Ask ten different Indigenous people when their new year begins, and you probably won’t get the same answer twice. For the Haudenosaunee, the ceremonial year turns during winter, with Midwinter timed to a new moon and the position of the Pleiades. In some Pueblo communities, an important winter dance marks the return of the sun. Among Southeastern nations, the first…
Walk around an Ecuadorian city on the afternoon of December 31 and you’ll probably start spotting some unusual characters. Dolls are sitting on sidewalks, leaning against doorways, or hanging from… Read More
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So every single year, right around the same time, the whole planet does this weird collective thing where we all agree to just start counting over again. Somewhere a clock… Read More
