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For most states this time of year, shifting time is as easy as moving the hour hand forward an hour. But Daylight Savings Time doesn’t change the staunch allegiance to the clock required during the typical day. But it wasn’t always that way. Tribes once had built-in schedules for harvests, ceremonies, family and feasts. Some of those traditions may have adapted to eight-hour work days, and five-day work weeks, but remnants of different cultural approaches to time remain.
GUESTS
Clark Tenakhongva (Hopi), musician and former Hopi vice chairman
Jon Ghahate (Laguna and Zuni Pueblo), educator at Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
Tom Belt (Cherokee Nation), retired Western Carolina University Cherokee Language Program coordinator
Roger Dube (Abenaki), professor emeritus at the College of Science at Rochester Institute of Technology and American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Board of Directors
Break 1 Music: The Center of the Universe (song) Clark Tenakhongva (artist) Su’Vu’Yo’Yungw (album)
Break 2 Music: Roadrunner (song) DDAT (artist) DDAT (album)
