Thursday, September 26
12:30 - 2 pm
Duncan McArthur Hall Auditorium (B101)
511 Union Street
Everyone is welcome to attend - including school groups!
This presentation will take you on an introspective journey through Haudenosaunee Cosmology. From creation to current innovations, perseverance and the cycles of life and death that correlate with the stars. You will experience your own connections to grief, healing, compassion, and peace. Many communities have referred to this presentation as Good Medicine, which aligns with Samantha's intentions to help heal Indigenous oppression with astronomical knowledge and original ways of knowing. This information will light a new spark inside of you, and you will want to see it again and again.
Samantha Doxtator is a Personal Development Consultant who specializes in teaching life and employable skills that are grounded by traditional values. She has over 25 years of communications experience and uses this knowledge to help build bridges of new understandings.
Samantha has recently accepted the gift to continue the work and research on Indigenous Astronomy by her sister Sasha who passed away in July 2021. Sasha's passion for infusion of Indigenous Knowledge and Science in Education will continue to be remembered.
The sharing of this knowledge and research has been referred to as medicine by many communities. This aligns with Samantha's intentions, which are to heal Indigenous oppression with the focus of nurturing intergenerational gifts, creativity, and innovation