Skookum to finish term as Little Salmon/Carmacks chief (The Yukon News 2/20)
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Chief of Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation survives vote
Posted: Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The chief of the Little Salmon Carmacks First
Nation in the Yukon will stay on the job.
Band members voted 109-40 to let Eddie Skookum serve out the remainder of his term. He has less than a year left, The Yukon News reported.
Skookum faced removal after he was arrested on domestic violence and drunken driving charges in Alaska. Critics also said he was arrested in Nevada on similar charges.
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Skookum to finish term as Little Salmon/Carmacks chief (The Yukon News 2/20)
Skookum to finish term as Little Salmon/Carmacks chief (The Yukon News 2/20)
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