About Roddy Blackjack
Lived 1927 – 2013 (aged 85–86). Roddy Blackjack was a Canadian politician.
Roddy Blackjack ( – 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. In 1973, Blackjack traveled to Ottawa as part of a delegation of Yukon First Nation leaders. He presented Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau with documents and other paperwork which would form the basis for the eventual Yukon Land Claims agreement.
Blackjack died in early May 2013 at the age of 86. His death was announced on May 2, 2013.
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Who was Roddy Blackjack?
Canadian politician
When was Roddy Blackjack born?
Roddy Blackjack was born in 1927.
When did Roddy Blackjack die?
Roddy Blackjack died on 2 May 2013.
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Roddy Blackjack was a politician.
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Roddy Blackjack was Canadian.
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