Professor netleya saint cloudsonogin is an expert on light pollution. She says it's blocking that level of connection between us and the stars. Her work also has to do with youth suicide rates in Minnesota, which are three times higher for native kids than they are across the nation.
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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