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Indigenous Astronomy: As Told by the Haudenosaunee with Samantha Doxtator
May 26 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Indigenous Astronomy: As Told by the Haudenosaunee
with Samantha Doxtator
Tuesday, May 26th, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Join us for an immersive evening of Haudenosaunee Cosmology. We are honored to welcome Samantha Doxtator (Oneida Nation, Wolf Clan) for a special night of traditional knowledge sharing and science. Discover the connection between the land and the sky.
The Hume Cronyn Memorial Observatory will also be present with telescopes to explore the skies after sunset.
Included in this event is a chance to learn about traditional teachings, tea, and a small snack.
Samantha Doxtator is a Personal Development Consultant who specializes in teaching life and employability skills that are grounded by traditional values. Her many years of experience and knowledge help build bridges of new understandings.
She has accepted the gift to continue the work and research on Indigenous Astronomy by her sister Sasha who passed away July of 2021. This presentation blends culture and science in an astonishing way and will change the way you look at the cosmos.
Samantha is the first Indigenous Woman to present at the Hayden Planetarium located at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, and most recently shared knowledge at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago and aspires to visit and share at many more planetariums all over the world.
Currently Samantha is working on purchasing her own portable planetarium to share the perspective of traveling through the stars and has dreams to one day build an Indigenous Science Centre.
The sharing of this knowledge has been referred to as being very uplifting by many communities across Turtle Island, which aligns with Samantha’s intentions to nurture intergenerational gifts & brilliance.
General Admission at the door, $5.
Free general admission for First Nations, Inuit & Métis.
