These Americans Will Not Be Watching the Eclipse

Not all Americans will be watching Monday's much ballyhooed eclipse. 

For some Native Americans, the rare phenomenon is an opportunity to stay inside and honor age-old tradition. When the moon passes over the sun, Navajo Bobbieann Baldwin and her children will draw their blinds. "It's time of renewal," the Arizona woman tells the Washington Post. 

"Kind of like pressing the alt, control, delete button on your computer, resetting everything." That means no eating, drinking, talking, or doing much else. "Some people will be praying. Some will be meditating. Some will be telling the story of the creation of the sun and the moon," Elvin Keeswood of Mesa, Ariz., tells the Arizona Republic. Many Indian school districts will close; Navajo Nation employees have the day off.

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