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Location:
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SS Ballroom DE |
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Date:
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Monday, Aug.1 |
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Time:
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6:30 PM -7:00 PM
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Author:
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Mark Hollabaugh, Normandale Community College
651-261-4125, mark.hollabaugh@normandale.edu
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Co-Author(s):
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None
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Abstract:
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Ethnoastronomy is the study of an indigenous people's astronomy. Through legends, winter counts, and second-hand reports, we know a great deal about astronomy on the Great Plains in the 19th century. This talk will explore how ethnoastronomers use many well-known tools of astronomy to understand phenomena, events, and beliefs of a native people. Focusing primarily on the Lakota people of the western Dakotas, examples will include eclipses, meteor showers, and the aurora borealis.
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Footnotes:
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None
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