Cabin
Yukon Historic Sites
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| Object Name: | Cabin |
| Title: | Old Abraham Cabin |
| Object Type: | Residential |
| Category: | Structure |
| Sub-category: | Building |
| Accession Number: | 11 |
| Latest Production Date: | unknown |
| Description: | Old Abraham (Shi in Northern Tutchone language) and his wife, Jessie, lived here. He was one of several Indian doctors living at Fort Selkirk in the first half of the 20th Century. The Medicine Man's responsibilities included healing people, predicting the future and controlling the natural elements. |
| Institution: | Yukon Historic Sites |
| Institution City: | Fort Selkirk |
| Institution Province: | Yukon |
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