Native Skywatchers - We are Stardust
Indigenous Science-Art-Culture Workshop & Club Activities for Special-Needs Youth
"A color-composite image of the Pleiades from the Digitized Sky Survey", NASA, ESA, AURA/Caltech, Palomar Observatory, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades#/media/File:Pleiades_large.jpg
"We are Stardust - Special-Needs Youth - Mankato Area Public Schools, 2023”
A Native Skywatchers Collaborative Research Project
As described by Mi’kmaw elders: Etuaptmumk or Two-Eyed Seeing is learning to see from one eye with the strengths of Indigenous knowledges and ways of knowing, and from the other eye with the strengths of Western knowledges and ways of knowing, and to use both these eyes for the benefit of all. (Bartlett, Marshall and Marshall 2012, 336)
Building on the existing Native Skywatchers research and programming initiative, led by Annette S. Lee, in a unique collaboration with the Puragra GuhaThukurta, UC-Santa Cruz research astronomer, together with local educator lead Elaine O. Hardwick, students are presented with a unique opportunities for authentic involvement in science, culture, and art.
Additional partners include: Mankato Area Public Schools - Special Education Teachers. This project is a multidisciplinary approach to Art as Social Practice and Science Communication for the benefit of all.
Keck, NASA Canada French Hawaii Telescopes, Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Artwork created by Student participant, Winter-Spring 2023
"Native Skywatchers - We are Stardust " - Winter-Spring 2023
Led by Elaine O. Hardwick & team...
Philáuŋyanpi, Thank you
Native Skywatchers - We are Stardust
Mankato Area Public Schools Students - Highlights Reel, Created by Elaine Hardwick. Used with Permission. ©2023 All Rights Reserved.
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Goals for this Legacy Project include:
- Preserve and honor the cultural heritage of Minnesota;
- Provide education and student outreach on cultural diversity;
- Support the development of culturally diverse humanities programming by individuals and organizations
- Empower communities in building identity and culture
P: (612)-314-9717 Contact Us
nativeskywatchers@gmail.com Art website visit
annettelee.com
Acknowledgement: Native Skywatchers is located on the traditional and treaty land of the Dakota people, who along with the Ojibwe are the Indigenous peoples of this land, Mni Sota Makoce or Minnesota.