INDIGENOUS ASTRONOMY REVITALIZATION
Carl Gawboy telling the Story of Ojjg Fisher
Hands-on Make Your Own Planisphere
Astronomically Accurate and Visually Stunning
"My Connection to the Stars-Lakota Star Knowledge", by A. Lee
Children's Storybook, written by T. Peacock, illustrated by A. Lee
Since the first Native Skywatchers workshop in 2010, one of our primary goals is to create resources in a collaborative revitilization effort of Indigenous Astronomy starting with our own communities.
Cree Star Map Book. See the night sky through an Ininew (Cree) cultural lens...Mista Muskwa-Bear, Pipon Pinisew-Thunderbird, Makinak-Turtle and more!
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July-Aug Star Map Booklet published by the Bell Museum features an exciting Native Skywatchers collaboration with the Bell Museum Planetarium team. Learn the Ojibwe and D/Lakota Moons for the months of July and August, a free star map, and more!
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Carl Gawboy tells the story of this Ojibwe constellation related to the Big Dipper and how this small but ferrocious animal saved the birds!
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Carl Gawboy tells the story of the Ojibwe constellations related to the season of winter and the Greek constellation, Orion.
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William Wilson share a teaching related to the Ojibwe constellation Maang-Loon, why it holds one of the most special locations in the sky and more!
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Nov. 2017 Grand Opening of the Indigenous Astronomy exhibit at the National Museum of Science and Technology - Ingenium.
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Annette S. Lee tells of her love for looking at the sky and relationship with the Lakota constellation Blue Spirit Woman in the Big Dipper.
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One Year as seen in each of the OJibwe Moons. Astronomical images, stunning artwork, and historical photos tell the story of the Ojibwe Year. Keen observation of Earth and Sky give Ojibwe Moons or Months their names.
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The 'power to create'; the 'power to destroy', the Wakinyans-Thunderbirds have both. Bringers of Light, Keepers of Earth.."The Wakinyans-Thunderbirds are always watching".
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Have you ever seen all the phases of the Moon in 30 seconds instead of 30 days? It looks like a beating heart! Check out this interdisciplinary video and see the Moon like never before. Remember your own beating heart.
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Woven with science, culture, and art this Native Skywatchers curriculum focuses on relationship with sky from the Ojibwe and D/Lakota cultural lens AND the Western Science perspective, i.e. Two-eyed Seeing.. Four distant themes: Which Way is North, Follow the Seasons-Follow the Stars, Visual Learning-Planisheres, and Ojibwe/Dakota -Big Dipper Star Clocks.
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Astronomical Society of the Pacfic (ASP). As it is above; it is below or "Kapemni" in D/Lakota. This is a literal mirroring between Earth and Sky, and our participation in it. Here the D/Lakota 'Pipe Ceremony in the Stars' unfolds as the Wicakiyuhap/Chanunpa (Big Dipper/Pipe) and the Cansasa Ipusye constellation (Red Willow-Aries) line up with the Sun.
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As it is above; it is below or "Kapemni" in D/Lakota. This is a literal mirroring between Earth and Sky, and our participation in it. Here an interdisciplinary hands-on lesson teaches and explores the D/Lakota 'Pipe Ceremony in the Stars' and the Cansasa Ipusye constellation (Aries).
Art-Culture-Science Hands-on experiential learning. Funded by the MN State Arts Board- Arts Learning Grant FY17. Two dozen art-making workshops led by the Native Skywatchers team across the state.
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Celestial calendar-paintings and culture-based digital storytelling: cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, STEM/STEAM resources for authentic astronomy education engagement
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Ojibwe Giizhiig Anung Masinaaigan and D(L)akota Makoċe Wiċaŋḣpi Wowapi: Revitalization of Native American Star Knowledge, A Community Effort
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"Native Skywatchers and the Makoçe Wichanpi Wowapi – D(L)akota Star Map – Building Community Around Native Star Knowledge" , A. Lee et al. 2013
"Native Skywatchers and the Ojibwe Giizhig Anung Masinaaigan – Ojibwe Sky Star Map", A. Lee 2013
Best article of 2019!
"Relearning The Star Stories Of Indigenous Peoples: How the lost constellations of Indigenous North Americans can connect culture, science, and inspire the next generation of scientists."
One Sky, Many Worlds: Indigenous Voices in Astronomy, curated by A. Lee, W. Buck & D. Pantalony, produced by Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science & Innovation and Nomad Exhibits, opening May 2022
234th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, St. Louis, Missouri, June 2019. “From Native Skywatchers to ASTR 101…New Designs for Interdisciplinary, Multidisciplinary, and Transdisciplinary Engaged Learning Now”, A. Lee
(2019)
Brothers look to the stars and spin stories, some inspired by Uncle, some of their own making. The best one involves their grandmother and her place in the forever sky. Written by T. Peacock, Illustrated by Annette S. Lee, published by the MN Historical Society
(2019)
NASA's Universe of Learning, "The Native American Sky", panel with Annette S. Lee, Kālepa Baybayan, and Laurie Rousseau-Nepton, facilitated by C. Britt (Space Telescope Science Institute), March 14, 2019.
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(2020-2021)
Through a recently awarded federal research grant, Ingenium is planning an International Symposium on Indigenous Star Knowledge in partnership with the Institute of Indigenous Research and Studies at the University of Ottawa. The symposium, a sharing of knowledge between traditional Knowledge Keepers, scholars, and educators, will be held in 2021 on Traditional Algonquin Anishinàbe Territory in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
A story of the Morning Star. In Ojibwe with Ojibwe-English glossary and English translation in back. Concept & Artwork by A. Lee, Written by: R. Tainter, M. Hermes, A. Lee; Ojibwe translation by: R. Tainter, M. Hermes. Published by Grass Roots Indigenous Multimedia
Permanent exhibit at Ingenium-Canada Science & Technology Museum in Ottawa, Ontario. Co-curated by A. Lee, W. Buck, & D. Pantalony. Opened Fall 2017.
(postponed to Spring 2021)
Women in Space highlights the achievements of women and non-binary researchers and industry professionals, discusses challenges faced in the field, and offers opportunities for mentoring, recruiting, networking, and more. Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Canada
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.
