Sicangu Heritage Center, Lakota Star Knowledge Project Collection.

Lakota Star Knowledge Project Collection (1986.003).

These records were generated by an ethnoastronomy project conducted by SGU Instructor Ronald Goodman (1932-2001.) The project was designed to document star knowledge existing in the memory of Lakota elders. Included are audiotaped interviews with tribal elders, handwritten notes about other interviews, correspondence, newsclippings, and drafts for articles. Goodman published the results of his study in Lakota Star Knowledge: Studies in Lakota Stellar Theology. Access to the Star Knowledge Project materials (except secondary articles collected by Goodman while doing his research) is subject to approval by the Chairperson of the Sinte Gleska University Lakota Studies Department. Contact Archives Staff for information on restrictions.