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For Alaska Natives pandemic pauses loss of life ceremonies


Standing on the bank of the Yukon River, Karissa tossed the pink fireweed flowers into the water and watched them slowly float downstream.
Because of the pandemic, Karissa Carroll could not attend her grandfather’s funeral in Fort Yukon, known as Gwichyaa Zheh in Gwich’in. The evening of the ceremony, she made her own flower memorial down the river, picking fireweed for her grandfather, like she used to do as a little girl.
“I wanted to toss them into the river because Fort Yukon is also along the Yukon River. It’s what connects me back home,” she said. “I told my grandma, ‘I’m just at the other end of the river.’” ....

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