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Four Trailblazing Native American Scientists

Studies Weekly

During the Apollo program he held several important management and leadership positions, including the lead Retrofire Officer on the Apollo 13 mission. Herrington honored his heritage by carrying six eagle feathers, a braid of sweet grass, two arrowheads, and the Chickasaw Nation’s flag into space.

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On the Tracks to Translating Indigenous Knowledge

Sapiens

For knowledge of the area’s history, O utsider researchers naturally draw on ethnographic, historic, and archaeological data—but their knowledge of the details is patchy. This increased tensions with Outsiders. Typically, they rely on King George III’s Royal Proclamation of 1763 as evidence of British occupation.

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