Lhù’áán Mân Ye Shäw (Kluane First Nation Elders)

Winner of the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence

Jury statement: “Individually and together, members of the Kluane First Nation Elders have contributed to the storytelling, literary, and publishing community in Yukon for decades. They have provided stories, knowledge, and teachings to several academic, heritage, linguistic and scientific publications. For six years, they collaborated with editors to do the challenging and time-consuming work of transforming oral stories to the written word for the book, Lhù’ààn Mân Keyí Dań Kwánje Nààtsat Kluane Lake Country People Speak Strong (2023). The 22 Elders who contributed to this publication have made a significant contribution to Yukon literature, expanding the space for Indigenous voices in the literary community.”