U.S. Army Spc. Brianna Hunter holds a hand-beaded necklace from the Mississippi Band of Choctaws at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky on Nov. 25, 2024. Hunter is one-eighth Choctaw, serves in the Kentucky National Guard and is the editor-in-chief for the Murray State University newspaper and has written an article for the newspaper on her Native American Indian heritage. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Andy Dickson)