Alaska remembers Tanana elder David Salmon
Fri, October 12, 2007
Posted in Alaska News
Flags are at half-staff across Alaska today, following the death of an Athabascan elder and leader. The Reverend David Salmon died yesterday. He was the first traditional chief for the Tanana Chief’s region, and the first Athabascan ordained to the Episcopal ministry.
Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks
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[...] Reverend David Salmon, Athabascan nonagenarian Published October 13th, 2007 AI/AN , Alaska , Tolstoy’s bicyclists , nonagenarian Tags: O’Folks, TheElderlies The first link to the audio story is quite good. Father Salmon and Peter John were extraordinarily accomplished. Flags are at half-staff across Alaska today, following the death of an Athabascan elder and leader. The Reverend David Salmon died yesterday. He was the first traditional chief for the Tanana Chief’s region, and the first Athabascan ordained to the Episcopal ministry. Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks http://aprn.org/2007/10/12/alaska-remembers-tanana-elder-david-salmon/ [...]
He’s not a Tanana elder, he’s a Gwich’in elder, from the Yukon Flats………not Tanana elder, unless you mean TCC region…………but it should be changed.
He also has a children’s book
“Alaska’s Little Chief” by Judy Ferguson