Astronomy
Aboriginal Astronomer Credited with Comet Find
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 26, no. 8, November 2008, p. 19
Description
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.
Aboriginal Oral Traditions of Australian Impact Craters
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Duane W. Hamacher
John Goldsmith
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, vol. 16, no. 3, [2013], pp. 295-311
Description
Examines how Aboriginal stories and artworks relate to scientific accounts of Australian meteorite craters.
Astronomical Content of North American Plains Indian Calendars
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Von Del Chamberlain
Archaeoastronomy, vol. 6, 1984, pp. S1-S54
Description
Looks at the winter count record, a chronological record of winters kept by the Sioux, Kiowa, Mandan, Hidatsa, Ponca and Blackfoot in the form of a pictograph which was kept by the historian of the tribe.
Astronomy in the Native-Oriented Classroom
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Murray R. Smith
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 23, no. 2, January 1984, pp. [16-23]
Description
Four activities, for grades 6 to 9, illustrate how curriculum activities can enhance astronomy concepts and native awareness.
Big Horn Medicine Wheel: Why Was It Built?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan E. Reyman
John A. Eddy
Science, vol. 188, no. 4185, New Series, April 1975, pp. 278-279
Description
Argues that construction of medicine wheels illustrates knowledge of stars and astronomy that the Indigenous people possessed.
Book Reviews:
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David J. Norton
Massimiliano Carocci
Scott R. Trevithick
Guy Lanoue
Allan J. Ryan
Claire R. Farrer
Laurie Milne
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 19, no. 1, 1999, pp. 193-211
Description
Book review of:
The Iroquois in the War of 1812 by Carl Benn.
The Lakota Ritual and the Sweat Lodge: History and Contemporary Practice by Raymond Bucko.
The Legacy of Shingwaukonse: A Century of Native Leadership by Janet E. Chute.
The Social Life of Stories: Narrative and Knowledge in the Yukon Territory by Julie Cruikshank.
Looking North: Art from the University of Alaska Museum by Aldona Jonaitis (Editor).
Can a Myth Be Astronomically Dated?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Henige
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, 1999, pp. 127-157
Description
Barbara A. Mann and Jerry L. Fields argue that a solar eclipse occurred when the Haudenosaunee Iroquois League was founded. Mann and Fields date this occurrence to August 31, 1142.
The Cherokee Sacred Calendar: A Handbook of the Ancient Native American Tradition. Raven Hail
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David H. Payne
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 14, no. 2 & 3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 2002, pp. 48-50
Description
Book review of: The Cherokee Sacred Calendar by
Raven Hail.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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
Alternate Title
Stories of the Early Americans: A Guide to the STARLAB Native American Cylinder
Background Information on the Navajo
More Native American Star Legends
Script for the SKYLAB Native American Mythology Cylinder
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gloria D. Rall
Science First/SKYLAB
Description
Although designed for use with the STARLAB cylinder, contains script which can be adapted for use without it.
The Comanche Sun Dance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ralph Linton
American Anthropologist, vol. 37, no. 3, pt. 1, New Series, July-September 1935, pp. 420-428
Description
Discusses the history, rituals and ceremony of the Sun Dance of 1878, at that time thought to be the last ever performed.
Cosmological Order As a Model For Navajo Philosophy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Trudy Griffin-Pierce
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 12, no. 4, 1988, pp. 1-15
Description
Discusses the concept of order in Navajo Creation, identifies the sets of markers for the division of time and explores how these markers influence human thought and conduct.
Coyote in Navajo Religion and Cosmology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Guy H. Cooper
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 7, no. 2, 1987, pp. 181-193
Description
In Navajo mythology, the coyote is an important figure representing a wide variety of beings while also demonstrating and reinforcing concepts of harmony and order.
[Cree Star Stories]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Wilfred Buck
Description
Science facilitator from the Opaskwayak Cree Nation (Manitoba) tells stories associated with stars, discusses how culture and spirituality are intertwined with Indigenous knowledge, his ideas about gathering together Elders from all nations to share their people's star stories, and his mission to distribute portable planetariums.
Duration: 1:14:20.
Cultures in Collision: Cosmology, Jurisprudence, and Religion in Tlingit Territory
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caskey Russell
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 230-252
Description
Cultural conflicts between Southeast Alaska's Tlingit Indians and Europeans from the viewpoint of three cultural systems: cosmology, jurisprudence and religion.
Doctrine of Discovery: The Legacy and Continuing Impact of Christian "Discovery" on American Indian Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tony Castanha
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 39, no. 3, 2015, pp. 41-64
Description
States that the Catholic Church disrespected Apache spirituality by building the Vatican Observatory at Mount Graham in Arizona.
A Fictive Kinship: Making "Modernity", "Ancient Hawaiians", and Telescopes on Mauna Kea
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Iokepa Casumbal-Salazar
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-30
Description
Comments on the controversy over the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope that would desecrate one of the most sacred sites in the islands.
Forty-Third Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1925-1926
E-Books
Author/Creator
J. Walter Fewkes
Description
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Chief by J. Walter Fewkes
The Osage Tribe: Two Versions of the Child-Naming Rite by Francis La Flesche
Wawenock Myth Texts from Maine by Frank G. Speck
Native Tribes and Dialects of Connecticut: A Mohegan-Pequot Diary by Frank G. Speck
Picuris Children's Stories by John P. Harrington and Helen H. Roberts
Iroquoian Cosmology - Second Part by J. N. B. Hewitt
Grade 5: Teliaqewey, Kaqowey net Teliaqeweyminu? = Ah, the Truth. What Is Our Truth? = Wolamewakon. Keq Nit Kwolamewakonon?
Alternate Title
Treaty Education Resources
E-Books
Author/Creator
New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development [Office of First Nations Education]]
Description
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
A Grammar of Time: Lakota Winter Counts, 1700–1900
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Risch
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, 2000, pp. 23-48
Description
Attempts to describe structural patterns in Lakota calendar (lunar) system pictographic records and argues they are inherently more of a sacred text than actual historic texts.
Hodinohsyo:nih Star Knowledge
Alternate Title
Haudenosaunee Star Knowledge
Documents & Presentations
Description
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.