Sunday, December 22, 2024

How Indigenous traditional knowledge is improving our understanding of aurora borealis; CBC Radio, December 22, 2024

Adam Killick , CBC Radio; How Indigenous traditional knowledge is improving our understanding of aurora borealis

"While modern science explains the mechanism of the aurora borealis, members of First Nation, Inuit and Métis communities say that their traditional knowledge, which goes back thousands of years, can help explain its meaning — in mythology, legend and even weather forecasting. 

The two ways of knowing can be complementary, said Jennifer Howse, an education specialist at the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory, just north of Calgary. Howse is also a member of the Métis Nation of Alberta."

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