EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR KIDS
BACKYARD STARGAZING NORTH STAR ACTIVITY PACK
How to find the North Star and learn native names of the star.
BACKYARD STARGAZING ORION’S BELT ACTIVITY PACK
How to find Orion’s Belt and learn native name of the star.
BACKYARD STARGAZING BIG DIPPER ACTIVITY PACK
How to find the Big Dipper and learn native name of the star.
Native Skywatchers
Designed by Annette S. Lee (2007), the Native Skywatchers initiative seeks to remember and revitalize indigenous star and earth knowledge. The goal is to communicate the knowledge that indigenous people traditionally practiced a sustainable way of living and sustainable engineering through a living and participatory relationship with the sky and earth.
STARLAB Navajo Skies Cylinder
A Guide to Navajo Astronomy by Nancy C. Maryboy, Ph.D. of the Indigenous Education Institue (IEI)
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
The Anthropology Department, studies the culture, history, and languages of Native Americans with a heavy focus on the people who have lived in the Santa Barbara region for at least 13,000 years.
This institution has become the leading center for Chumash cultural studies.
We R Native
We R Native is a comprehensive health resource for Native youth, offering culturally relevant information on topics such as mental health, sexual health, and cultural identity. The platform provides educational materials, personal stories, and support services to empower Indigenous youth in making informed decisions and fostering a strong sense of community.
INDIGENOUS EDUCATION INSTITUTE
The Indigenous Education Institute (IEI) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1995 with the mission to preserve, protect, and apply traditional Indigenous knowledge in contemporary settings. IEI focuses on integrating Indigenous ways of knowing with Western science, particularly in areas like astronomy, ecology, and education.
UHIFA
The Institute for Astronomy (IfA) was founded at the University of Hawai‘i (UH) in 1967 to manage the Haleakalā Observatories on Maui and the Mauna Kea Observatories on the Big Island, and to carry out its own program of fundamental research into the stars, planets, and galaxies that make up our Universe.
Polynesian Voyaging Society Hokuleia
Founded in 1973, the Polynesian Voyaging Society’s mission is to perpetuate the art and science of traditional Polynesian voyaging and the spirit of exploration through experiential educational programs that inspire students and their communities to respect and care for themselves, each other, and their natural and cultural environments.
Bishop Museum Astronomy Resources
Bishop Museum’s Jhamandas Watumull Planetarium opened in 1961. The Planetarium is instrumental in the recovery of the nearly lost art and science of traditional, non-instrument navigation in Hawaiʻi. The museum continues that legacy by serving as a training space for today’s navigators.
Kaiwakiloumoku Pacific Indigenous Institute
Welcome to the Ka‘iwakīloumoku website, a space to explore the breadth and depth of Hawaiian culture and the richness of our Pacific world.
Ohana Kilo Hoku
A Native Hawaiian non-profit organization with a mission to cultivate, nurture and support the advancement of youth in our communities who have the desire to connect, or who may already have a connection, to the science of the skies above.
Founding Director, Chad Kālepa Baybayan.
Documenting Alaska Indigenous Astronomy
Research by Chris M. Cannon as part of the Alaska Native Language Archive & Northern Studies in University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
Alaskan Native Heritage Center
The Alaska Native Heritage Center (ANHC) was created by a unanimous vote of the Alaska Federation of Natives in 1987, which called for the establishment of a statewide Alaska Native culture center.
PRINT BOOKS RESOURCE
Stars of the First People: Native American Star Myths and Constellations (The Pruett Series)
Written by Dorcas S Miller, an Outward Bound lead, he collected oral histories from various tribes throughout North America. This collection surveys celestial myths relating to creation, coming of age, hunting, and tricksters, and it conveys the values, rituals, and everyday life of Native American culture.
NA INOA HOKU: HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC STAR NAMES
Hawaiian scholars Rubellite Kawena Johnson and John Kaipo Mahelona published Nā Inoa Hōkū in 1975, a Catalogue of Hawaiian and Pacific Star Names. Nā Inoa Hōkū is still widely regarded as a definitive source of reference for anyone interested in the use of astronomy in Polynesian voyaging or the nature and development of ritual and calendrical practices throughout the Pacific. Working with British archaeoastronomer Clive Ruggles, the authors have revised and extended the catalogues and transformed the discussion of their wider context and significance, resulting in a much stronger focus upon the rich historical legacy of the Hawaiian Islands themselves. This new edition of Nā Inoa Hōkū is completely overhauled, vastly expanded, and includes new translation of many key primary Hawaiian sources from the mid-nineteenth century onwards.
Feeding your Soul
Crystals in the Sky: An Intellectual Odyssey Involving Chumash Astronomy, Cosmology and Rock Art (Anthropological Papers : No. 10). Printed by Ballena Print in 1978. The book includes the relationship between Chumashian and the sky, but also mentions many other California Indian societies such as Pomo, Yokuts, Western Mono, Acjachemen, Payómkawichum, Kitanemuk, Tongva, Kumeyaay and Pueblo peoples. Written by Travis Hudson (Author), Ernest Underhay (Author)
The Rock Paintings of the Chumash: A Study of a California Indian Culture
The Rock Paintings of the Chumash: A Study of a California Indian Culture Hardcover. Published by the Unversity of California Press in 1966 authored by Campbell Grant. While this covers a broad range of the Chumash's relationship to the natural world, this book gives readers a good overview of the rock paintings at Santa Barbara. Grant provided background information on the people, settlement, society, technology, language, religion and shamanism, food gathering and preparation and inter-tribal relationships so that reader has an understanding of this community.