FILE PHOTO: Choctaw Indian Princess Shemah Crosby, stands between her parents Lalania Denson and Oga Crosby at Lake Pushmataha where the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians erected a COVID-19 memorial in March of 2021. Shemah lost her grandmother, Lena Denson, due to COVID-19. Denson was a former First Lady of Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Shemah says her grandmother was a dress maker and she regrets not learning more from her about their traditions before she died. REUTERS/Kathleen Flynn
