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CBC NewsSarah LawWARNING: This story contains references to suicide.
Always smiling, always joking, always asking curious questions.
This is how Jenayah Skunk's family described her at her funeral earlier this month in Mishkeegogamang First Nation.
Jenayah died by suicide late last month, according to her family and community. She was 10 years old.
The Ojibway community in northwestern Ontario has never experienced a suicide of someone so young, said Mishkeegogamang Chief Merle Loon, who is related to Jenayah.
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