1963

Miscellaneous

• Angela Sidney, Place Names of the Tagish Region, n/p
• Gordon Bennett, Skookum Jim Biography, 1980

Oral History or Interview

• Johnnie Johns, Skookum Jim Stories
• Johnnie John, Skookum Jim Discovers Gold
• Billy Johnson, Billy Johnson Tells His Story

• n/a, University of Alaska
• n/a, Skookum Jim's Discovery