Running Time: 45 minutes
Ends At: 11:45 AM
Event Rating: Age: 6+
Show Format: Film
This collection of three short films made for the One Sky Project features Indigenous perspectives of astronomy, space, time and navigation that have been inspiring minds for millennia.
Thunderbird: The sky is a powerful tool for measuring time, and for the Diné, or Navajo people, the Thunderbird transcends space and time, revealing the passage of seasons and connecting earth and sky.
Celestial Canoe: A First People of what is now northern Canada, the Innu, watched the slow turn of a canoe in the sky mirroring the change in seasons on land. This celestial canoe guided them through a particularly challenging part of the year.
Hawaiian Wayfinders: Hear from a Hawaiian navigator as she describes how the sky provides a compass and calendar for the oceanic people whose voyages connected islands throughout the Pacific Ocean.
Note: Please arrive 15 minutes before scheduled show time
