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The co-author of a Yup'ik-English dictionary and long-time community health aide and medical translator, Eula Acurunaq David, died May 20, 2021. (Photo by Katie Basile/KYUK, courtesy of KYUK)
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Elder, co-author of English-Yup’ik medical dictionary dies

'She brings salmonberries, brings seal oil and dried fishes'

A family photo of Christmas in 2020. Rena Ann George (middle) with her daughters Mona Seamon (left) and Berlyn (middle right) and granddaughters Martika and Maeghn. (Photo courtesy of Mona Seamon)
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Navajo elder did everything ‘out of love’

PORTRAITS FROM THE PANDEMIC

Chief Leonard Crow Dog, Sicangu Oyate, shown here at a ceremony. He died June 6, 2021 at Crow Dog's Paradise on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. (Screen shot courtesy of Alchetron).
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Spiritual leader Chief Leonard Crow Dog dies

‘We danced so that our Lakota Nation should live’

Robert Begay, 63, died from COVID-19. (Photo Courtesy of Faith Begay-Dominique)
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‘Best dad ever’ impacted many

PORTRAITS FROM THE PANDEMIC

Tongva elder Julia Bogany - who worked tirelessly for the Gabrieleno Tongva Mission Band of Indians to keep preserve their culture and language - died on March 28, 2021 of complications from a stroke. She is shown here celebrating her birthday in 2018 at the Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation. (Photo courtesy of Pitzer College)
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Tongva elder, educator Julia Bogany dies at 72

Southern California’s Indigenous community mourns the loss of a cultural leader

LaDonna Tamakawastewin Allard in June 2019 at her home holding the photography book, "Standing for Unity: The Standing Rock Movement," by Eugene Tapahe. Tapahe presented her with the book, she was one of the contributors. (Photo by Eugene Tapahe, Tapahe Photography)
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LaDonna Brave Bull Allard 'changed history'

"Someone suggested we start a camp; all of a sudden LaDonna said, ‘Hey, I’ve got some land’”

Anna Mae Morris
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Anna Mae Morris courageously fought to survive her battle with COVID-19

Loretta "Chet" J. Halfmoon. (Photo courtesy of Halfmoon family)
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Loretta 'Chet' J. Halfmoon valued treaty, fishing rights

Chet valued the treaty right to fish as one of the female woman warriors who was recognized as one of the 'Indigenous Women of the Columbia River'

Ethel Bellas, 80, died on Feb. 25, 2021. Photo of Ethel in the U.S. Navy. (Photo courtesy of Melissa Maddux)
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Ethel Bellas 'was everyone’s Auntie'

John C. Sackett. (Photo courtesy of Doyon Foundation).
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John C. Sackett: Champion of rural Alaska

Nothing is ever given to you because ‘it is a necessary right. You have to fight for everything'

Thomas "Butch" Sanders died from COVID-19 complications on Nov. 21 in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Photo Courtesy of Deborah "Jeannie" Sanders
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A smile that will be missed

Claudette White served as the chief judge for the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians from 2018 to 2020. (Photo courtesy of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians)
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Claudette White: One of her tribe’s ‘greatest minds’

This March 4, 2015 file photo Rep. Albert Hale, D-St. Michaels, talks at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix. Navajo County prosecutors have charged Hale with having an open container of alcohol in his vehicle. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
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‘Immense’ contributions: Navajo leader mourned

John Grant Bulltail, 80, died Oct. 1 from COVID-19 complications. (Photo courtesy of Tai Bulltail)
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Grant Bulltail: ‘Voice of our time’

Laura Waterman Wittstock (Public Facebook photo)
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Esteemed journalist, advocate empowered many

John Amos Jollie. (Photo courtesy of Jessica Jollie)
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Obituary: John Amos Jollie

In this March 29, 2017, file photo, Hank Aaron looks at his new statue in Monument Garden at SunTrust Park, home of the Atlanta Braves, after the unveiling ceremony in Atlanta. Hank Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth but went on to break the career home run record in the pre-steroids era, died early Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. He was 86. The Atlanta Braves said Aaron died peacefully in his sleep. No cause of death was given. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)
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Hank Aaron lauded for grace amid racism

Gloria Kellogg (middle) with her husband and three children. (Photo courtesy of The Kellogg family)
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Gloria Kellogg was full of love

Joanne Rogers stands in front of a giant Mister Rogers Forever Stamp following the first-day-of-issue dedication in Pittsburgh on March 23, 2018. Rogers, the widow of Fred Rogers, the gentle TV host who entertained and educated generations of preschoolers on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” has died. She was 92. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
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Joanne Rogers, widow of TV's Mister Rogers, dies

Shon Quannie. (Photo courtesy of Kim Kanuho)
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Shon Quannie was ‘one of a kind’

Carrie, left, and Mary Dann pose together on their ranch near Crescent Valley, Nev., Oct. 3, 2002. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch)
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Western Shoshone leader, land activist dies

Steven C. Emery
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In memory of Chief Steven C. Emery, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, attorney

Henry "Hank" Lyle Adams. (Photo courtesy of Natalie Charley)
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Obituary: Henry 'Hank' Lyle Adams

Lilly Tsosie, Navajo (By Arigon Starr/The Nib)
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Recalling stories of those we lost

