Martha Benjamin (born 1935) from Old Crow, Yukon ( Vuntut Gwitch'in First Nation) [1] is a Canadian Indigenous cross country skier. With the guidance of Jean-Marie Mouchet (Oblate Priest), she took up the sport of cross-country skiing. [1] Throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s, Benjamin was a national level skier competing throughout Canada, the United States and Europe. [2]
A lifelong resident of Old Crow, Yukon, Benjamin married before the age of 25 [3] [1] and had five children and thirteen grandchildren. [4]