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ACAKOSUK (the stars): A CREE PERSPECTIVE
October 3, 2022 at 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
| Location: | Room 2200 Richcraft Hall |
| Cost: | Free |
ACAKOSUK (the stars): A CREE PERSPECTIVE
by Indigenous Astronomer Wilfred Buck
Wilfred Buck “is one of the foremost Indigenous star-story experts in the world. As a science facilitator at the Manitoba First Nations Education Centre (MFNEC), he is tasked with developing science and astronomy curricula for local schools; to create his lessons, he uses the knowledge shared with him by Opaskwayak Elders and others, imparted during ceremonies and sweat lodges, as well as the star stories he has compiled. Over the past sixteen years at MFNEC, he has created an educational program with more than twenty Indigenous constellations. Buck travels to schools across the country, mainly on First Nations reserves in Manitoba, with two inflatable planetariums that look like navy-blue nylon huts. The presentations within are based largely on Ininewuk (Cree) teachings, but they also include material from Anishinaabe, Inuit, Dene, and Lakota cultures.”
– The Walrus, Teaching Indigenous Star Stories, Published August 10, 2020