Yelkanum Seclamatan
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox American Indian chief Yelkanum Seclamatan (Template:IPAc-en Script error: No such module "Respell".; Nooksack: Y'elʔqáy'nem Selh'émeten Script error: No such module "IPA".; died April 1911), also known as Chief Jim, Indian Jim, Lynden Jim, or Squahalish Jim, was chief of the Nooksack Indians in the late 19th century. His first name has variously been spelled Yellakanim, Yallakanum, or Yellow Kanim, and his last name Seklameten or Seclamatum.
Life
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Clara Tennant, one of Yelkanum's wives
In the late 1870s, Yelkanum contributed portions of his land to be used in the construction of a Nooksack Indian Methodist School[1] by Clara and Rev. John Tennant (after whom Tennant Lake is named). In 1893 Tennant died of a stroke, and ten years later Yelkanum married his Lummi wife Clara Tennant. However, three months after their marriage Clara died of pneumonia.[1]
Yelkanum's death was announced in The Bellingham Herald on April 27, 1911.[2] At the time he lived with his granddaughter Emily Williams.
References
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