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Eroding river exposes old gravesite outside Tagish, Yukon
First Nation's elders' council asks that site be protected from further disturbance
Philippe Morin · CBC News · Posted: Jul 27, 2018 12:24 PM CT | Last Updated: July 27
An eroding riverbank outside Tagish, Yukon briefly revealed a coffin and human bones last weekend.
Jennifer Herkes is a Heritage Consultant with the Carcross/Tagish First Nation. She says the remains were spotted on Carcross/Tagish First Nation settlement land on what is known to have been a historic Tagish camp.
The First Nation's Heritage Department examined the site. Herkes believes because the bones were in a coffin, it was a post-contact burial of an Indigenous person. She based her assessment on the location and style of the burial.
"We didn't disturb the burial at all. But if I were to guess, it would be from the early 1900s," she said, adding the remains were found in an area known for archeological finds.
More:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/eroding-river-exposes-old-gravesite-outside-tagish-yukon-1.4764303?cmp=rss