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Dorreeen Yellow Bird: Fear of Death

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NOVEMBER 28, 2000

"One of the First Nation's spiritual leaders told me that peoples' fear of death is the fear of the unknown. He said he knows that when we cross over to the spirit world, it will be peaceful and good. Your relatives are there, he said. How does he know about the spirit world? He has been there several times during ceremony, he said. His view of these two worlds is clear..."

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COLUMNIST DORREEN YELLOW BIRD: Uneasiness bubbles as loved one nears death (The Grand Forks Herald 11/28)

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