Aboriginal Astronomer Credited with Comet Find
Brief profile of role model Rob Cardinal, a Blackfoot astronomer credited with discovering Comet Cardinal.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.19.
Brief profile of role model Rob Cardinal, a Blackfoot astronomer credited with discovering Comet Cardinal.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.19.
Northern Studies Thesis (MA) -- University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2023.
Searchable website is an online portal giving educators access to Indigenous sky-knowledge resources.
Discusses Ininewuk (Cree) perspectives of astronomy, including mythology, stories and unique interpretations.
Retelling of traditional story.
Source: Man in the Moon: Sky Tales from Many Lands collected by Alta Jablow and Carl Withers.
Traditional Sami story.
Source: The Storytelling Star by James Riordan.
Although designed for use with the SKYLAB cylinder, can be modified for use without it.
Although designed for use with the STARLAB cylinder, can be adapted for use without it.
Although designed for use with the STARLAB cylinder, contains script which can be adapted for use without it.
Science & Engineering Thesis (PhD) - Curtin University, 2014.
Designed to accompany retelling of traditional Wasco story about how stars came to be arranged in the shapes of animals. Recommended for use with Grade 3 students.
Includes annotated bibliography, book critiques, and four lessons plans appropriate for sixth grade.
Content focused on the Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqewiyik, and Passamaquoddy (Peskotomuhkati) peoples of New Brunswick.
Related materials: Interactive Activities; Activity Answer Sheet Lesson A: Worldview in Muin/Bear/Muwin and The Seven Hunters
Traditional stories include: The Seven Brothers (Big Dipper); Nya-Gwa-Ih, The Celestial Bear; The Seven Star Dancers; The Seven Brothers of the Star Cluster (Pleiades), Ga-Do-Waas and His Star Belt (Milky Way); and The Man-Eating Wife, the Little Old Woman and the Morning Star.
Haudenosaunee refers to the six nations (Kanien’kehaka (Mohawk), Onayotekaono (Oneida), Onandaga, Guyohkohnyoh (Cayuga), Onondowahgah (Seneca), and Skaruhreh (Tuscarora)) which comprise the Iroquois Confederacy.
Retelling of a traditional story. Suggested age range 6-11 years.
Retelling of a traditional story.
Retelling of a traditional story.
Panel discussion. Entire proceedings in one PDF. To access panel discussion scroll to p. 75.
Lesson plans which can be used with a variety of grades.
Primarily list of resources and excerpts from other documents.
"Reprint of a work which was issued in two pts. in the 21st (1899-1900) and 43d (1925-1926) Annual Reports of the Bureau of American Ethnology."
Includes Onondaga, Seneca and Mohawk version.
Indigenous Alaskans discuss their experience of the aurora borealis. Duration: 25:25.
Website includes curriculum connections, lesson plans and inquiry-based activities for primary, junior and intermediate grades for three topics: lessons from the earth, lessons from the water, and lessons from beyond.