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#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...

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