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Sara Williams Fights for Affordable Funeral Options: President of Funeral Consumers Alliance, she balances weighty end-of-life issues with humor and candor -
Dying Inmates’ End-of-Life Choices Are Routinely Ignored: With our prison population aging rapidly, there are more and more terminally ill inmates not receiving the care that they're entitled to -
“Dying for Sex,” Starring Michelle Williams and Jenny Slate: The FX miniseries - inspired by a true story - is raw, real and more than a little raunchy
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Preserving the Totem Poles of the Northwest
Clans indigenous to the Northwest Coast saw totem pole carving as a crucial end-of-life tradition
Their beautiful, intricate designs have made totem poles an icon of the Northwest Coast. Way before they graced the sides of planes and backs of tourism brochures, however, totem poles played an important role in the region’s indigenous end-of-life tradition. … Continue reading
Tolkotin Native Americans: Rituals for the End of Life and Burial
Why Native American traditions for death and dying captivated early explorers.
North America, circa 1831: Irishman Ross Cox had long braved his emigration to America and finally published Adventures on the Columbia River. The early explorer’s book is integral to our understanding of the era, and not just because it informs … Continue reading
