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Welcome to Native American Heritage Month! I've considered it a great privilege to explore the Navajo culture in my 3 book series Navajo Code Talker Chronicles, set during World War II
And for young adults...what fun in my attempt to illuminate Eastern Cherokee traditions and cultures in my Linda Tassel Mystery series featuring a Nancy Drew from the Snowbird people...
This year I'm getting ready to rock my mocs! I hope you'll join me...
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Jessica “Jaylyn” Atsye (Laguna Pueblo) says the Rock Your Mocs movement began in 2011with wondering why her people wore them only few days a year.
“So I decided to start a day when all Natives could wear our mocs together,
because they mean everything to us. Mocs go everywhere we go. Mocs see
everything we see. They're a big part of our culture. For some, its deer hide. For
others, its moose hide. For the Laguna Pueblo, we wear deer or elk hide. But
I've always been in tune with other nations, and we all wear mocs."
The day (November 15) is now a weeklong celebration and has spread worldwide.
It now includes museum exhibits, parades, walk/run events, school and university participation.
Here's this year's Rock Your Mocs website!
Peoples wherever they may be as well as anyone who would just like to
participate in a fun way of celebrating National Native American Heritage
Month.
