The Brief: Samantha Doxtator on Haudenosaunee astronomy
This week on The Brief, Firdose Khan brings listeners a conversation about Haudenosaunee astronomy, Indigenous knowledge and the ways people understand the night sky.
News Editor Zayn Brar speaks with Samantha Doxtator, a Haudenosaunee educator from Oneida Nation of the Thames, about her journey sharing traditional knowledge about the stars, planets and creation.
Doxtator reflects on continuing research first undertaken by her late sister, whose work explored Haudenosaunee astronomy alongside Western approaches to the night sky. She discusses how that research grew into live talks and…
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