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Building on this diverse and growing body of literature on ecological grief and loss, this article characterizes the lived experiences of loss and grief experienced by Inuit, specifically beneficiaries of the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement in the Nunatsiavut region and Inuit members of the NunatuKavut Community Council, in Labrador, Canada, in response to the rapid decline of caribou in their homelands. Research indicates that many caribou herds around the Circumpolar North are at risk of extirpation, with some herd numbers declining rapidly due to a variety of interrelated factors including, but not limited to, climate change, human development and resource extraction, changes in food abundance and availability, changes in predator-prey dynamics, and infectious diseases. Caribou have been characterized as an essential species for Indigenous peoples across the Circumpolar North. As such, these declining numbers are also posing a variety of complex and significant challenges for Indigenous communities who have relied on and continue to rely on caribou for food, cultural identity and practices, spiritual ceremonies, clothing, and livelihoods for millennia.