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At the beginning of the 12-day celebration of life ceremony, Elder Wendy Phillips performs a smudge. (Josh Lyon)

Who decides what’s essential? The importance of Indigenous ceremony during COVID‑19

Jodi John, Queen's University, Ontario; Angela Mashford-Pringle, University of Toronto; Heather Castleden, University of Victoria; Janice Hill, Queen's University, Ontario; Marc Calabretta, Queen's University, Ontario; Mark Dockstator, Trent University, and Wendy Phillips, Queen's University, Ontario

Was participating in ceremony despite pandemic restrictions an act of Indigenous resistance and resurgence and did it reflect reassertion of nationhood and self-determination?