For Latines from the Zapotec of Oaxaca, Mexico to Afro-Latine residents of Loiza, Puerto Rico, braids have deep cultural significance—and special meaning. For so many of us, summertime invokes ...

My uncle deserved better. Indigenous people deserve better." According to Crowe, within weeks of his braids being removed, her uncle was moved to a long-term care facility where he later died.

“Braids in Indigenous communities are a form of resistance ... Cachimuel told Werning in a translated interview. “As people, we’ve endured significant hardships. Now, I teach my children ...