Skygazers were disappointed this week when scientists canceled predictions to see the spectacular Northern Lights from Indiana. However, something just as impressive is coming next spring, and Hoosiers will have the best seat in the house to see it. Tourism leaders say Indianapolis will be "The Eclipse Capital of the Midwest" as the sun, moon and earth align for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to soak in a total solar eclipse. .
By Colleen Hagerty for Nexus Media News.Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration Ryan Reed spent much of his childhood outdoors, absorbing the knowledge of his Karuk, Hupa and Yurok ancestors through activities like hunting and fishing in the forests of Northern California. As he grew older, he began participating in cultural burns, an ancient practice also known as prescribed or controlled burns that involves igniting and tending to small fires as a way to maintain the health of the forest and prevent larger fires. By necessity, this education was “discrete,” he said, because for years, these burns were outlawed as part of a larger suppression of Native practices and rights. These bans “stripped us of our culture, but [were] also an ecological disaster,” said Reed. Federal and state agen