Where to find The Wintermaker, Curly Tail, The Sacred Loop and more indigenous constellations in the night sky.
, Virgo and Corvus, but in Navajo sky lore there are two figures. Átsé Etsoh sees the upper part of Scorpius as a torso of an elder with a walking stick and a basket. To his left beyond the bright star Spica in Virgo, amid the stars of Corvus, is another figure called Hastiin Sik'aí'ií .
. The Dakota culture has a variety of names including Çan Hd/Gleska Wakan , Inipi/Initipi and Ki Inyanka Ocanku . The pattern is very similar to the Winter Circle or Winter Loop, but with one key difference — instead of Aldebaran as a constituent star, the Pleiades is used. If you're curious about Native American constellations and want to learn more of the star lore behind them then be sure to read Nancy C. Maryboy's
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