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Donuts and Silver Dollars the Life of Captain Frank Slim DONUTS AND SILVER DOLLARS THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN FRANK SLIM by Donna Marie Dillman B.A. Simon Fraser University, 1994 THESIS SUBMmED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS (Anthropology) In the Department of Sociology and Anthropology © Donna Dillman 2008 SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY Fall 2008 All rights reserved. This work may not be reproduced in whole or in part, by photocopy or other means, without permission of the author. 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While these forms may be included Bien que ces formulaires aient inclus dans in the document page count, their la pagination, il n’y aura aucun contenu removal does not represent any loss manquant. of content from the thesis. .RPPROY81 Name: Donna Marie Dillman Degree: Master of Arts Title of Thesis: Donuts and Silver Dollars The Life of captain Frank Slim Examining Committee: Chair: Name Dr. lie Yang Associate Professor of Anthropology Name Dr. Marianne Ignace Senior Supervisor Associate Professor of Anthropology Name Dr. Dara Culhane Supervisor Associate Professor of Anthropology Name Dr. Eldon Yellowhom External Examiner Associate Professor of Archaeology Date Defended/Approved: November 27,2008 ii SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Declaration of Partial Copyright Licence The author, whose copyright is declared on the title page of this work, has granted to Simon Fraser University the right to lend this thesis, project or extended essay to users of the Simon Fraser University Library, and to make partial or single copies only for such users or in response to a request from the library of any other university, or other educational institution, on its own behalf or for one of its users. The author has further granted permission to Simon Fraser University to keep or make a digital copy for use in its circulating collection (currently available to the public at the "Institutional Repository" link of the SFU Library website <www.lib.sfu.ca> at: <http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/112>) and, without changing the content, to translate the thesis/project or extended essays, if technically possible, to any medium or format for the purpose of preservation of the digital work. The author has further agreed that permission for multiple copying of this work for scholarly purposes may be granted by either the author or the Dean of Graduate Studies. It is understood that copying or publication of this work for financial gain shall not be allowed without the author's written permission. Permission for public performance, or limited permission for private scholarly use, of any multimedia materials forming part of this work, may have been granted by the author. This information may be found on the separately catalogued multimedia material and in the signed Partial Copyright Licence. While licensing SFU to permit the above uses, the author retains copyright in the thesis, project or extended essays, including the right to change the work for subsequent purposes, including editing and publishing the work in whole or in part, and licensing other parties, as the author may desire. The original Partial Copyright Licence attesting to these terms, and signed by this author, may be found in the original bound copy of this work, retained in the Simon Fraser University Archive. Simon Fraser University Library Burnaby, BC, Canada Revised: Fall 2007 This thesis is about the life story of Captain Frank Slim, a Yukon First Nations person of Southern Tutchone, Tagish and Tlingit ancestry who lived between 1898 and 1973. Frank Slim was my grandfather. He not only played an important role in my family's life, but he played a significant and largely untold role in the history of Yukon First Nations and the Yukon in general. Born in the era of the Klondike Gold Rush, his life mirrors the changes experienced by Yukon people during the first half of the twentieth century, but also shows the way our people continued to live on the land as part of a mixed economy. Significantly, in order to earn his captain's papers as a pilot of Yukon River sternwheelers, Frank Slim had to surrender his Indian status, a circumstance that shaped his legal and personal identity. My description of Frank Slim's life is based on my own memories, interviews with relatives, in particular my mother, Virginia Lindsay, and written records. Besides throwing light on events in the life of Frank Slim, I see this thesis as contributing to our understanding of the role of men in twentieth century Yukon history, and an anthropological approach to the construction of "life stories" as opposed to "life histories" of individuals, given my own connection to Frank Slim and Yukon First Nations. Keywords: Yukon First Nations, life history iii DeDICIllOll I would like to dedicate this thesis to my mom, Virginia Lindsay and to my grandfather, Captain Frank Slim. I would like to thank my dad Richard Joseph (Joe) Lindsay for remembering his stories about Frank Slim. My grandfather was the dearest man I ever met in my entire life. I loved him unconditionally, and I know he felt the same way about me. He may have had a different relationship with other family members, but this thesis is about how I saw him and what I remember about the man I called grandpa. I also dedicate this to my brothers and sisters, Owen Campbell Lindsay and his family, Joanne Ruth McDougall and her family; to Gordon Mark Lindsay and his family; and lastly to Maxine Diane Lindsay and her family. I also dedicate this to all those family members and elders who have since passed on, especially Sophie and Don Miller. I leave this story as a legacy of Frank Slim for his great­ grand children who unfortunately did not know him personally. I dedicate this to all First Nation Yukoners who have stood proud in the face of adversity and discrimination and who still make the Yukon what it is today. I also want to leave this thesis as a record of my own genealogy for my two beautiful girls Ashley Lindsay Dillman and Nicole Patricia Dillman so they can continue to be proud of their heritage. iv ncxncnlleDCiemems I would like to thank my husband Randy Dillman and my daughters Ashley and Nicole for their encouragement and support. I would also like to thank my family, especially my mother Virginia Lindsay, for letting me record her memories of her life at Lake Laberge. I would like to thank my dear cousins Anne Bach and Margaret Anderson of Coquitlam B.C. who let me stay with them while I took my graduate courses at Simon Fraser University. I would like to thank Uncle Tony Lindsay and his wife Auntie Corene Lindsay for being an inspiration to me during my university schooling years. I would also like to thank my supervisor Dr. Marianne Ignace, and committee member Dr. Dara Culhane, for all their encouragement and assistance in completing this thesis. I would also like to thank external examiner Dr. Eldon Yellowhorn for his useful comments and examining committee chair Dr. Jie Yang. Jean Barman was the first of many professors to encourage me to write about my grandfather Frank Slim, and for this I am very grateful. v IUle OJ' Comems Captain Frank Slim at the wheel Frontispiece Approval ii Abstract iii Oed ication iv Acknowledgements v Table of Contents vi List of Figures vii J)r()IOSlLlEl ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• jL Chapter 1: Introduction 15 Theoretical Perspective 18 Brief Literature Review 24 Methodology 26 Chapter 2: First Nations People of the yukon 37 Chapter 3: Overview of the History of the yukon 60 Chapter 4: Culture of the Riverboats.......•.............•....•............................. 76 Chapter 5: -rhe Life of Frank Slim .•.•.•.....•...•........•..........•.................•......91 Frank Slim Enfranchisement.. 107 Chapter 6: Conclusion.....•...•........•..•..•...•...•..•.......................•...............•124 Works Cited
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