This 2013 file photo shows Jesse Taken Alive of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe testifying in Bismarck, N.D., before the Task Force on American Indian Children Exposed To Violence. Family members say the former chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has died after contracting COVID-19, not long after his wife passed away from the coronavirus. Sixty-five-year-old Jesse “Jay” Taken Alive was hospitalized in late October and died Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 according to his brother, Virgil Taken Alive. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)
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Standing Rock man remembered for service to tribe

Elvia “Rose” Ramirez, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community tribal member, died at 17-years-old from COVID-19. Photo courtesy of Susan Three Irons.
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Teenager was always smiling

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The essence of spiritual authority

In this Nov. 4, 1971 file photo, Eddie Benton, a holy man of the Chippewa Indian Tribe, shows a prayer he wrote to Linda Jeffers, of Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., a member of the Wampanoag Tribe in Cambridge, Mass. Eddie Benton-Banai, one of the founders of the American Indian Movement that was formed partly in response to alleged police brutality against Indigenous people, has died. He was 89. A family friend says Benton-Banai died Monday, Nov. 30, 2020 at a care center in Hayward, Wis., where he had been staying for months. (AP Photo/J. Walter Green, File)
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AIM co-founder Eddie Benton-Banai dies

Richie Plass
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Native musician, activist Richie Plass dies after battle with cancer

In this April 30, 2017, file photo, "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek speaks at the 44th annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Pasadena, Calif. Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek died Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, after battling pancreatic cancer for nearly two years. Trebek died at home with family and friends surrounding him, “Jeopardy!” studio Sony said in a statement. Trebek presided over the beloved quiz show for more than 30 years. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
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Alex Trebek: Master host, 'deeply decent man'

Max Osceola Jr. (Photo courtesy of the Seminole Tribe)
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Longtime Seminole leader ushered in prosperity

From top left to right: Kenneth L. Jewett Jr. and Wesley D. "Shep" Fire Cloud. From bottom left to right: Ethel Rose Left Hand Bull and Randolph “Randy” His Law Jr. All four family members tested positive for COVID-19 and died within months of each other.(Photo courtesy of Janice Howe Adrian)
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COVID devastates South Dakota family

Reuben Teesatuskie (Obituary photo)
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Eastern Cherokee man: Editor, officer, artist, friend

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Navajo mom and community leader was a ‘beautiful soul’

Ruth Benally lived for her family until she was struck by COVID-19. She died in August at age 88.
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Family meant everything to Navajo woman

In this Feb. 19, 1998, file photo, then newly sworn-in Navajo Nation President Thomas Atcitty, second from left at podium, speaks to the Navajo Nation for the first time as their new leader, as former President Albert Hale, left, looks on in front of the Navajo Nation Council Chambers in Window Rock, Ariz. Atcitty, a former interim Navajo Nation president and longtime New Mexico state representative has died. The tribe says Thomas Atcitty died Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, of natural causes. He was 86. Funeral services are scheduled Wednesday ,Oct. 14, in Shiprock, New Mexico, where Atcitty lived most of his life. (Donovan Quintero/Gallup Independent via AP, File)
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Former Navajo leader and New Mexico lawmaker dies

In 2018, the University of Alaska Fairbanks recognized Jacob Adams for service and contributions to this state and awarded him an honorary doctor of laws degree. (Photo by Bill Hess, courtesy of The Arctic Sounder)
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Jacob Anaġi Adams Sr. remembered as 'visionary for his people'

Shoshone-Bannock elder Maxine Edmo passed away Sept. 17, 2020 at the age of 91 (Photo by Lori Ann Edmo)
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Maxine Edmo leaves legacy of education, language, culture

Angela Maria (Chaddlesone) McCarthy, 49, a citizen of the Kiowa Tribe and an Anadarko, Oklahoma, resident, passed Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (Photo courtesy of Ray and Martha's Funeral Home)
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Kiowa legislator 'always fought for what she believed in'

Pictured: Dr. David M. Gipp, longtime leader of United Tribes Technical College, passed away September 11, 2020.
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Longtime leader in Native higher education dies

Zach Ducheneaux
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Thoughts on Ag Finance: Suicide Prevention as Farm Policy?

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Navajo woman was the ‘most loving person’

In this Oct. 23, 2010, photo provided by Marc Papaj, Norma Kennedy, center, stands for a photo with her daughters Diane Kennedy, left, and Cindy Mohr in La Jolla, Calif., during the wedding of Cindy's daughter Jessica. (Courtesy of Marc Papaj via AP)
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Family reflects on 3 beloved Seneca women

Navajo health workers and sisters Corrina and Cheryl Thinn died weeks apart of COVID-19 in April. (The Thinn family, Kaiser Health News)
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Two Navajo sisters who were inseparable died of COVID just weeks apart

Grand Chief Joseph Tokwiro Norton
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Grand chief remembered as 'fierce defender of our rights'

Helen Nez, Navajo, died on June 8, 2020 from COVID-19 complications. She was 80 years old. (Photo courtesy of Kayla Pinkard)
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'Nana' of eight was full of vigor

Bobby Begay (Photo: Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission)
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Revered leader loved passing on Yakama traditions

Verde 'Vern' Van Halley
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Remembering Verde ‘Vern’ Van Halley

Cherokee elder and fluent speaker Edna "Dolly" Raper, 67, of Kenwood, died from COVID-19 on July 4, 2020, according to the Cherokee Nation. (Cherokee Nation via Faceboook)
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Cherokee Nation loses fluent speakers to COVID-19

Lilly Tsosie died from COVID-19 on June 17, 2020. (Photo courtesy of Lacey Williams)
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Healthcare worker 'was a great grandma'