On 14 October a solar eclipse will sweep over North, Central and South America. But for Indigenous people across the region, the phenomenon has long held additional significance.
There's something entrancing about a solar eclipse. Gathered in an Oregon field on 21 August 2017, many in our group had travelled hundreds of miles from all directions to put ourselves in the path of totality. As the Moon began to slide in front of the Sun, the light grew dim and strange. When it reached totality, it was as though the entire world held its breath. Birds stopped singing, conversations went silent and the air around us cooled. Even the breeze seemed to grow still.
The summertime Paddle the Night Sky tour takes you for a starlit paddle and wraps up by a bonfire, where you'll learn about the ancient teachings of the star world and constellations. Neilson, now a professor at Memorial University in Newfoundland, says he began recognising this overlooked perspective when his own astrophysics education didn't include any Indigenous astronomy. While it's essential to learn things like how a star generates energy, he says science should also incorporate knowledge from the people who've been in place since time immemorial. So, he began seeking out information.
In Alberta, Canada, the Stoney Nakoda people believed solar eclipses were omens of things to come and the eclipse was a time to prepare. In Arizona, the Navajo Nation will be closingto all visitors during the 14 October eclipse. Because, for them, a solar eclipse is a time for renewal, reflection and prayer.
While a solar eclipse can get people to turn their eyes upward, she says that in order to nurture that sense of interconnection discovered during those thrilling moments of totality, we may need to re-establish our relationship to the Sun, the Moon, the planets and the stars.
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