The Red Day Star, The Women's Star and Venus: D(L/N)akota, Ojibwe and Other Indigenous Star Knowledge

Autor:	Lee, Annette S., Rock, Jim, Wilson, William, Gawboy, Carl
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Physics - Physics Education Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics Physics - Popular Physics
Zdroj:	The International Journal of Science in Society, Vol. 4, Issue 3, 2013, 153-166
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	In Ojibwe the Morning Star is called Ikew Anung, which means the Womens Star. In Lakota the same planet Venus is called Anpetu Luta, the Red Day Star. Bother cultures have rich and interesting understandings of Venus that relate to other Indigenous cultures throughout the world. Venus is so often related to the feminine because native peoples carefully watched the movement of the star and saw it in the east at sunrise for nine months and then in the west at sunset for the following nine months. Nine months is exactly the time for human gestation. Yet, tragically, the native star knowledge is disappearing as elders pass. The Native Skywatchers project focuses on understanding the Ojibwe and Dakota importance of this and other celestial connections. Working closely with a team of culture teachers and language experts we are building community around the native star knowledge. Comment: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2008.13214
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/2009.02127 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv