Description:
Living in Balance: Anishinaabe Star Knowledge highlights Anishinaabe stories of constellations and moons in relation to contemporary insights about environmental changes, emphasizing how the environment and its changes affect star knowledge. It presents teachings about the stars, planets, seasons, and how to live a good life, respecting the lands, waters, animals, and all forms of life.
The show presenter has indigenous knowledge on its own and not in relation to western knowledge.
The script and art was created by Dr. Elizabeth LaPensée and the show heavily features the Eastern dialect of Anishinaabemowin. It was narrated, reviewed, and approved by Anishinaabe elders and community members. Teachings shared by Native Skywatchers Carl Gawboy, William Wilson, and Dr. Annette S. Lee are narrated by Aarin Dokum with Anishinaabemowin translations by Alphonse Pitawanakwat.