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Brevig Mission Memorial Cross

Brevig Mission, Alaska
· 1918 Influenza Pandemic
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Seventy-two Inupiat Eskimos are interred in a common grave at Brevig Mission after losing their lives during the five-day span of the influenza pandemic from November 15-20, 1918; among them were Abeyorok, Mike, 26, Abiikok, Clarence, 3, Abapkok, Lanora, 17, Ahkarassok, Eddie, 35, Altingwouk, 45, Alall, Alice, 23, Anakartuk, John, 29, and Annanituk, 45.
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