INDIGST 2N03

PERSPECTIVES ON INDIGENOUS AND EUROCENTRIC ASTRONOMY

Undergraduate

Fall 2026 · T01

Topics

Introduction
Celestial motions and timescales Class reading 1
Guest speaker 1 – Bonita Bohnet Class reading 2
No tutorial; Sep 30 th is National Day of Truth and Reconciliation The Moon and eclipses Quiz 1; due Oct 1 st Class reading 3
Planets, exoplanets, and life in the universe Quiz 2; due Oct 22 nd Class reading 5
Guest speaker 3 – Samantha Doxtator Assignment 3 “Hands-on assignment”; due Oct 29 th Class reading 6
Black holes and relativity Quiz 3; due Nov 5 th Class reading 7 Project progress report 2; due Nov 5 th
Guest speaker 4 – Corey Gray Assignment 4 “Research assignment”; due Nov 12 th Class reading 8

2. Free Eurocentric/Western astronomy textbook by Fraknoi, Morrison, and Wolff: https://openstax.org/details/books/astronomy
Required
2. Free Eurocentric/Western astronomy textbook by Fraknoi, Morrison, and Wolff: https://openstax.org/details/books/astronomy
See source

Fall 2025 · Prspctvs Indgns & Ercntc Astrn · C01

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