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Ahokahay

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Ahokahay

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Briceland, Humboldt County, California, USA Add to Map
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you have an unknown grave listed as "Ahokana". I wonder if it actually is supposed to be "A-HoKa-Hey" or something similar... it is a Sioux phrase commonly thought to mean "it is a good day to die" but in fact means "let's go" or "let's roll" "let's get this done" or "let's do this thing". The antlers and the little animal skull etc makes me think of a Native American shrine of leaving offerings as sort of a prayer.
Email from C Otis
31 Dec 2010

I think that grave belongs to Jan Iris, he died in the 1980's and lived on the "hokahey" land trust up Miller creek.
email from Georje Holper 26 Oct 2013.

Name: Jan W Iris
Birth: 21 Jan 1947 - Pennsylvania
Death: 5 Jul 1991 - Humbold
you have an unknown grave listed as "Ahokana". I wonder if it actually is supposed to be "A-HoKa-Hey" or something similar... it is a Sioux phrase commonly thought to mean "it is a good day to die" but in fact means "let's go" or "let's roll" "let's get this done" or "let's do this thing". The antlers and the little animal skull etc makes me think of a Native American shrine of leaving offerings as sort of a prayer.
Email from C Otis
31 Dec 2010

I think that grave belongs to Jan Iris, he died in the 1980's and lived on the "hokahey" land trust up Miller creek.
email from Georje Holper 26 Oct 2013.

Name: Jan W Iris
Birth: 21 Jan 1947 - Pennsylvania
Death: 5 Jul 1991 - Humbold

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  • Created by: Don Stowell
  • Added: May 30, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53016826/ahokahay: accessed ), memorial page for Ahokahay (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 53016826, citing Briceland Cemetery, Briceland, Humboldt County, California, USA; Maintained by Don Stowell (contributor 46794548).