Native Stargazer
@nativestargazer.bsky.social
Celebrating and sharing Indigenous perspectives on the cosmos. From constellations rooted in Indigenous traditions to astrophotography, we want to share the unique stories and beauty of space.
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Wood Basket 2 by Terrol Dew Johnson (Tohono O’odham) and Aranda\Lasch. This sculptural basket brings together desert materials, contemporary geometry, and the masterful weaving of Terrol Dew Johnson, an artist, community leader, and advocate for Indigenous foodways and cultural knowledge.
This elegant fine-line pot is the work of Juana Lewis (Juana Leno, 1917–2000), one of Acoma Pueblo’s most accomplished 20th-century potters and a revered matriarch of her community.
December 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This elegant fine-line pot is the work of Juana Lewis (Juana Leno, 1917–2000), one of Acoma Pueblo’s most accomplished 20th-century potters and a revered matriarch of her community.
A striking work rich with movement and ancestral mapping, this piece layers fine, rhythmic dotting with bold red pathways to evoke storylines held in the landscape. A powerful composition that balances subtle detail with strong visual rhythm.
December 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
A striking work rich with movement and ancestral mapping, this piece layers fine, rhythmic dotting with bold red pathways to evoke storylines held in the landscape. A powerful composition that balances subtle detail with strong visual rhythm.
A stunning work by Abie Loy Kemarre, an acclaimed mid-career artist from Utopia in the Northern Territory, Australia. Mentored by her grandmother Kathleen Petyarre, Abie developed a refined technique of intricate, shimmering mark-making that creates vivid movement across the canvas.
December 9, 2025 at 4:37 AM
A stunning work by Abie Loy Kemarre, an acclaimed mid-career artist from Utopia in the Northern Territory, Australia. Mentored by her grandmother Kathleen Petyarre, Abie developed a refined technique of intricate, shimmering mark-making that creates vivid movement across the canvas.
“Mana Māhū” (2020) by Lehuauakea (Kanaka Maoli/Native Hawaiian) a kapa maker from Pāpaʻikou, Hawaiʻi. Created with earth pigments and plant dyes on hand-made kapa, this piece reflects their commitment to revitalizing traditional practices such as ʻohe kāpala, natural dye work, and kapa beating.
December 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
“Mana Māhū” (2020) by Lehuauakea (Kanaka Maoli/Native Hawaiian) a kapa maker from Pāpaʻikou, Hawaiʻi. Created with earth pigments and plant dyes on hand-made kapa, this piece reflects their commitment to revitalizing traditional practices such as ʻohe kāpala, natural dye work, and kapa beating.
A beautiful vintage hand-coiled pot by Caroline Lucero-Carpio (Isleta Pueblo), featuring finely incised rim work and turquoise heishi inlay. Caroline has worked for over 40 years, creating pottery and sculpture inspired by her Pueblo heritage, the land, and the strength of Indigenous traditions.
December 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A beautiful vintage hand-coiled pot by Caroline Lucero-Carpio (Isleta Pueblo), featuring finely incised rim work and turquoise heishi inlay. Caroline has worked for over 40 years, creating pottery and sculpture inspired by her Pueblo heritage, the land, and the strength of Indigenous traditions.
Barbara Weir (1940–2023) | Alyawarre/Anmatyerr | Utopia, NT
This work by Barbara Weir reflects her connection to Alyawarre and Anmatyerr Country, shaped by both cultural strength and personal resilience.
This work by Barbara Weir reflects her connection to Alyawarre and Anmatyerr Country, shaped by both cultural strength and personal resilience.
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Barbara Weir (1940–2023) | Alyawarre/Anmatyerr | Utopia, NT
This work by Barbara Weir reflects her connection to Alyawarre and Anmatyerr Country, shaped by both cultural strength and personal resilience.
This work by Barbara Weir reflects her connection to Alyawarre and Anmatyerr Country, shaped by both cultural strength and personal resilience.
This striking soapstone carving by Cadaha Wenoda embodies the strength and protection of the Iroquois False Face Society. Rooted in the teachings of the Six Nations Confederacy, False Face figures are revered as Guardians, keepers who ward off harmful spirits and offer healing and protection.
November 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
This striking soapstone carving by Cadaha Wenoda embodies the strength and protection of the Iroquois False Face Society. Rooted in the teachings of the Six Nations Confederacy, False Face figures are revered as Guardians, keepers who ward off harmful spirits and offer healing and protection.
Wood Basket 2 by Terrol Dew Johnson (Tohono O’odham) and Aranda\Lasch. This sculptural basket brings together desert materials, contemporary geometry, and the masterful weaving of Terrol Dew Johnson, an artist, community leader, and advocate for Indigenous foodways and cultural knowledge.
November 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Wood Basket 2 by Terrol Dew Johnson (Tohono O’odham) and Aranda\Lasch. This sculptural basket brings together desert materials, contemporary geometry, and the masterful weaving of Terrol Dew Johnson, an artist, community leader, and advocate for Indigenous foodways and cultural knowledge.
Soft, swirling, and full of quiet movement, Bush Leaf Medicine (2022) reveals a healing story rooted in Country. Jacinda Hayes paints the bush medicine leaves as they dry across the earth in her home of Woola Downs, north of Alice Springs — a moment in the generational cycle of care and renewal.
November 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Soft, swirling, and full of quiet movement, Bush Leaf Medicine (2022) reveals a healing story rooted in Country. Jacinda Hayes paints the bush medicine leaves as they dry across the earth in her home of Woola Downs, north of Alice Springs — a moment in the generational cycle of care and renewal.
