Tools
Stellarium: Night Sky Visualization Tool
Tool to visualize the constellations, stars, and celestial objects for a given location and date. Ideal to plan observation or compare constellation position between seasons. There is a tutorial in order to use the web tool provided by Discover the Universe here.
Pimachiowin Aki land calendars
The Pimachiowin Aki lunar and land calendars. This is just one example of the many calendar from the Nations.
This website outline the upcoming celestial events of the year, such as eclipse, meteor shower, comets, etc. Take a look to plan observing!
This website shows the expected aurora ring and its intensity over a short period of time. You can take a look to see if it will be visible from your community tonight.
Ancestral Knowledge Collections
Muin and the Seven Bird Hunters
Mi’kmaq sky stories by Elder Lillian Marshall of Potlotek First Nation and Mi’kmaq Elder Murdena Marshall of Eskasoni First Nation.
Lessons from the Earth and Beyond
This resource was developed in collaboration with elders and member of multiple nations and cover many topics from K3-10. Many videos and presentations are included as well as activities and lesson plans.
Solar Eclipse 2024: Eclipse related Knowledge
Stories of the creation of Turtle Island by Samantha Doxtator from the Oneida Nation, of the signature of the Haudenosaunee Peace Treaty by Melanie Demers from the Kanyen’kehá:ka (Mohawk) Nation and of Tshakapesh catching the Sun by Laurie Rousseau-Nepton from the Pekuakamiulnuatsh Innu Nation.
Presentations/Websites
Seeing the Skies Through Navajo Eyes
Nancy Maryboy, Adjunct Prof. Department of Physics and Astronomy at Northern Arizona University
Sense of Place: Indigenous Perspectives on Earth and Sky
Ka’iu Kimura, executive director of the ʻImiloa Astronomy Center
Presentation by Samantha Doxtator from the Oneida Nation on the deep celestial Knowledge of the Haudenosaunee People.
Wilfred Buck present many content from is decades long work on Indigenous Astronomy. Books, presentations, star stories, images and more.
Presentation by Astronomer Laurie Rousseau-Nepton from the Pekuakamiulnuatsh Innu Nation, on the reconnection of Oral Stories and Ancestral Knowledge with Science and Astronomy.
