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Pikangikum is unique in that it is the only First Nations community in NAN territory where the dead are buried in the yards of the homes of the living. Consideration should be given to stopping this practice, and constructing a formal cemetery. Permanent physical memorials to deceased victims of suicide mark the landscape of residential areas, and serve as constant reminders of the youth that have passed. There is a profound need for the community to move forward and cease to be mired in constant thought of departed loved ones. In one of the deaths of the youth, the decedent was seen visiting the grave of his mother moments before taking his own life.
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