{"id":970,"date":"2014-11-05T11:52:42","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T14:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nature1st.net\/mag\/?p=970"},"modified":"2014-11-05T11:52:42","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T14:52:42","slug":"november-meeting-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nature1st.net\/mag\/?p=970","title":{"rendered":"November Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Speakers:<\/strong> Cathy LeBlanc &amp; Dave Chapman<br \/>\n<strong>Topic:<\/strong> In Search of the 13th Mi&#8217;kmaw Moon<\/p>\n<p>t = This Saturday, November 8, 7 p.m.<br \/>\nR = Avonport, 475 Bluff Road<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><br \/>\nLongtime RASC member Dave Chapman is teaming with Acadia First Nation member Cathy LeBlanc to present \u201cIn Search of the 13th Mi\u2019kmaw Moon.\u201d (Cathy is also a seasonal cultural interpreter at Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site.)<\/p>\n<p>This presentation is a progress report on a joint project by Cathy and Dave to investigate the traditional time-keeping customs of the Mi\u2019kmaw nation, before contact with Europeans. Much of this knowledge\u2014handed down by oral tradition\u2014has been lost over the ensuing four centuries. Today, thanks to research by Cheryl Bartlett and others at Cape Breton University, the names of the moon-times have been resurrected and applied to the 12 months of the Gregorian Calendar\u2014but there is more to the story!<\/p>\n<p>In this talk, Cathy and Dave will present what they have discovered so far, using a research method known as \u201cTwo-Eyed Seeing,\u201d whereby the traditional teachings guide the astronomical investigation and the astronomical facts are used to interpret the traditional teachings. This joint presentation by Cathy and Dave is sure to be memorable\u2014don\u2019t miss it!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong><br \/>\nIf the main parking lot is full when you arrive, park next door (#465) and take the path that begins next to the garage. Bring a flashlight to help illuminate the path.<\/p>\n<p><em>Roy \u00a0will have the 2015 Natural History Calendar (Blomidon Naturalists <\/em><br \/>\n<em>Society) at Saturday&#8217;s MAG meeting.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The calendar has a complete tide table for Minas Basin (times and <\/em><br \/>\n<em>ranges), astronomical highlights for the year, and much more <\/em><br \/>\n<em>information. Produced in Nova Scotia by volunteers, all $ received <\/em><br \/>\n<em>support the Blomidon Naturalists Society. Calendars are $15 per copy. <\/em><br \/>\n<em>Buy one for yourself, and a few more as unique Christmas gifts.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speakers: Cathy LeBlanc &amp; Dave Chapman Topic: In Search of the 13th Mi&#8217;kmaw Moon t = This Saturday, November 8, 7 p.m. R = Avonport, 475 Bluff Road Summary: Longtime RASC member Dave Chapman is teaming with Acadia First Nation member Cathy LeBlanc to present \u201cIn Search of the 13th Mi\u2019kmaw Moon.\u201d (Cathy is also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy-talk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nature1st.net\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nature1st.net\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nature1st.net\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nature1st.net\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nature1st.net\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=970"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nature1st.net\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":971,"href":"http:\/\/nature1st.net\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/970\/revisions\/971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nature1st.net\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nature1st.net\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nature1st.net\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}