Trelease’s Observation of Death among Alaskan Indians
Trelease, as cited in Kubler-Ross(1975), observed that death for Alaskan Indians is not the same with common people’s notion that death is like an unexpected thief in the night that no one has been prepared for. On the contrary, Alaskan Indians take an active full participation on their death. It’s as if death is part of the plan for their lives, a choice that was willed and not forced to them. Such participation can be observed on dying Alaskan’s careful planning of his/her death, having celebration of prayers and hymns and bidding goodbye or talking to people they haven’t talked with for a long time. For them, death itself only ends life but not growth of oneself; it is instead the start of the greatest growth of their life ever in understanding, loving and faith.
Source:
Ross, E. K. (1975). Death: The Final Stage of Growth. Englewoods Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice- Hall Inc.
Entry of: Lemuel John Beduya
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