An excerpt: When NASA sent Commander John Herrington (Chickasaw Nation) to the International Space Station (ISS) on board the Endeavour in 2002, space not only got the first enrolled Native American, but also its first Native American flute payload. “I played ‘Amazing Grace’ on board the ISS while my crewmate, Don Pettit, used a vacuum … Continue reading Via IndianCountryToday.com: From Space to Indigenous Ancestral Engineering: Commander John Herrington Charts New Territory