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Light and eyes in indigenous culture activity

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Light and eyes in indigenous culture activity

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Light and eyes in indigenous culture activity

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First nations people believed that the sun healed and gave peace to all, they thought the cause of this was the warmth. Some indigenous people believed that someone carried a sun all day and hung it up at night or even some stories were about a bird that threw it up into space before there was ever light. The main focus of this is that they thought it was one of the most important things for humankind. Many indigenous people feel a relationship to the sun with how many good things it brings for the earth. The sun also represents life and sustains many ecosystems while also bringing positivity.

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Polar lights in Indigenous culture - Isabella Terry

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Polar lights in Indigenous culture - Isabella Terry

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What are polar lights? Polar lights, also known as the northern lights or auroras, these happen when charged particles, such as electrons and protons collide with gases in Earth's upper atmosphere. This creates a bright green ripple in the sky. The polar lights aren't just pretty though, they symbolize one very important thing in indigenous culture. These stunning lights to indigenous people, can represent their ancestors. The lights are to be the spirits of the dead, coming back to communicate with the living. It's to show that there is more beyond this human form. That we are not alone, and beyond our human lives there is more waiting for us. They also have a special name for these lights. In cree it is ka-nimihitocik (literally meaning: they who are dancing) For most people in general seeing these spectacular lights are also a sign of good luck.

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an oil lamp is a lamp that provides light and warmth to the earth is also one of the first build of light in the world made in 4500 bc/9th century persia then candles came out its also has no smoke residue they are also odorless lamp is made out of soapstone it has a vessel to hold oil from burning the bible spoke about them too saying 'They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them' its also a flamable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps.

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The First Nations used stars to navigate. They would use song lines to help them remember where the best sources of food and water are. When travelers would come by they would use the song lines to tell them about the landscape. Each song line would mark or reveal a place where you can get your needs. The First Nations would make star maps to show the best way to travel between 2 different places that were very far apart. They would create star maps in the snow to help them remember. The elders would pass on the knowledge to the younger generations, teaching them.

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GRANDMOTHER MOON: THE FEMALE ENERGY

It is said that Grandmother Moon watches over the waters of the Earth. We see this in her regulating of the tides.Just as Grandmother Moon watches over the waters of the Earth, it is said that women watch over the waters of the people. Water always comes before new life.

MOONTIME

It is said that the moon cycle is a gift to women. It is a time to cleanse herself mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually.Women can ask Grandmother Moon for direction in life, for wisdom, and for help for her children and others. Grandmother Moon can give her healing and balancing energy to women.

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So actually is the symbolism of light and darkness? Well there is lots to know about the symbolism of light and darkness, but the main thing someone would need to know about this topic is that it is a very important key aspect of their unique culture. For darkness it represents that something is dead or decaying, like animals, things, people, etc. Dark is also known as something that is to be sad, or something that is sorrowful. Light on the other hand is something that is living and thriving in different seasons, like rough times in winter, or bright and sunny times like in summer or spring. Light (like the sun) is considered to be a very special and sacred part of the Indigenous culture because the sun helps things like plants, and animals grow and survive. The sun is also believed that it represents live giving (like the sentence above) and healing powers that heals and warms the soul, spirit and the body.

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The Indigenous peoples used star maps and song lines as some of the ways to show them where they were. The Elders would remember the star maps and would teach them to the younge so that the knowledge would be passed on to the next generation. The star maps would help them find where they were and give them an idea of where they were going. It would help them navigate and travel over the land. They would also use song lines to educate others on where to line the best sources of food, water and where to find shelter. When the Indigenous peoples would travel places in groups the elders would lead and show everyone else the way.

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The sun represent life

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the two eyed seeing concept or ETHUAPTMUMK is the strength of seeing through one eye with strengths of indigenous ways of knowledge and knowing.

it is a gift of perspective and is valued lots by the aboriginal people. the two eyed seeing concept is in elder alberts words "takes you into a place where you are very conscious of how the human two legged are interdependent and interconnective with the natural world... this philsophy and ideology is so ingrained in your subconcsious that your are constantly aware of not creating a inbalance in your life" another point is that when your destroy some ones way of knowledge and seeing the world is very difficult to embrace anything and makes them not complete and prevents them to live in a harmonious way. that is a brief explanation of the two eyed seeing concept

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Polar lights are light displays in the earth's sky. when charged particles collide with gases in Earth's upper atmosphere. The polar lights are usually known as northern lights or auroras. parents told their kids that you should not play and whistle or the light will come scoop your head and kick it around like a football.

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what is the symbolism of Light and Darkness? and does it represent indigenous culture? The symbolism of light and darkness is a very interesting topic and there are many things to learn about. Indigenous peoples believe that light represents happiness, wealth, prosperity and overall meaning a good life. However darkness meaning sadness, death, chaos, sorrow, and a bad life. The seasons are a key aspect in representing light and darkness. Again light meaning summer time, happy, bright and sunny, and darkness meaning foggy, dark, cold like in the winter time. light is a very important and special part of the indigenous culture. The reason why it is so sacred and a very special thing to them is because light including the sun makes things grow, like plants and keeps things growing and helps animals live. Light also brightens up rooms, and dark places and brings warmth, the sun heals and is said to give warmth and warms the body.

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full moon in indigenous culture : Addisyn

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full moon in indigenous culture : Addisyn

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On a full moon the women can go out and ask grandmother moon for a new energy .and women on there moon time can go and take time for themself and have strong dreams. and she can take water then ask grandmother to bless her water and then the water would become her medicine. and each woman brings a container of water then they can pour the water into a bowl .and then this water is then offered to grandmother moon and the earth and at the end of the ceremony the water would be called moon water. and for that hole month the water would be medicine.

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the two eyed seeing concept or what it

can also be called ETHUAPTMUMK by

saying it refers to learning to see from one eye with

the sthrengths of the indeginous

knowledges and ways of knowing,

and from the other eye with the strengths of Western

knowledges and ways of knowing ... and learning to use

both these eyes together, for the benefit of all.

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the two eyed seeing concept also called

ETHUAPTMUMKby saying it refers to learning to see

from one eye with the strengths of Indigenous

knowledges and ways of knowing, and from the other

eye with the strengths of Western

knowledges and ways of knowing ... and

learning to use both these eyes together,

for the benefit of all.