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What do eagle feathers and arrowheads have to do with the International Space Station American astronaut john Herrington took these items with him when he ride the space shuttle endeavour into outer space in november 2002. The leader of the chickasaw Nation and 200 of it’s 5,000 members traveled fromOklahoma. To cape Canaveral florida, to see herringtons historic launch.

John herrington is one-eighth chickasaw through his great-grandmother on his mothers side. Herringtons mother make sure to register john as a member of the chickasaw tribe. When talking about his native american heritage herrington has said “I take tremendous pride in who I am and where I come from. The chickasaw nation is also very prowd of the first american indian in outer space.

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