While the whole country watches The Great American Solar Eclipse, an event The American Astronomical Society predicts will be the most-watched total solar eclipse in history, there’s a sub-set of the population who won’t be watching. We learn why Native Americans are sensitive to an eclipse and believe it’s a time of reflection and a time to be indoors.
A local news channel in Arizona interviews two Native Americans that explain that the information passed down through the ages advises that they go inside and focus on positive things rather than viewing any eclipses. What do the Natives know that we don’t?