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Muin: The Celestial Bear: A Hight Sky Story from the Mi'kmaw Nation
Story describes the movement of stars associated with the cycle of the seasons.
The Northern Lights
Star Stories
Series of nine short animated videos which tell traditional Ankara, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Chipewyan, Ho-Chunk, Chippewa, Cree, Mohawk, and Paiute stories about how certain stars and constellations came to be.
Tipiskawi Kisik: Night Sky Star Stories
Series of five short videos which look at traditional Cree understandings of astronomy.
[Traditional Mi’kmaq Sky Story]: Muin and the Seven Bird Hunters
Underwater Panthers, Thunderbirds, and Anishinaabe Star Knowledge
Speaker relates seven star stories: Ojiig - The Fisher which encompasses the Big Dipper; Maang - The Loon, the inverted Little Dipper; Bishi Bizhiw - the Great Underwater Panther whose tail is the head of the Leo and its head which is the head of Hydra; Animikii Binesii - Thunderbird, the constellation Cignus; Nanboozhoo or Nanabush, the constellation Orion; Gwiingwa'aage "The One who Came from a Falling Star" - Wolverine which refers to a meteor striking the Earth and creating a lake; and No'aachige'anang - the Prophecy Star which refers to Halley's Comet.
Duration: 26:20.