Native American Moons
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Author/Creator
[Brad Snowder]
Description
Lists names of months in a wide variety of North American Indigenous languages.
Lists names of months in a wide variety of North American Indigenous languages.
Lesson uses interviews with Pat Vegas and Redbone from the documentary Rumble: The Indians That Rocked the World as a jumping-off point to examine the U.S. government's efforts to control Native American culture by way of music.
Lists English translations of cultural groups' names for: the Milky Way, North Star, Big Dipper, Orion's Belt, Cassiopeia, Pleiades, Corona Borealis, Scorpius, and Aurora Borealis.
Tells some of the traditional stories associated with astronomical features of the night sky.
Related material: Teacher Guide; Timeline Cards; Online Resources.