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The '''Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation''' is a [[First Nations in Canada|First Nation]] in the central [[Yukon Territory]] in Canada. Its original population centre was [[Little Salmon, Yukon]], but most of its citizens live in [[Carmacks, Yukon]]. The language originally spoken by the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation people was [[Northern Tutchone]]. They call themselves '''Tagé Cho Hudän''' (Big River People).<ref>[http://www.tc.gov.yk.ca/archives/nothing/rebuilding/culture2.htm Rebuilding & Renewal - The Tagé Cho Hudän (Big River People)]</ref>

Former Chief [[Roddy Blackjack]] was an architect of the [[Yukon Land Claims]] agreement.<ref name=cbc>{{cite news|title=Elder who helped start Yukon land claim process dies at 86|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/elder-who-helped-start-yukon-land-claim-process-dies-at-86-1.1398086?cmp=rss|work=[[CBC News]]|date=2013-05-02|access-date=2013-05-12}}</ref> The Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation signed the [[Yukon Land Claims|land claims]] agreement in 1997.

A former chief of the First Nation, [[Eric Fairclough]], was leader of the [[Yukon New Democratic Party]] and [[List of Yukon Leaders of Opposition|leader of the opposition]] in the [[Yukon Legislative Assembly]].

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==External links==
*[http://www.lscfn.ca/ Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation  web site]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051221190234/http://sdiprod2.inac.gc.ca/fnprofiles/FNProfiles_Details.asp?Band_Number=492 Government of Canada's Department of Indian and Northern Affairs First Nation profile]

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