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Sun Eater: Red Earth Uncovered, Season 5

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This title is a part of the series Red Earth Uncovered, Season 5


Catalogue Number:  AS0857
Producer:  Animiki See Distribution Inc.
Producers:  Strutt, Peter and Louis, Lori
Directors:  Strutt, Peter and Louis, Lori
Producing Agencies:  Sagacious Media Inc.
Subject:  Astronomy, Canadian History, Canadian Social Studies, Documentary, First Nations Studies, Indigenous Issues, Indigenous Peoples, Science, Social Sciences, Social Studies
Language:  English
Grade Level:  9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin:  Canada
Copyright Year:  2024
Running Time:  22:01


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Doc sends Hayley to Idabel, Oklahoma, to learn about the Choctaw legend of a squirrel eating the sun. First she visits eclipse expert, Don Hladiuk, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, who describes how eclipses happen. Becca Chubb-way, Planetarium specialist in Calgary, tells her how eclipses are predicted by scientists.

Choctaw cosmology includes stories involving directions, showing a precontact geographical knowledge that spanned the continent. Dawn Standridge at the Wheelock Academy Historic Site shares the Choctaw story of Fvni Lusa, the black squirrel eating the sun which was scared away when they gathered and shouted. In many cultures, solar eclipses have been linked to legends of mythical beings eating or stealing the sun. In Asia it is a dragon, and in Norse mythology it was wolves who chased the sun and moon.


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