NATIVE SKYWATCHERS

INDIGENOUS ASTRONOMY REVITILIZATION

"Native Skywatchers - Making Spirit, Making Art"

"Shadow Puppets and Ožúha (Holds Something) Bags"

WINTER SOLSTICE - LIVESTREAM EVENT

TUES. DEC. 21, 2021, 7 PM CST = 3 PM HST




"Moon, Venus, and Earthshine", Photo by N. Nair, Mon. Dec. 6, 2021 ; Event flyer and animation by A. Lee, Dec. 2021

"Native Skywatchers - Winter Solstice Livestream”

Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, 7 – 8 pm cst, 3 - 4 pm hst

Aaniin, Han, Aloha, Greetings... Join us for a 60 minute livestream event featuring:

* ‘We are Stardust’, Kumu-Educator B. Sarbin, Volcano School of the Arts and Sciences

* ‘Making Spirit, Making Art, Making Ozuha Bags’, Elaine O. Hardwick, Peer-Mentor Group, Mankato Public Schools

* ‘Making Spirit, Making Art, Making Ozuha Bags’, Educator R. O’Shion, Washburn High School

* ‘Look Up’, Ojibwe and D(L)akota Night Sky, Annette S. lee

With Special Guests: Carl Gawboy and Ramona Kitto Stately


Watch Recording



Email for more information: nativeskywatchers@gmail.com

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Contact us at (612)-314-9717








SHADOW PUPPETS



"Twinkle, Twinkle, Relatives in the Sky"

Created, Produced, Directed by Annette S. Lee, Spring 2021

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Activity Description

Step by step instrutions on how to create a similiar shadow puppet production.  Materials needed and learning goals. Activity for ages 10 and up, grades 3 and higher.

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Video Clips

Some video footage on how to build this 'Twinkle, Twinkle' shadow puppet project.   Also see 'Crankie' (inspired by Tavia LaFollette & Katherine Fahey, and the Crankie Factory)

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Slideshow of Images

Shadow puppets, lighting, storytelling with moving scenery..the process used to  produce this crankie. Try it out! Performance art, theatre art, story art... make your own dreamscape!  


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"Look Up-Wankatakiya (Encouragement Song)"

Collaboratively produced by Annette S. Lee and Eúŋkičhetupi (We are restored/come back to life), July 2021

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Activity Description

Step by step instrutions on how to create your own D(L)akota Summer constellations shadow puppet production. 


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Slideshow of Images Description

Visual samples of how to explore this project. Many images of 'behind the scenes' and 'the making of' the performance. 

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Video Clips

Some bonus video footage on how to build this 'Look UP' shadow puppet project.   Also see 'Crankie' (inspired by Tavia LaFollette & Katherine Fahey, and the Crankie Factory)

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Racetrack Story Video

Paha Sapa - The Heart, The Center of Everything that Is...Collaborative video by James Spotted Thunder and Annette S. Lee based on the text by C. Black Elk, Lakota Star Knowledge by Ron Goodman.

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D(L)akota Summer Sky Video

Learn more about the salamander, the racetrack, the bear, the buffalo, and the magpie... How do they relate to the sky in the summertime? Created by Annette S. Lee.

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"Look Up - Summer Setting, Fall Rising"

Created, Produced, Directed by Annette S. Lee, August 2021

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Activity Description

Step by step instrutions on how to create a similiar shadow puppet production.  Materials needed and learning goals. Activity for ages 10 and up, grades 3 and higher.

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Video Clips

Some video footage on how to build this project 'Look Up - Summer Setting, Fall Rising'.   

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Template of Images

Shadow puppets, lighting, storytelling with moving scenery..the process used to  produce this project. Try it out! Performance art, theatre art, story art... make your own dreamscape!  


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OZUHA (Holds Something) BAG

Created by Ramona Kitto Stately

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Activity Description

Step by step instrutions on how to create an Ozuha Bag. The word 'ozuha' means 'holds something' in D(L)akota. Written by Ramona Kitto Stately  

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Article by Ramona Kitto Stately and Priscilla Buffalohead

"'Mitakuye-Owasin' I am Related to All that is Living", by Ramona Kitto Stately and Priscilla Buffalohead. Beautiful teachings and strong words, a must read. 

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Order Supplies

Support native-owned businesses and local stores like the Woodland Crafts Gift Shop in the lower level of the Minneapolis Amerian Indian Center Call 612-874-7766 

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Mankato Public Schools

Students & families from the American Indian Peer-Mentor Group, Mankato, Minnesota participated in this Native Skywatchers 'Making Ozuha Bags' project, led by Educator Elaine Hardwick, written by Ramona Kitto Stately.  

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Ožúha Activity created by Ramona Kitto Stately

Here is the video explaining this amazing activity. The video was created by Dakota Indigenous Knowledge Holder, Ramona Kitto Stately and gives the cultural context of making the Ozuha bag.  

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Washburn High School

Art Students from Washburn High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota participated in this Native Skywatchers 'Making Ozuha Bags' project, led by Visual Art Educator Rhea O'Shion, written by Ramona Kitto Stately.  







Participate!

Calling all K-12 teachers and students, especially Minnesota based participants, try out this activity and Native Skywatchers will showcase your students' work! Email us for more info: nativeskywatchers@gmail.com    



Pilamaya, Miigwech.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. Minnesota State Arts Board (MSAB)- Creative Support for Organizations-FY21.








Native Skywatchers
P: (612)-314-9717
Contact Us
nativeskywatchers@gmail.com
Art website visit
annettelee.com

 

Acknowledgement: Native Skywatchers is located on the traditional and treaty land of the Dakota people, who along with the Ojibwe are the Indigenous peoples of this land, Mni Sota Makoce or Minnesota.