#DYK Today is Native American Heritage Day- a day that honors and recognizes Native Americans as the first people of this nation and celebrates their cultural heritage and integral importance to our past, present, and future.
👋🏼 Get to know Darvin Descheny
Diné (Navajo)
nausocialmedia coordinator
📍What does being Native mean to you?
To walk, think, and speak in beauty.
Being Diné, I was taught to live harmoniously with all things around me. This teaching is among the most important and ensures a healthy mind, body, and spirit.
Being Diné also means to constantly adapt and carry out traditions practiced by my ancestors in a modern world.
Whether that be blessing myself with corn pollen before my 9–5 job or expressing my two-spirited gender identity with clothing and jewelry.
📍How do you celebrate Native American Heritage month?
November is a time for reflection, storytelling and family.
Traditionally, my ancestors considered this a slow time of the year, a...