Mayo (Yukon)

Mayo is a village on the Stewart River in Yukon Territory, more precisely on the Silver Trail. It had exactly 248 people, of which 110 of the First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun belonged in 2006. Their language belonged to the Northern Tutchone whose northernmost representatives constituting the group. Total included in January 2009 to 471 people in this predominantly traditionally living First Nation.

Mayo has with the Mayo Airport a private airfield. In addition, the site has two motels, a post office, a liquor store, a hospital and a petrol station. The village was named after the former circus acrobat Alfred Mayo (also known as Al Mayo ), who in Alaska and the Yukon ran a trading company with Jack McQuesten and Arthur Harper from 1873.

History

The Nacho Nyak Dun have not only Tutchone ancestors but are related, in part, with the Gwich'in and the Dene. However, they are more strongly associated with the Northern Tutchone from Selkirk to Pelly Crossing and Little Salmon / Carmacks First Nation to Carmacks. With them, the three groups the Northern Tutchone Tribal Council.

In the pre-European history Nacho Nyak Dun were the hunters and trappers. The tribe consisted of two Moietys which were called " Crow " and " Wolf". The Stewart River today called river is called by the local First Nation Náhcho Nyäk, which means " Big River ".

The Nacho Nyak Dun lived in the village today called Old Mayo Village on the other side of Stewart. This settlement was again on the initiative of a missionary. However, in 1936 tore the waters of Stewart significant parts of the village down, including the church, and destroyed numerous cultic objects.

In the 1880s, the first gold discoveries were made in the region of Mayo, and followed up with silver. Mayo was supplied to the 1950s of boats, which were detached from the road via the Klondike Highway and the Silver Trail. The Silver Trail Association Mayo with Stewart Crossing.

1973-1984 negotiated the northern Tutchone and the government in vain to land claims and the hanging thereon rights, as well as to self-government ( self-government ). In 1993, however, came in both areas to a breakthrough, and consequently to a contract. The trunk is accordingly owners and legislators for an area of 1830 square miles, and he gets stretched over 15 years, 14,554,654 Canadian dollars. Chief ( chief) is Simon Mervyn senior.

Together with the Tr'ondek Hwech'in First Nation, they entered into an agreement with Yukon Energy to supply Dawsons with current via the Mayo Dawson Powerline.

In May 2008, the tribe concluded by Alexco Resource Corp.. a preliminary agreement on its silver mines in the Keno Hill Silver District located close to the above Mayo Mayo Lake. There, in the space around Keno City and Elsa, Alexco has around 40 silver mines.