'Legends of the Northern Sky': Movie explores Cree culture's connection to the stars Social Sharing

Monday, April 22, 2019 12:49 PM | Deleted user

Legends of the Northern Sky, the first full-dome digital projection film to play at the Ziedler Dome in more than 30 years, is a local production featuring students from Ermineskin Elementary School in Maskwacis.

One of the film's storytellers is Wilfred Buck. He's an expert in Indigenous astronomy and known to kids as "the star guy."

"The film is based on research that I have done in the last 13 years," said Buck, who has studied First Nations astronomy and the connection Western Cree people have had to the sky.

"It was extensive research and a lot of it, we realized, was based on ceremony and based on the ceremonial songs and how they connect from the stars to us here on earth."

The film is part of the TELUS World of Science's efforts to tell local stories linked to science.

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