Native star gazer to come to Mount Pleasant
A series of presentations featuring Dakota artist Annette Lee will take place at Central Michigan University and the Ziibiwing Center on Friday, Oct. 17.
Lee is a professor of physics and astronomy at St. Cloud State University and founder of Native Skywatchers, a program seeking to revitalize Ojibwe and Dakota star knowledge and create a community around it.
Lee will be present on "Ojibway Sky Stories of the Fall and Winter Stars," at the Ziibiwing Center from 1 to 2 p.m. The event includes a book signing.
The following speechat CMU will discuss the revitalization of the indigenous star language. The presentation will be held at the Anspach Hall Auditorium, Room 161, from 3:30 to 5 p.m.
The event is sponsored by the Ziibiwing Center, the Olga J. and G. Roland Denison Visiting Professorship of Native American Studies, and the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences.
