The First Astronomers: How Indigenous Elders read the Stars

reprint softback with stiff wrappers As New large octavo xiv + 290pp., colour plates, text ills., maps, glossary, references, index, Aboriginal Elders are expert observers of the stars. They teach that everything on the land is reflected in the sky, and everything in the sky is reflected on the land. How does this work, and how can we better understand our place in the universe? Guided by six First Nations Elders, Duane Hamacher takes us on a journey across space and time to reveal the wisdom of the first astronomers.