Under the snowshoe trail: Documenting Alaska’s indigenous astronomy

Astronomy is a fundamental component of all Alaska Native cultures, yet there has so far been no systematic effort to document indigenous knowledge of the Alaskan sky. What little work has been done suggests a rich domain of linguistic knowledge. Comparison with the Eastern Arctic suggests that Alas...

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Main Author: Cannon, Chris
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10125/26111