Two Yukon First Nations looking to take over their own health care needs – CBC

Apr 13, 2026

Chiefs have written to Yukon and federal governments over proposed territorial health authority

Two Yukon First Nations chiefs have written to the Yukon and federal governments that they will be looking to take health care matters into their own hands.

CBC News has obtained letters addressed to Yukon Premier Currie Dixon and Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty. They were written by Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Chief Pauline Frost and Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation (LS/CFN) Chief Russell Blackjack.

Aside from nation-specific wording, the letters are identical. Both chiefs have stated that if the Yukon government either repeals or, in their eyes, weakens the Health Authority Act, the two First Nations will engage the governments to assume health care responsibilities for their citizens.

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