Indigenous Astronomy: As Told by the Haudenosaunee

Name: Indigenous Astronomy: As Told by the Haudenosaunee
Start: 2026-10-03T13:00:00
End: 2026-10-03T15:00:00

In-person

Indigenous Intercultural Science & technology Library Storytelling

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Date and time

Sat, Oct 3, 1:00PM - 3:00PM

Location

West Harbour Branch - HPL

77 Harbourside Way

Hamilton, ON

Access

Free.

Offered in English.

Wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral washrooms.

About

Learn about Haudenosaunee Cosmology with Samantha Doxtator.

Join us for an immersive afternoon of Haudenosaunee Cosmology. We are honored to welcome Samantha Doxtator (Oneida Nation, Wolf Clan) for a special presentation, including traditional knowledge sharing and science. Discover the connection between the land and the sky at the newly opened West Harbour branch.

Samantha Doxtator is a Personal Development Consultant who specializes in teaching life and employability skills that are grounded by traditional values. Her many years of experience and knowledge help build bridges of new understandings.

She has accepted the gift to continue the work and research on Indigenous Astronomy by her sister Sasha who passed away July of 2021. This presentation blends culture and science in an astonishing way and will change the way you look at the cosmos.

Samantha is the first Indigenous Woman to present at the Hayden Planetarium located at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, and most recently shared knowledge at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago and aspires to visit and share at many more planetariums all over the world.

Currently Samantha is working on purchasing her own portable planetarium to share the perspective of traveling through the stars and has dreams to one day build an Indigenous Science Centre.

The sharing of this knowledge has been referred to as being very uplifting by many communities across Turtle Island, which aligns with Samantha’s intentions to nurture intergenerational gifts & brilliance.

Presented in partnership with the City of Hamilton's Indigenous Relations Division.

Registration Required. Please register at hpl.ca.

Organizer

Hamilton Public Library

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