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Cosmic Curiosities

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
- Carl Sagan, American Astronomer

Cosmic Curiosities

"A total eclipse of the sun...is the most sublime and awe-i

Potawatomi Culture

Potawatomi speak a language of the Algonkian language family and have lived in the Great Lakes region for at least four centuries. Throughout their history, the Potawatomi have moved and been moved many times, but their aboriginal territory was in Michigan’s lower peninsula. Oral traditions of the Potawatomi, Ojibwe, and Ottawa assert that at one time, all three tribes were one people who lived at the Straits of Mackinac.

Cosmic Curiosities

“Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.”
~ Blaise Pascal, 17th Century French Philosopher/Writer

March Calendar Madness

In Woodland Indian rituals, ceremonies, and religious observances, tobacco is the unifying thread of communication between humans and the spiritual powers.

The manidog (spirits) are said to be extremely fond of tobacco and that the only way they could get it was from the Indians, either by smoke from a pipe or by offerings of dry tobacco. According to tradition, the Indians received tobacco as a gift from Wenebojo who had taken it from a mountain giant and then given the seed to his brothers.