Gold rush : the untold story of the First Nations woman who started the Klondike gold rush

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Title:

Author:

Delargy, Flora, author, illustrator.

Publication Date:

2024

Publication Information:

Beverly, MA : Wide Eyed Editions, 2024.

Physical Description:

75 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm

ISBN:

9780711263895

Abstract:

"In 1896, Shaaw Tláa, a young First Nations woman and her group, discovered gold for the first time in the Klondike. It was a discovery that changed the region and the world forever. But no one remembers her name. Newspapers said the gold fields were "No place for women." But brave and spirited women ignored this advice. Follow four young women's real-life stories and joint their adventures as they navigate raging rapids, dangerous mountains, and societal constraints to join the gold rush."--Page 4 of cover.

General Note:

Subtitle from front cover.

Contents:

Klondike, Yukon Territory -- The Yukon's first nations -- 16th August 1896, Bonanza Creek, Yukon Territory -- Kate Carmack (Shaaw Tlaa): the discoverer -- Martha Black: the stateswoman -- Belinda Mulrooney: the boomtown entrepreneur -- Nellie Cashman: the prospector -- The beauty of the north -- The impact of Kate Carmack.

Personal Subject:

Carmack, Kate, approximately 1862-1920-Juvenile literature.

Black, Martha Louise, 1866-1957-Juvenile literature.

Mulrooney, Belinda, 1872-1967-Juvenile literature.

Cashman, Nellie, 1844-1925-Juvenile literature.

Subject Term:

Tlingit women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Tagish -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Canada -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Indigenous women -- Canada -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Frontier and pioneer life -- Yukon -- Juvenile literature.

Gold mines and mining -- Yukon -- Juvenile literature.