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Jim Boss (1871 - 17 January 1950) (also called Kashxoot, Kishwoot, meaning "pound the table with fist,"〔http://www.yukon-news.com/news/two-key-letters-began-land-claim-process-100-years-ago〕 and Hundealth〔(Ta'an Kwäch'än - People of the Lake - Department of Tourism and Culture - Government of Yukon )〕) was an entrepreneur and the chief of the Southern Tutchone Ta’an Kwäch’än for over 40 years and is most known for having initiated the first Yukon land claim in the year 1902. His leadership allowed the First Nations from the southern region of the Yukon to make the transition from a traditional way of life to a Euro-Canadian economy. In 2001, he was designated a Person of National Historic Significance.〔(Boss, Jim National Historic Person )〕 ==Biography== Jim Boss was born to Mundessa (Old Man Chief) from Hutshi and Lande from Tagish. He had his three sisters: Maggie Boss (Shuwateen), Jenny Boss(Tusáxal) and Susie Boss (Shaan Tlein).〔 His first job was to trade goods between the Coastal and Inland First Nations.〔 At the onset of the Klondike Gold Rush in 1896, in an effort to both preserve his people's rights and to profit, he abandoned his previous profession to set up a roadhouse, with the help of his brother-in-law, Henry Broeren, near Horse Creek to service the sternwheeler traffic on Lake Laberge. This was the first of multiple roadhouses he would come to own.〔(Parks Canada - News Releases and Backgrounders )〕 During this time he also had a lumber and fishing operation. He also owned the Takhini Hot Springs.〔 In addition, he taught the North-West Mounted Police how to survive in the Yukon.〔 In 1900, he petitioned the Commissioner of the Yukon for a 1600-acre (647-hectare) reserve for his people, but was granted only 320-acre (129 hectares).〔 Receiving less than he wished, he began to draft a petition to the Superintendent of Indian Affairs.〔 In 1902, Boss employed a Whitehorse lawyer, T.W. Jackson to communicate with the Government of Canada requesting that they and the King, Edward VII, begin a treaty or land claims discussions with the Yukon First Nations.〔〔(History of Yukon First Nations People )〕 In a letter to the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, Boss demanded that Jackson write: "Tell the King very hard, we want something for our Indians because they take our land and game."〔(The History of Land Claims and Self-Government in the Yukon )〕 In his petition he included an estimated census of various tribes. His total was 810, even though prior to the eight years of the gold rush, there where several thousand natives.〔 This occurred due to the introduction of smallpox, influenza, measles and tuberculosis through those participating in the gold rush. The plea was denied. It was only in the 1970s, when the issue of First Nation territory was raised again that Boss' petition was used to assert claims.〔 By 1915, among the numerous businesses he ran during his life, he also operated one of the Yukon's fifteen fox fur farms.〔 Boss had been married three times. His first marriage was to Kathleen Kitty, whom he had his son Fred. His second marriage was to Maude, with whom he had four children: Alice, David, Lena and Ned. His third marriage was to Annie, with whom he had two children: Agnes and Sam. Boss died in hospital after a period of illness on January 17, 1950. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim Boss」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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