Kathie Emma Nukon (born January 8, 1947, in

Old Crow, Yukon Old Crow is a community in the Canadian territory of Yukon. Located in a periglacial environment, the community is situated on the Porcupine River in the far northern part of the territory. Old Crow is the only Yukon community that cannot be re ...

) is a

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former politician, who represented the

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in the

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from 1982 to 1985. She was a member of the

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. The daughter of a

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owner in Old Crow, Nukon studied in

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to be a

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, but worked mainly as an office manager and bookkeeper in her father's store until her election to the legislature. She ran again as a

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candidate in the 2000 election, but was not re-elected to the legislature. Nukon also served on the band council of the

Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation The Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation (VGFN) is a First Nation in the northern Yukon in Canada. Its main population centre is Old Crow. The language originally spoken by the people is Gwichʼin. Gwich'in Nation Vuntut Gwich'in refers specifically to t ...

from 1996 to 1998 and from 2006 to 2012.

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