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Nita most fondly remembers celebrating the Summer Solstice at the Choctaw Reservation, amidst a seemingly endless family with a history as old as the Sun himself. Like most children, she could only understand parts of the stories they told as part of the celebration, missing the morals for the memorable beats and characters instead. She most adored the moon mother, and while it was a day for her husband, Hashtahli, Nita always saw it as the day he celebrated her, bearing the weight of the long hours so she could rest instead.
It was why she assumed the Solstice often marked the beginning of Tek i Hashi, or Women’s Month. Even years after they left the reservation, she and her mother would always return for the start of Teki Hashi to visit her grandmother. This year marks the first year Nita hasn’t returned to see her.
