Galtín Asx'áak Daa naawú Tá Gooch

Moiety: Ch'įak'  (Eagle)     

Clan: Tsaagweidķ (Killer whale) 

Residence: Kake, Alaska

Occupation: Commercial fisherman & charter fishing operator, merchant (Rocky's Market Center, Kake), real estate owner.

Education: Sitka High School, Sheldon Jackson College.

Present Positions Held:  Sealaska Corporation Board of Directors; oral historian and a frequent contributor to SHI histories and other projects.

Past Positions Held:  President of the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska; Vice President of the National Congress of American Indians; President of the Southeast Alaska Community Action Program; President and Chairman of the Board for the Kake Tribal Corporation.

Names:  Clarence Jackson's grandmother gave him the name Galtín, a Tsaagweidí name. When he was 3 years old he was given the name Asx'áak (Between trees), a Kaagwaantaan name. Then his Dakl'aweidí relatives gave him the name Daa naawú, a Tsaagweidí name. Later on, Peter and Frank Jack gave him their uncle's name, Tá Gooch (sleeping wolf), a Teikweidí name.

Clarence Jackson, who has served on the SHI Board for nearly two decades, is one of the original incorporators of Sealaska Corporation. 

Clarence's Sealaska Corporation Page (additional information)