• Auntie Samantha Doxtator (Oneida) Sky Knowledge Carrier/Eclipse

  • Mar 20 2024
  • Length: 47 mins
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Auntie Samantha Doxtator (Oneida) Sky Knowledge Carrier/Eclipse

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  • AUNTIE: Wa’tkwanonhweráton Sewakwékon. On April 8th, 2024 the path of totality of the solar eclipse will fall over our Haudenosaunee homelands surrounding Lake Ontario. It’s an historic event that we’ve been anticipating for years as we remember a similar eclipse that signaled the beginnings our Confederacy generations ago. Today we’re visiting with a key carrier of Haudenosaunee astronomy, Samantha Doxtator, who is Wolf Clan of Oneida Nation, to discuss the eclipse and so much more. Samantha’s sky teachings were rendered through the great loss of her sister Sasha to cancer in 2021 -- and Samantha’s own liminal journey when she fell seriously ill soon after her sister passed. When she recovered - Samantha picked up the astronomy work that Sasha began in university – and now she is sharing powerful insight - in places like Hayden Planetarium in New York City, with NASA in Niagara Falls at the time of the eclipse, and in engagements all across our confederacy. SAMANTHA: Our people we’ve always been scientists. We’ve always been astronomers. We’re 80 percent stardust and we’re just souls… made of flames. AUNTIE: In the wake of our historic eclipse – around a thousand years back – the warring nations that became our confederacy buried weapons and chose great peace with each other. Samantha says the April 8th eclipse is significant because she believes the Haudenosaunee will choose again to bury the weapons of oppression they’ve experienced through both colonization and lateral violence. SAMANTHA: So on the next solar eclipse that is over our homelands in 120 years when our great grandkids say I wonder what my great, great grandparents did in 2024 – they will have actual concrete historic documents that will say “In 2024, the Haudenosaunee buried their oppression. And they did it for all people.” AUNTIE: I’m Kahstoserakwathe and we are Yetinistéhnha ne tekaronyakánare. The Aunties Dandelion and we’re sharing visits with powerful Indigenous changemakers focused on land, language, and connections with each other. Our podcast is possible through the support of Canada’s Indigenous Screen Office teyonkhiwihstakénha – wa’tkwenonhweráton. We can continue to bring you this powerful content when you like, share, give us feedback, and take the time to listen to your Aunties.
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