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1. AMINOU_150826_23.JPG: Our Universes: Traditional Knowledge Shapes Our World: In this gallery, you'll discover how Native people understand their place in the universe and order their daily lives. Our philosophies of life come from our ancestors. They taught us to live in harmony with the animals, plants, spirit world, and the people around us. In Our Universes, you'll encounter Native people from the Western Hemisphere who continue to express this wisdom in ceremonies, celebrations, languages, arts, religions, and daily life. It is our duty to pass these teachings on to succeeding generations. For that is the way to keep our traditions alive.
2. AMINOU_150826_31.JPG: How the Raven Stole the Sun: The sun figures prominently in Native American ceremonies, creation stories, and art. This sculpture is based on the Tlingit story, "How Raven Stole the Sun." In the story, Raven releases the sun and the moon from boxes held by a chief. This gives light to the people and creates day and night.
3. AMINOU_150826_73.JPG: Passing Down the Stories: Native spiritual values live in stories. Passed verbally from generation to generation, the stories preserve Native culture, languages, and ways of explaining the universe.
4. AMINOU_150826_79.JPG: Moon: In Native stories, the moon helps to create the universe, Native peoples, and life on earth. The cycles of the moon also provide a guide to the ways of the universe and a method of charting the passage of time.
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Description of Subject Matter: Our Universes: Traditional Knowledge Shapes Our World
September 21, 2004 – Permanent
Focusing on Native cosmology and organized around one solar year, this exhibition explores the annual ceremonies of Native peoples as a window on their ancestral teachings. Under a "night sky" of fiber-optic stars and constellations, discover how celestial bodies shape the daily lives—and establish the calendars of ceremonies and celebrations—of Native peoples today. Featured communities: Mapuche (Chile), Lakota (South Dakota), Quechua (Peru), Yup'ik (Alaska), Q'eq'chi, Maya (Guatemala), Santa Clara Pueblo (New Mexico), Anishinaabe (Hollow Water, Manitoba, Canada), and Hupa (California). The exhibition also highlights the Denver (Colorado) March Powwow, the North American Indigenous Games, and the Day of the Dead—seasonal celebrations that bring Native peoples together.
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