Each Star has a Story: Indigenous Astronomical Knowledge in the Pacific Northwest Circa 1900

Authors

  • Dan G Posey University of Victoria

Keywords:

Pacific Northwest, Astronomy, Indigenous

Abstract

Abstract: The earliest accounts of Indigenous cultures in the Pacific Northwest gathered by anthropologists in the late 19th century contain detailed descriptions of celestial bodies. This article will examine the accounts of astronomical knowledge present in these sources focusing on the Nlaka’pamux (Thompson), Secwépemc (Shuswap), and T’it’q’et (Lillooet) people of central British Columbia, as well as the Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl), Nuxalkmc (Bella Coola), and Haida from the Northwest coast.

Author Biography

Dan G Posey, University of Victoria

Dan Posey is second-year History MA student at the University of Victoria
Big Basin Redwood Cedar Forest, Andrew P. Hill, 1880 - 1920

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Published

2016-09-20

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2016)

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