Welcome to Sunday. The list of our top five articles is below.

On Friday, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, known as the "conscience of the Congress" died. His death closely followed that of another Civil Rights leader, Rev. Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian. Lawrence Burnley of the University of Dayton offers an appreciation of both men's contributions to the nation.

Emily Costello

Deputy Editor

Policemen in Seattle, Washington, wearing masks made by the Red Cross, during the influenza pandemic, December 1918. National Archives

Mask resistance during a pandemic isn’t new – in 1918 many Americans were ‘slackers’

J. Alexander Navarro, University of Michigan

As the US battled the 1918 influenza pandemic, some communities staged contentious battles against wearing masks. Sound familiar?

Delegates from 34 Native tribes at the Creek Council House in Indian Territory, now called Oklahoma, 1880. National Archives

Oklahoma is – and always has been – Native land

Dwanna L. McKay, Colorado College

The Supreme Court's July 9 ruling that half of Oklahoma belongs to the Muscogee Nation confirms what Indigenous people already knew: North America is 'Indian Country.'