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Champagne and Aishihik First Nations

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kinship system, children are considered born into their mother's clan and descent is figured by the mother's line. The individuals were split roughly in half between those who lived in coastal areas and those who lived inland, reflecting historic territories of bands. As arranged by the Champagne and
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testing of 241 area volunteers of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations revealed 17 living persons who are related to Kwäday Dän Ts'ìnchi through their direct maternal line. Among them were Sheila Clark and Pearl Callaghan, two of seven sisters. Clark said of the findings, "It was extremely
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of artifacts found with the body placed its age at between 300 and 550 years. Researchers contacted Champagne and Aishihik First Nations about the find before making any announcement. Their representatives visited the site and named the body as
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to take advantage of services offered there, such as schools. The First Nation government has its main administrative offices there. Other settlements used included
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Aishihik First Nations, after the tests they had the remains of the man cremated and buried with ceremony near where they were found in Tatshenshini-Alsek Park.
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agreement in 1992. The First Nation is also pursuing a land claim in its traditional territory in the northwestern corner of
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where the First Nation government has offices. The language originally spoken by the Champagne and Aishihik people was
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DNA and other scientific testing was done with the agreement of the First Nations representatives. In 2007,
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The Champagne and Aishihik First Nations was one of the first four First Nations to sign a
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Judith Lavoie, Canwest News Service, "Iceman's DNA Linked To Coastal Aboriginals (Canada)"
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In 1999, the mummified remains of a man were found by a group of hunters in a glacier in
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total private dwellings, a change of 10% from its 2016 population of
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Fifteen of the 17 related individuals identify as Wolf
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Index

Canada
Yukon
English
Southern Tutchone
Christianity
syncretistic
First Nation
band government
Yukon
Champagne
Aishihik
Haines Junction
Klukshu
Whitehorse
Southern Tutchone
land claims
British Columbia
Tatshenshini-Alsek Park
British Columbia
Radiocarbon dating
Kwäday Dän Ts'ìnchi
mitochondrial
DNA
clan
matrilineal
2021 Census of Population
Statistics Canada
"Kwaday Dän Ts'inchi Project Introduction"
the original

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