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Sense of Place Series: Indigenous Perspectives on Earth and Sky: Chad Kālepa Baybayan

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NASA Science is featuring a new educational webinar in its Sense of Place series, spotlighting Pwo navigator Kālepa Baybayan. The video explores the indigenous art of non-instrument Oceanic wayfinding, showing how early navigators used sky observations to cross oceans without modern tools. It's designed for high school classrooms to connect cultural heritage with astronomy and navigation.

Source: https://science.nasa.gov/learn/heat/resource/sense-of-pla...

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