Asteroid named after Tlingit-Tagish Klondike gold discoverer Skookum Jim – APTN News

May 11, 2022 You’ll need a professional-grade telescope to see it – but an asteroid in outer space now bears the name of a legendary First Nations figure in Yukon. Dubbed Skookumjim, the asteroid gets its name from one of the founders of the Klondike gold rush. Keish, more popularly known as Skookum Jim Mason, […]

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