Editor note: Human error got the best of me, and despite actually discussing with Carl during our interview (before recording) the difference between astrology and astronomy, I proceeded to use the wrong term in the title of this podcast episode and throughout the post and podcast notes. Carl Gawboy is an astrologist. The below has been corrected. Thank you for understanding!
Modern American culture uses Greek mythology to refer to stars and constellations in the night sky. But a rich tradition of Natvie American astronomy and indigenous star stories is out there, too, waiting for us to learn it. Better yet? Native American astronomy and learning star stories can help us chart the seasons and help us enjoy heading outside.
In this episode of Humans Outside Carl Gawboy, a Native American astronomy, Native Skywatchers elder and Ojibwe artist based in Minnesota, guides us through his groundbreaking work in Ojibwe star stories and what they can mean to us today. At almost 80, Carl shares a lifetime of work, study and cultural understanding with us.
[3:32] Carl Gawboy’s favorite outdoor space
[5:55] How Carl became someone who likes to go outside
[7:31] How indigenous star stories because a part of his journey
[16:32] How he discovered the connection of Ojibwe pictographs to star stories
[26:19] What the Hegman Lake pictographs mean
[32:05] The Ojibwe words for what’s in those pictographs
[34:00] What do you indigenous star stories teach us about our world today?
[38:19] How Carl’s artwork and star stories connect to simplicity
[42:29] The role of myth in understanding our world
[45:44] Using star stories to chart the year
[48:57] How to learn more about star stories wherever you are
Editor note: Human error got the best of me, and despite actually discussing with Carl during our interview (before recording) the difference between astrology and astronomy, I proceeded to use the wrong term in the title of this podcast episode and throughout the post and podcast notes. Carl Gawboy is an astrologist. The below has been corrected. Thank you for understanding!
Modern American culture uses Greek mythology to refer to stars and constellations in the night sky. But a rich tradition of Natvie American astronomy and indigenous star stories is out there, too, waiting for us to learn it. Better yet? Native American astronomy and learning star stories can help us chart the seasons and help us enjoy heading outside.
In this episode of Humans Outside Carl Gawboy, a Native American astronomy, Native Skywatchers elder and Ojibwe artist based in Minnesota, guides us through his groundbreaking work in Ojibwe star stories and what they can mean to us today. At almost 80, Carl shares a lifetime of work, study and cultural understanding with us.
[3:32] Carl Gawboy’s favorite outdoor space
[5:55] How Carl became someone who likes to go outside
[7:31] How indigenous star stories because a part of his journey
[16:32] How he discovered the connection of Ojibwe pictographs to star stories
[26:19] What the Hegman Lake pictographs mean
[32:05] The Ojibwe words for what’s in those pictographs
[34:00] What do you indigenous star stories teach us about our world today?
[38:19] How Carl’s artwork and star stories connect to simplicity
[42:29] The role of myth in understanding our world
[45:44] Using star stories to chart the year
[48:57] How to learn more about star stories wherever you are
