Rapid City filmmakers are creating a documentary about Lakota Star Knowledge for the Journey Museum. The names children learn for constellations are from Greek or Roman tradition. But other cultures, the Lakota among them, have defined what they can see of the universe in their own terms. SDPB’s Victoria Wicks reports on the documentary, the last project of a NASA grant to the museum.
Documentary Teaches Lakota Children How Ancestors Viewed The Universe
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Film director Sam Hurst talks with Dr. Craig Howe, to discuss how to proceed on the unscripted documentary.
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Director Sam Hurst meets with Spring Creek students to discuss their role in the Lakota Star Knowledge documentary. "
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Dr. Craig Howe talks to the children about Winter Count documents while cameraman Marc Linn (in background) films the scene.
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Director Sam Hurst and cameraman Michael Linn talk inside the portable planetarium, with celestial bodies projected onto the ceiling and walls.
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