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3 unusual facts about Jerry Alfred


Jerry Alfred

Alfred was born in the community of Mayo, Yukon in September 1955 into traditional life and speaking the Northern Tutchone language, a skill which he kept alive in spite of having been sent to residential English speaking schools at the age of five.

Yukon International Storytelling Festival

Jerry Alfred - Michele Emslie - Anne-Louise Genest - Backwoods Benny

In 1989 the festivals take flight and promotes attendance by schoolchildren and Jerry Alfred was one of the artists.



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