{"id":771810,"date":"2023-11-10T11:05:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T15:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=771810"},"modified":"2023-11-10T11:05:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T15:05:51","slug":"indigenous-tribes-saw-the-ring-of-fire-eclipse-in-a-different-light-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=771810","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous Tribes Saw the “Ring of Fire” Eclipse in a Different Light : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Indigenous tribal members didn’t join the millions watching Saturday’s eclipse.<\/h2>\n


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\n Visitors of the Bears Ears Monument in Bluff, Utah were part of the millions that watched the dimmed skies of Saturday’s eclipse.
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Millions flocked to parts of the western United States to watch the “Ring of Fire” eclipse on October 14.<\/p>\n

Tourists hoped to see the skies for a few minutes while the annular solar eclipse traveled from Oregon to Texas and then into Mexico. <\/p>\n

For those few minutes, the moon lined up precisely between the sun and the Earth, blocking out all but the sun’s edges and giving the moon a blazing border.<\/p>\n

But while people watched the cosmic marvel, Indigenous tribal members living in Utah, Arizona and New Mexico didn’t join them. <\/p>\n

The eclipse had a special meaning for tribes in this region, and they wanted to keep the spectators from disturbing them.<\/p>\n