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Roddy Blackjack

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Roddy Blackjack (c. 1927 – death announced on May 2, 2013) was a Canadian elder and former Chief of the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation of the Yukon Territory. He also served as an executive elder of the Council of Yukon First Nations and "elder in residence" at Yukon College.^[1]

Blackjack is considered an early architect of the Yukon Land Claims agreement.^[1] In 1973, Blackjack traveled to Ottawa as part of a delegation of Yukon First Nation leaders.^[1] He presented Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau with documents and other paperwork which would form the basis for the eventual Yukon Land Claims agreement.^[1]

Blackjack died in early May 2013 at the age of 86. His death was announced on May 2, 2013.^[1]

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1. ^¹²³⁴{{cite news|first=|last=|title=Elder who helped start Yukon land claim process dies at 8 |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2013/05/02/north-roddy-blackjack-yukon.html?cmp=rss |work=CBC News |publisher= |date=2013-05-02 |accessdate=2013-05-12}}

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