Native American Oral Traditions - On the Rocks (ZOOM)
Class - Fall Only | Available (Membership Required)
This is a fascinating 8-week course covering Native American oral traditions written or painted on rocks. Petroglyphs (pecked in the rocks) and pictographs (painted on the rocks) create questions and complex answers. Rock writings are the language of symbols created by the ancestors of Native Americans. In this course, you will come to understand the symbols and learn about the culture that created them.
The Rock Writings represent the oral traditions of these people. All interpretations of the Rock Writings come from the Native American culture. If others understand there is a meaning, perhaps they will show respect and not vandalize the sites.
Kaye (Feather) Robinson
Kaye (Whitefeather aka Feather) Robinson had the opportunity to walk in two worlds. Her father came from the Blackfeet heritage. Her mother came from the heritage of Liverpool, England. That means she can do Native American ceremonies to the Beatle tunes. She has studied with seven different tribes: the Blackfeet, Lakota, Paiute, Navaho, Hopi, Seminole, and Chumash. She appreciates the wisdom she learned from the Native American Culture and the Anglo culture. Both have much to offer. She has studied archaeology for the past 30 years and is now a researcher and teacher of archaeoastronomy, archaeology, Native Plants usages, Native American traditions and all the stories attached to those worlds. She is a teaching assistant at Utah Tech University for the archaeology classes. However, archaeoastronomy is her passion. She likes to introduce Native Science to others and to show that ancient cultures had wisdom and knowledge we have yet to discover. She now has a published article in the book "Star Circles" by Dr. Ivy Merriot. Dr. Merriot is an astronomer who teaches at the University of Montana. Along with "Star Circles", Dr. Merriot authored "Exploratory Research of the Big Horn Medicine Wheel."