McDonald Institute

General Admission - Adult

General Admission - Youth

<p fr-original-style='margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;' id="isPasted" style='margin: 0px 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;'>&ldquo;This is the oral tradition that I have passed down to the Haudenosaunee, the people of Six Nations, from one generation to the next. I now pass that tradition onto you so you will also know and understand the teachings contained in iotsistohkwaronnion (the stars), and when you see me in the sky you will also remember my words.&rdquo; <p fr-original-style='margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;' style='margin: 0px 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;'>Join us for a fascinating show that blends local culture, history, and modern-day astronomy that shares the Six Nation&rsquo;s sky lore and language through traditional indigenous night-sky stories.With narration and visuals by a live presentation and pre-recorded excerpts (in English and Mohawk), learn about the story of Onekw&aacute;:tara &ndash; the Seven Dancers of the Pleiades, and how the story is portrayed in the night sky. See the same stars with a completely different understanding and appreciation! This show was collaboratively produced by members of the Six Nations, McMaster&rsquo;s Indigenous Studies Program, and the McCallion Planetarium, and is hosted at Queen&#39;s University a partnership between the McDonald Institute and Quinte Mohawk School.<p fr-original-style='margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;' style='margin: 0px 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;'> <p fr-original-style='margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;' style='margin: 0px 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;'>Two free showings are available, so choose the time that works for you (10-11am or 11:20am-12:20pm on Saturday June 14th, 2025). <p fr-original-style='margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;' id="isPasted" style='margin: 0px 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;'>Capacity is limited in the shows, so please ensure you can attend if you get a ticket, and please cancel your ticket if you can no longer attend. Ticket-holders will be seated first, then we will make every effort to fit additional people, on a first-come, first-serve basis, until reaching capacity.<p fr-original-style='margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;' style='margin: 0px 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;'> <p fr-original-style='margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;' id="isPasted" style='margin: 0px 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;'>Parking is free on Saturdays on campus. We recommend parking in the Kinesiology Hall Parking lot, on the corner of Union and Division, 28 Division Avenue. Locating the gym in Mitchell Hall may be difficult. Follow the signage. Go upstairs, to the north side of the building (away from Union), then turn left.

Hi <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; color: rgb(42, 42, 196); padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; -webkit-user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;">First name ,&nbsp;Thank you for registering for the Indigenous Planetarium Show. Your event is scheduled for&nbsp;<span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{date-variable-017391df-37f5-426b-96f7-15f93db29161}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; color: rgb(42, 42, 196); padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; -webkit-user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;">Date&nbsp;at&nbsp;<span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{location-variable-ef9d35dc-9587-445a-97bc-c94a38630918}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; color: rgb(42, 42, 196); padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; -webkit-user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;">Location .&nbsp; We look forward to hosting you. Best Regards,&nbsp; -----------------------&nbsp;Nikhil Arora (he/him), PhDEducation and Outreach OfficerMcDonald InstituteQueens University<a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:nikhil.a@queensu.ca" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; -webkit-user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">nikhil.a@queensu.ca</a>613-533-6000 x 76281<img alt="attachment.png" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1749080514/wysiwyg/esejnejyats1qa2xvnhp.png" fr-original-style="" style="position: relative; max-width: 100%; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; -webkit-user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Queen&rsquo;s University is situated on traditional Anishinaabe &amp; Haudenosaunee Territory. Whose land are you on?&nbsp;&nbsp;Email communication including any information transmitted with it is intended only for the use of the addressee(s) and is confidential. If you are not an intended recipient or responsible for delivering the message to an intended recipient, any review, disclosure, conversion to hard copy, dissemination, reproduction or other use of any part of this communication is strictly prohibited, as is the taking or omitting of any action in reliance upon this communication. If you receive this communication in error or without authorization please notify us immediately by return e-mail or otherwise and permanently delete the entire communication from any computer, disk drive, or other storage medium.

<p style="margin:0px 0cm;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">“This is the oral tradition that I have passed down to the Haudenosaunee, the people of Six Nations, from one generation to the next. I now pass that tradition onto you so you will also know and understand the teachings contained in iotsistohkwaronnion (the stars), and when you see me in the sky you will also remember my words.” <p style="margin:0px 0cm;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">Join us for a fascinating show that blends local culture, history, and modern-day astronomy that shares the Six Nation’s sky lore and language through traditional indigenous night-sky stories.With narration and visuals by a live presentation and pre-recorded excerpts (in English and Mohawk), learn about the story of Onekwá:tara – the Seven Dancers of the Pleiades, and how the story is portrayed in the night sky. See the same stars with a completely different understanding and appreciation! This show was collaboratively produced by members of the Six Nations, McMaster’s Indigenous Studies Program, and the McCallion Planetarium, and is hosted at Queen's University a partnership between the McDonald Institute and Quinte Mohawk School.<p style="margin:0px 0cm;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%"> <p style="margin:0px 0cm;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">Two free showings are available, so choose the time that works for you (10-11am or 11:20am-12:20pm on Saturday June 14th, 2025). <p style="margin:0px 0cm;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">Capacity is limited in the shows, so please ensure you can attend if you get a ticket, and please cancel your ticket if you can no longer attend. Ticket-holders will be seated first, then we will make every effort to fit additional people, on a first-come, first-serve basis, until reaching capacity.<p style="margin:0px 0cm;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%"> <p style="margin:0px 0cm;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">Parking is free on Saturdays on campus. We recommend parking in the Kinesiology Hall Parking lot, on the corner of Union and Division, 28 Division Avenue. Locating the gym in Mitchell Hall may be difficult. Follow the signage. Go upstairs, to the north side of the building (away from Union), then turn left.

McDonald Institute

Indigenous Planetarium Show: The Seven Dancers

69 Union St

General Admission - Adult

Free

General Admission - Youth

Free