April 2, 2016.
Konnie Lemay, of Indian Country Today, has written a thoughtful article about recent efforts to teach Anishinaabe star knowledge; which has the fortunate effect of debunking myths about American Indian nations.
"Long before Europeans brought over their Greek monikers for the constellations, Native cultures already had named their sky people. And those faraway relatives helped them to understand their world and how to survive in it.
For the Ojibwe, the constellations of Mooz (Moose), Biboonikeonini (Wintermaker), Mishi Bizhiw (the Great Panther) and Nanaboujou (the original man of Anishinaabe narratives), heralded the arrival of fall, winter, spring and summer."
To read the full article, click here.
For more information,
Visit:
- Native Skywatchers-Earth Sky Connections
- About
- Star Maps
- Ojibwe Sky Star Map
- Ojibwe Constellation Guidebook
- D(L)akota Star Map
- D(L)akota Constellation Guidebook
- National Museum of the American Indian Youtube
- Connecting Earth and Sky
- Stellar Connections: Explorations in Cultural Astronomy Complete Symposium
- Part 1: Gary Urton, Cosmologies of the Milky Way: South American Views on the Unity of Earth and Sky
- Part 2: Michael Wassegijig Price, Underwater Panthers, Thunderbirds and Anishinaabe Star Knowledge
- Part 3: John MacDonald, The Arctic Sky-- Inuit Astronomy, Star Lore, and Legend
- Part 4: Babatunde Lawal, A Big Calabash with Two Halves: The Yoruba Vision of the Cosmos
- Star Stories
- The Girl and Her Seven Brothers
- Poia's Journey
- Quillwork Girl and Her New Seven Brothers
- The Lover Star
- The Fox and the Stars
- The Younger Sister
- Itcohrucika and His Brothers
- The Never-ending Bear Hunt
- The Star That Does Not Move
- Sun, Corn, and the Calendar
- The Path Without End (2011)
- Elizabeth LaPensée (Anishinaabe/Métis/Irish) Vimeo
- Polynesian Voyaging Society
- explOratorium
- Living Maya Time: Sun, Corn, and the Calendar Online Exhibit
- National Museum of the American Indian.
- UNESCO World Heritage Center's Portal to the Heritage of Astronomy
- Solstice Project
- The Power of the Stars: How Celestial Observations Have Shaped Civilization
- Bryan E. Penprase, Springer, 2010.
- OSU Students Electronic Resource
- What is Archaeoastronomy?
- The Center for Archaeoastronomy
- University of Maryland
- Archaeoastronomy Teachers' Guide
- Library of Congress
- Ancient Astronomy, Modern Knowledge (Podcast)
- Interview with Isabel Hawkins, Co-director/Research Astronomer, UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory; Co-directory, NASA Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum
- explOratorium
- Australian Indigenous Astronomy Blog
- It's the winter solstice! 10 Things to Know about SunWatch!
- December 21, 2015.
- Northern Minimum Moonrise at the Newark Earthworks!
- November 23, 2015.
- Indigenous Cosmology Wins: Kaibab Paiute Tribe Nets Dark Skies Award
- October 21, 2015.
- From Space to Indigenous Ancestral Engineering: Commander John Herrington Charts New Territory
- October 15, 2015.
- UNESCO World Heritage Center's Portal to the Heritage of Astronomy
- April 21, 2015.
- Celestial Timekeeping
- April 8, 2015
- Astronomical Alignments at Aztalan
- April 6, 2015.
- City of the Moon
- April 1, 2015.
- Alligators and Groundhogs
- March 18, 2015.
- Myaamionki Earth & Sky Curriculum
- January 13, 2015.
- Hopewell Moon
- January 8, 2015.
- Newly-Discovered Hopewell Mound Group Woodhenge Found to be Solstice Aligned
- July 21, 2014.
- Hopewell Excavation Near Chillicothe Seeks Evidence of a 'Woodhenge'
- June 30, 2014.
- Reach for the Stars: 5 Nuggers of Inspiration from Chickasaw Astronaut John Herrington
- March 10, 2014.
- Prehistoric Meteorite 'Shrines' in Arizona May be Linked, Says Archaeo-Astronomer
- March 7, 2014.
- The Archaeoastronomy of Alligator Mound
- February 3, 2014.
- The Archaeoastronomy of the Newark Earthworks
- January 9, 2014.
- Octagon Earthworks' alignment with Moon is likely no accident
- January 8, 2014.
- Ancient Ohioans Saw Sun on a Sacred Path
- December 13, 2013.
- A New & Extended Case for Lunar (& Solar) Astronomy at the Newark Earthworks
- July 24, 2013.
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