Yelkanum Seclamatan
Yelkanum Seclamatan | |
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Y'elʔqáy'nem Selh'émeten | |
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Nooksack leader | |
Personal details | |
Born | Squahalish, Washington |
Died | Lynden, Washington |
Spouse(s) |
Fannie Clara Tennant |
Relations | Nina (sister; died 1875) |
Children |
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Nickname(s) | Lynden Jim or Indian Jim |
Yelkanum Seclamatan (/jɛlˈkeɪnəm
Life
- 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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- 1 2 Archived October 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Jim Yellakanim: Nooksack chief, ca. 1898". Lcweb2.loc.gov. April 27, 1911. Retrieved 2013-02-23.