A mother’s grief, a population on the brink

A mother’s grief, a population on the brink

Tahlequah is grieving. Hour after hour, day after day, she clings to the lifeless body of her newborn. She carries her calf through the cold waters of the Salish Sea, lifting it to the surface again and again, as if willing it to breathe. This is not the first time she has known this pain. In 2018, Tahlequah lost another daughter—she carried her tiny body for 17 days and over 1,000 miles… Source