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Museum Entrance Welcome to the Museum of Aboriginal knowledge of the Solar system

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The Farmers

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 Time from one new moon or full moon to the next.  About a 29.5 day cycle LUNAR MONTH

 Aboriginal people think that existence is made up of number of interconnected realms.  Realms include: sea world, land world, spirit world and sky world. AN INTERCONNECTED UNIVERSE

 Phases of the moon, tides, currents, and erosions are apart of Western science.  Knowledge on constellation movement is apart of Astronomy.  Not all aspects of their knowledge is considered.  The story of Raven bringing light into the world isn't considered in Science. HOW HAS ABORIGINAL KNOWLEDGE CONTRIBUTED TO WESTERN SCIENCE

 Is a way that some people purposely interact with the spiritual realm.  Can happen anywhere and anytime.  Involve prayer, fasting, cleansing and isolation VISION QUEST

 Kwakwaka ‘wakw call the Milky Way the “the seam of heaven”.  The constellations Orion and star pattern Pleiades are seen as sea otter hunters and their canoes frozen in the sky. DID YOU KNOW… BACK

 Fishermen depend on the lunar phases and the moons influence on fish species, weather, and tides for fishing.  Aboriginals believed in “reading” the positions of stars and planets.  Hunters, fishermen, and mariners use the sky to determine their location.  Knowing positions of Celestial bodies helps measure the length of a season. HOW DO THE ABORIGINAL USE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE MOON?

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 BC Science Nelson 9  knowledge.html  pdf  robertdavidson.ca  constellation-guide.com  feminis.ro  fishcreekalaska.com BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. How long is the lunar month? a) 31 days c) 29.5 days b) 15 days d) 9.5 days 2. What are all the realms? a) Sky world c) sea world, spirit world and spirit world b) Spirit world,sea world d) land world, sea world, spirit world, sky world True or False 3. Not all aspects of their knowledge is considered.____ 4. Knowing positions of the Celestial bodies helped tell the time.___ 5. How did the Aboriginals depend on the sky/moon?

 29.5 days  Land worlds, sea world, spirit world, sky world  True  False, they helped tell the length of a seasons.  depend on the lunar phases and the moons for fishing, use the sky to determine their location, Knowing positions of Celestial bodies helps measure the length of a season. ANSWERS