The North Star is one of the most important stars in the northern sky to almost all peoples, Indigenous and non-Indigenous. In so-called Canada and the United States, many Indigenous peoples told stories about the North Star and their relationship with that star. One such story comes from the Paiute peoples of the so-called western…
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Astronomy through two lenses: Thinking about Eurocentric and Indigenous methodologies
Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island and elsewhere have lived on the land long before the scientific revolution and the so-called enlightenment. As part of this land, the peoples developed intimate knowledge of the environment and natural world, including knowledges of the sky above. That understanding was arguably built by centuries of detailed observations that have…