Deline Cemetery. A Dene elder being prepared for burial. Photo by Robert Del Tredici, 1997.
Before his death in 1940, Louis Ayah had still another prophetic vision, that of the end of the earth. “ This is how fast it will end . . . Clap your hands together in front of you as fast as you can, it will be faster than that.”
He foresaw that the end of civilization would begin with a big loud booming sound. “From there on everything will start. Natural disasters, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, war . . . These scary disasters, plague of diseases, sickness, strong wind, earthquakes and horrible things you have never seen before will come . . . The very last disaster or plague will be Famine. It will come from the east and it will affect every living thing. Not even one blade of grass will stand up, every living thing will go.”