Opinion | A Native Perspective on the April 8 Solar Eclipse
Roger Amos writes about his Indigenous ancestors’ solar eclipse tales as the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse event approaches.Â
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Roger Amos writes about his Indigenous ancestors’ solar eclipse tales as the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse event approaches.Â
Anna MarĂa Nogar writes about Adelina “Nina” Otero-Warren, an activist who fought for women’s voting rights during the 20th century. She was also the first Latina to run for Congress and the first Latina superintendent of the Santa Fe public schools.
“As chief, Wilma Mankiller focused on issues that benefited some of the most vulnerable Cherokee people, such as rural development, housing, employment and education,” Julie Reed writes. “Mankiller listened to community members to determine the way forward.”
“I’ve come to see the possibilities of land acknowledgment to confront the past while laying the groundwork for building a shared future,” Chip Colwell writes. “Land acknowledgment offers a needed reckoning.”
Cyrus Ben won reelection last night and will serve another term as tribal chief for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is holding elections today from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. for tribal chief and eight seats on the Tribal Council to serve four-year terms.Â
Before Europeans claimed Choctaw land for their own in the early 19th century, the tribe owned a large swath that cut across the present-day state.
Pearl River Elementary School organizes the yearly Pearl River Spring Festival to celebrate the spring season, as well as the end of the school year.Â
The Native American population in the U.S. grew by a staggering 86.5% between 2010 and 2020, according to the latest U.S. Census—a rate demographers say is impossible to achieve without immigration. Birth rates among Native Americans don’t explain the massive rise in numbers. Instead, individuals who previously identified as white are now claiming to be Native American. This growing movement has been captured by terms like “pretendian” and “wannabe.” Another way to describe this recent adoption of Native American identity is what I call “racial shifting.”
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