Edith Josie

Edith Josie (December 8, 1921 – January 31, 2010) was a Canadian writer, best known as a longtime columnist for the Whitehorse Star. Her column, titled Here Are the News, concerned life in the small community of Old Crow, Yukon, and was syndicated to newspapers around the world. Josie was born in Eagle, Alaska, and moved to Old Crow at age 16. She was the subject of a story, "Everybody Sure Glad," by Dora Jane Hamblin in Life magazine in 1965, and served on the council of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation from 1968 to 1972. In her later years, Josie contributed to a community website, oldcrow.ca. The National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, now the Indspire Awards, honoured Josie for her achievements in arts in 2000.