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The Arctic Sky: Inuit Astronomy, Star Lore, and Legend
The Arctic Sky: Inuit Astronomy, Star Lore, and Legend
Asiatic Parallels in North American Star Lore: Milky Way, Pleiades, Orion
Asiatic Parallels in North American Star Lore: Ursa Major
Atchakosuk: Ininewuk Stories of the Stars
Discusses Ininewuk (Cree) perspectives of astronomy, including mythology, stories and unique interpretations.
Bat Steals the Moon
Retelling of traditional story.
Source: Man in the Moon: Sky Tales from Many Lands collected by Alta Jablow and Carl Withers.
Battle of the Northern Lights
Traditional Sami story.
Source: The Storytelling Star by James Riordan.
A Blackfoot Sun and Moon Myth
Book Reviews:
Can a Myth Be Astronomically Dated?
A Collection of Curricula for the STARLAB Inuit Star Lore Cylinder. Including Inuit Star Lore by Ole Knudsen
Although designed for use with the SKYLAB cylinder, can be modified for use without it.
A Collection of Curricula for the STARLAB Maya Skies Cylinder, Including The World of the Maya by Eileen M. Starr
Although designed for use with the STARLAB cylinder, can be adapted for use without it.
A Collection of Curricula for the STARLAB Native American Mythology Cylinder. Including Stories of the Early Americans by Gary D. Kratzer; Background Information on the Navajo by Gloria D. Rall; More Native American Star Legends by Doris Forror
Although designed for use with the STARLAB cylinder, contains script which can be adapted for use without it.
Cosmologie, Mythologie et Récit Historique dans la Tradition Orale des Algonquins de Kitcisakik
Coyote Places the Stars [by] Harriet Peck Taylor
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.
[Cree Star Stories]
The Earthquake and Halley's Comet: Two Jiwarli Texts
Ethnological Notes on the Astronomical Customs and Religious Ideas of the Chokitapia or Blackfeet Indians, Canada
Exploring the Night Sky Indigenous Inquiry Kit
Includes annotated bibliography, book critiques, and four lessons plans appropriate for sixth grade.
Forty-Third Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1925-1926
A Grammar of Time: Lakota Winter Counts, 1700–1900
How Coyote Created the Sun
Retelling of a traditional story. Suggested age range 6-11 years.
How Coyote Made the Stars
Retelling of a traditional story.
How Fisher Went to the Skyland: The Origin of the Big Dipper An Ojibwe Story from the Great Lakes Region
Retelling of a traditional story.
In Our Own Words: Bringing Authentic First Peoples Content to the K-3 Classroom
Indian Notes [Vol. 6, no. 1, January, 1929]
Indigenous Knowledge and Our Connection to the Land
Lesson plans which can be used with a variety of grades.
Interpreting Pawnee Star Lore: Science or Myth?
Interviewing Inuit Elders: Cosmology and Shamanism
Iroquoian Cosmology
"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.
Lakota Winter Counts: An Online Exhibit
Lesson Plan: Sky Wolf's Call: The Gift of Indigenous Knowledge by Eldon Yellowhorn and Kathy Lowinger
Lessons from the Earth and Beyond: Bringing Indigenous Knowledge Systems into the Classroom: Educator Resources
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.
Mi'kmaq Night Sky Stories; Patterns of Interconnectiveness, Vitality and Nourishment
Montana Skies: Blackfeet Astronomy
Includes traditional stories about the girl who married a star, the bunched stars and scarface and associated activities.
Additional Resource: Videos of stories read aloud.
Montana Skies: Crow Astronomy
Includes traditional stories about the sun and the moon, seven stars, and the twins and the hand star and associated activities for each.
Additional Resource: Videos of stories read aloud.
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.
Native American Indian Art
Native American Starlore
Tells some of the traditional stories associated with astronomical features of the night sky.
The Northern Lights
Numerology as the Base of the Myth of Creation, According to the Mayas, Aztecs, and Some Contemporary American Indians
On the Astronomical Knowledge and Traditions of Aboriginal Australians
Pawnee Star Lore
The Poetry of Carter Revard: Stars Among the Walking
Reading Sheet: Coyote Places the Stars
Retelling of traditional story.
Seeing the Skies through Navajo Eyes: An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Astronomy
Designed as a resource for planetariums, for middle school teachers, and a book that families can read together.
Six Stars
Sky Stories
Star Legends among the American Indians
Blackfoot traditional stories.