Neglected and forgotten: Volunteers work to restore Native gravesites in Juneau

Jamiann S’eiltin Hasselquist sprays water on a gravestone in a neglected cemetery near Lawson Creek on Douglas Island, Juneau, on June 17, 2022. Hasselquist and other volunteers have been working for over a year unearthing and restoring gravesites in the area. (Photo by Lisa Phu/Alaska Beacon)
Jamiann S’eiltin Hasselquist plays a song from her phone at a gravesite near Lawson Creek on Douglas Island in Juneau. She rests the phone down on the ground.
“It was a T’aaḵu