i was wondering how indigenous tribes constellations, identification and sky tracking has changed over the centuries. Can i just say, in defence of myselfth, that my stand up is not the enemy of the cosmos. If anything, it's squid game. What are some of the more famous constellations that have made it into the modern lexicon? Oh, interesting. We think of ursa major a through the so called greek a a constellations,. or astroisms, the nicknames for the stars, you know, the big dipper and a. And we also have a lot ofa teachings there, like one from the ininuya who said:
What does the night’s sky look like for Indigenous peoples? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Negin Farsad take a deep dive into the constellation map of Indigenous skies with professor Annette Lee.
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