He represented the electoral district of Tatchun from 1987 to 1992, and Mayo-Tatchun from 1992 to 1996, in the Yukon Legislative Assembly.
[1] A member of the Yukon New Democratic Party, Joe was formerly a Chief of the Selkirk First Nation.
[2] He first won the riding in a by-election in 1987,[2] following the resignation of Roger Coles,[3] and was reelected in the 1989 election.
He did not run again in 1996 and was replaced by Eric Fairclough who also won the riding for the NDP.
[4] Joe was inducted as a member of the Order of Yukon in 2022 in recognition of his advocacy for First Nations culture and languages in the territory.