Emil Iverson

Emil Iverson was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach. Iverson was head coach of the Chicago Black Hawks for one season, 1932–33 along with Godfrey Matheson. Emil Iverson was also responsible for discovering 50 Ojibiwe skeletons and Native artifacts 1928. The site was one of the last undisturbed dwellings of Chief Blackstone and his people. Chief Blackstone was one of the three chiefs who forced the government into a treaty after his War party stopped the Illegal gold mining operation on Jackfish Lake. The act of making sure the dead got the proper burial rites made him very respected and stories are still told about him. Emil also traveled throughout Asia and Africa hunting big game and exploring both continents.

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