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Oldest Yurok elder dies at age of 103 |
Ada Charles, described by her family as the oldest of the Yurok tribal elders, died Thursday at the age of 103. A basket-weaver and fluent speaker of the Yurok language, she lived almost all of her long life in Del Norte, growing up in Klamath when it was a booming river town. Read an article written about her on her 100th birthday, “Where are my people?” by going to triplicate.com and clicking on “Ada Charles.” |