I married outside my tribe and when our baby died my husband's family had their own funeral traditions and I couldn't bring myself to explain why I needed four days of singing and why flowers felt wrong.
More people experience this than they realize.
Grief becomes compound when the rituals that could heal us are inaccessible within our most intimate relationships.
“Where Are You with Indigenous grief ceremonies?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.