A future of stargazing guided by our ancestors

The story of Tshakapesh and his snaring of the sun is another way of explaining the annular eclipse – it’s one of the Innu stories passed down over thousands of years that is based on precise observations of the night sky. Rosanna speaks with astronomer, Laurie Rousseau-Nepton about the methodologies of her ancestors that showed the connections between climate, the earth, the stars, and us. Also on the show, Haudenosaunee knowledge keeper and astronomer, Samantha Doxtator, who is educating future generations through her portable planetarium and self-proclaimed space nerd, Ajuawak Kapashesit, on his new series “Sky World”.