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Elizabeth Greenland

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Elders' Biographies

Elizabeth was born in the mountains in the Yukon Territory on February 10, 1920 at a place called Truh tshi’ (Otter Rock). Elizabeth was the eldest child in her family. When Elizabeth was two, her grandmother’s daughter died in Hay River, so her father gave her to her mourning grandmother.

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