7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Michael Wassegijig Price, Native American author, presenter, and professor at Bemidji State University in Minnesota, will also give a Dark Sky presentation “Annishinaabe Star Knowledge: Indigenous Astronomy” on the shores of Lake Huron at Negwegon State Park Saturday evening starting at 7:00 PM. Please note a DNR Recreational Passports is required for park entry. ($11.00)
Michael has presented to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian’s symposium entitled, “Stellar Connections: Explorations in Cultural Astronomy.” He has also been teaching a class called Indigenous Astronomy at Bemidji State University in MN since 2007. http://www.michaelwassegijig.com/
Besser Museum Planetarium Director, John Heath will bring telescopes to the Dark Sky event for public use.
Free Event
“This project is funded in part by Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.”
Contact Christine Witulski, Executive Director, The Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan at 989-356-2202
For directions to Negwegon State Park in Ossineke, MI click on link.
http://www.us23heritageroute.org/location.asp?ait=av&aid=5629
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