The Man Found In A Melting Glacier — And The DNA Test That Found 17 Living Relatives Centuries Later
The seventeen people whose DNA matched Kwäday Dän Ts’ìnchi’s received this claim.
They received it in the specific cultural terms that their tradition provides — as a maternal-line connection to an ancestor, which in their tradition carries specific implications for how that ancestor should be treated and how his return from the ice should be acknowledged.
The ceremonies that were conducted — the specifics of which belong to the communities and have been treated with appropriate discretion — were the community’s response to this claim.
They were the living community’s fulfillment of its obligations to the dead.
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