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Native Americans fight to keep traditions alive after COVID
One of the fondest memories Shemah Crosby has of her grandmother Lena is the time they spent together hand crafting Choctaw Indian traditional dresses, sowing elaborate appliques onto colorful fabrics. When her “pokni,” the Choctaw term for grandmother, died of COVID-19 in the early months of the pandemic in 2020, the 20-year-old student lost not only a beloved family member but a wealth of knowledge about her Native American tribe, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Last summer, she won the Choctaw Indian Princess pageant, becoming her tribe’s official ambassador for the year.
