Native Skywatchers - Two-Eyed Seeing: Arabian Indigenous Astronomy & The Stardust Project

New Event - LIVE (VIRTUAL) SHOW!

(top left), Photo by Bjorn Franke; Photo by Wirestock; Photo by Max Huck (center); Photo by Bjorn Franke, Image by NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STSci/AURA); Photo by Wirestock (bottom right)

"Two Eyed Seeing: Arabian Indigenous Astronomy & The Stardust Project”

Friday, May 14, 2021

10 am pdt, 11 am mdt, 12 noon cdt, 1 pm edt

Join us on Friday, May 14, 2021 at 10 am pdt, 12 noon cdt for an exciting bonus virtual livestream featuring relationship to sky through two different lenses: Arabian Indigenous Astronomy and the We-Are-Stardust project. The Arabian Indigenous Astronomy will focus on ancient methods for using rising and setting stars to forecast seasonal changes. Drawing from Arabic sources of poetry and rhymed prose, Danielle Adams from Lowell Observatory will show participants how to use these ancient methods to make their own star calendars to forecast important annual events in their lives. In addition, results from a new collaboration, called "We Are Stardust", between Native Skywatchers and Starry, Starry Night (UC-Santa Cruz), will be presented. This project, firmly rooted at the intersection of Art-Science, and Culture, is aimed at engaging Indigenous students and their teachers allowing participants of all levels to engage in creating interdisciplinary content.

Presented by: Danielle Adams, Annette S. Lee, Raja GuhaThakurta, Tavia La Follette, Kate Rosok, and Andrea Medina. Supporting organizations are: Lowell Observatory, Native Skywatchers, Starry-Starry-Night (UC-Santa Cruz), and NASA-Next Gen STEM.

Educator Materials & Resources:

Slides supplement to the Live Show | View & Download
Event Flyer | View & Download
Recording of Live Event (now available) | View

Calling All Educators - Free Ojibwe or D(L)akota Star Map Poster!

Interested in getting a free native star map for your classroom? Deliver one NASA activity related to this project to your class before May 1, 2021 and send us feedback. Contact Jim Knutson-Kolodzne at nativeskywatchers@gmail.com for more details or call us at (612)-314-9717

Email Jim directly: ainckolodzne@hotmail.com

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