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Jonathon Solomon, March, 10, 1932, died July 13, 2006.

Jonathon Solomon was born March 10, 1932 in Fort Yukon. He was the son Hannah Solomon and the late, Paul Solomon Sr. of Fort Yukon. Jonathon began his career as a Native leader in his youth. He quit school to go trapping with his father along Beaver Creek. He learned how to trap fur, fish and hunt on his traditional lands in and around the Fort Yukon.

Jonathon and Hannah J. Solomon recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married July 3, 1956, at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Fort Yukon. Jonathon is survived by his wife Hannah and their nine children,

Jonathon served in the Alaska National Guard, was a lifelong Republican, a member of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Fort Yukon.

Jonathon represented the Gwich’in Nation protecting the Porcupine Caribou Herd as Chairman of the Gwich'in Steering Committee. He was elected chief of Fort Yukon; he was a board member the Rural CAP board, Doyon Ltd., Tanana Chiefs Conference, and Alaska Legal Services. He encouraged young people to get out and live off the land. Jonathon was the traditional chief of the Gwichyaa Zhee Gwich’in Tribal Government in Fort Yukon.

Jonathon Solomon was drawn into the political arena in the 1960’s when he led Gwich’in efforts to block construction of the Rampart Canyon Dam, a proposal to dam the Yukon River, which would have flooded 10 Gwich’in villages in the Yukon Flats. He organized a Native-labor coalition that defeated the U.S. Senator who promoted the project (Jonathon was Vice President of the Laborers in Alaska at the time).

Jonathon’s efforts to protect the Arctic Refuge began in March 1978, when a U.S. House committee unexpectedly proposed a governmental exploration program as part of an early draft of the Alaska National Interests Conservation Act (ANILCA.)

He was a leader in the 7 year effort to negotiate the US-Canada Agreement to Protect the Porcupine Caribou Herd and its Habitat, signed July 1987, and later served on the U.S. negotiating team for the U.S.-Canada amendments to the Migratory Bird Treaty.

In 1988 Jonathon was central to organizing the historic 1988 Gwich’in Niintsyaa gathering in Arctic Village that concluded with the creation of the Gwich’in Steering Committee, and the first ever resolution of the whole Gwich’in Nation, which calls for permanent protection of the caribou calving and nursery grounds as Wilderness. For their efforts to protect the Arctic Refuge Jonathon, Sarah James and Norma Kassi were awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize in 2002. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.67.70.102 (talk) 01:52, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

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