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The Echo of the Ravine The Alaskan air was crisp, smelling of pine needles and damp earth as Yamato, a young man of Athabaskan descent, trekked through the rugged terrain of the Copper River Basin. He knew these woods like the back of his hand, but today, a sound he hadn’t heard before broke the silence: a high-pitched, rhythmic bleating. Following the sound, Yamato reached the edge of a jagged limestone ravine. Peering over the side, he saw a small fawn trapped on a narrow, crumbling ledge abou