Jamie Okuma (Luiseño/Shoshone-Bannock)Adaptation II, 2012
Every surface of these shoes is alive with meaning: glass beads, porcupine quills, sterling silver cones, brass sequins, feathers, rawhide, and buckskin come together in a vibrant symphony of texture and tradition.
Every surface of these shoes is alive with meaning: glass beads, porcupine quills, sterling silver cones, brass sequins, feathers, rawhide, and buckskin come together in a vibrant symphony of texture and tradition.
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Jamie Okuma (Luiseño/Shoshone-Bannock)Adaptation II, 2012
Every surface of these shoes is alive with meaning: glass beads, porcupine quills, sterling silver cones, brass sequins, feathers, rawhide, and buckskin come together in a vibrant symphony of texture and tradition.
Every surface of these shoes is alive with meaning: glass beads, porcupine quills, sterling silver cones, brass sequins, feathers, rawhide, and buckskin come together in a vibrant symphony of texture and tradition.
Another mesmerizing piece by Abie Loy Kemarre, an Anmatyerre artist from Utopia (Central Desert, Australia). She is celebrated for her intricate linear compositions that echo the rhythm of ceremonial body painting and the movement of Country.
October 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Another mesmerizing piece by Abie Loy Kemarre, an Anmatyerre artist from Utopia (Central Desert, Australia). She is celebrated for her intricate linear compositions that echo the rhythm of ceremonial body painting and the movement of Country.
Award-winning potter Andrew Padilla (Laguna Pueblo & Santa Clara Pueblo) carried the wisdom of two worlds. From his Santa Clara grandmother, Reycita Padilla and his Laguna mother, Gladys Paquin, he discovered the beauty of white Laguna clay and the mesas that offered the finest earth.
October 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Award-winning potter Andrew Padilla (Laguna Pueblo & Santa Clara Pueblo) carried the wisdom of two worlds. From his Santa Clara grandmother, Reycita Padilla and his Laguna mother, Gladys Paquin, he discovered the beauty of white Laguna clay and the mesas that offered the finest earth.
Equinox reflects Marie Watt ( Turtle Clan of the Seneca Nation of Indians) and her ongoing dialogue between material, community, and cosmos.
Her interdisciplinary practice, spanning textiles, sculpture, and social engagement, creates space for shared stories and intergenerational connection.
Her interdisciplinary practice, spanning textiles, sculpture, and social engagement, creates space for shared stories and intergenerational connection.
October 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Equinox reflects Marie Watt ( Turtle Clan of the Seneca Nation of Indians) and her ongoing dialogue between material, community, and cosmos.
Her interdisciplinary practice, spanning textiles, sculpture, and social engagement, creates space for shared stories and intergenerational connection.
Her interdisciplinary practice, spanning textiles, sculpture, and social engagement, creates space for shared stories and intergenerational connection.
Bush Medicine Leaves by Gloria Petyarre (1945–2021) Aboriginal radiates
movement and vitality and captures the living spirit of plants that sustain and heal. Her compositions pulse with rhythm and life, reflecting the wind’s movement through the leaves and the continuation of ancestral knowledge.
movement and vitality and captures the living spirit of plants that sustain and heal. Her compositions pulse with rhythm and life, reflecting the wind’s movement through the leaves and the continuation of ancestral knowledge.
October 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Bush Medicine Leaves by Gloria Petyarre (1945–2021) Aboriginal radiates
movement and vitality and captures the living spirit of plants that sustain and heal. Her compositions pulse with rhythm and life, reflecting the wind’s movement through the leaves and the continuation of ancestral knowledge.
movement and vitality and captures the living spirit of plants that sustain and heal. Her compositions pulse with rhythm and life, reflecting the wind’s movement through the leaves and the continuation of ancestral knowledge.
This masterful work by Al Qöyawayma (Hopi) bridges ancient tradition and contemporary form. The smooth, flowing surface opens to reveal an intricately carved ancestral structure — a moment of reverence to the architectural and spiritual ingenuity of the Pueblo people.
October 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This masterful work by Al Qöyawayma (Hopi) bridges ancient tradition and contemporary form. The smooth, flowing surface opens to reveal an intricately carved ancestral structure — a moment of reverence to the architectural and spiritual ingenuity of the Pueblo people.
Gan’yu (Stars), 2005
A constellation of memory and meaning, Gulumbu Yunupingu (1945–2012), an artist from the Yolŋu people of northeast Arnhem Land, transforms the night sky into a living language of connection.
A constellation of memory and meaning, Gulumbu Yunupingu (1945–2012), an artist from the Yolŋu people of northeast Arnhem Land, transforms the night sky into a living language of connection.
October 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Gan’yu (Stars), 2005
A constellation of memory and meaning, Gulumbu Yunupingu (1945–2012), an artist from the Yolŋu people of northeast Arnhem Land, transforms the night sky into a living language of connection.
A constellation of memory and meaning, Gulumbu Yunupingu (1945–2012), an artist from the Yolŋu people of northeast Arnhem Land, transforms the night sky into a living language of connection.
Lehuauakea is a Kanaka Maoli / Native Hawaiian interdisciplinary artist and barkcloth (kapa) maker whose work bridges ancestral material practices and innovation.
Lupe Hoku or star kite 2023 is made from earth pigment, hau cordage, bamboo, shell and kata (barkcloth).
Lupe Hoku or star kite 2023 is made from earth pigment, hau cordage, bamboo, shell and kata (barkcloth).
October 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Lehuauakea is a Kanaka Maoli / Native Hawaiian interdisciplinary artist and barkcloth (kapa) maker whose work bridges ancestral material practices and innovation.
Lupe Hoku or star kite 2023 is made from earth pigment, hau cordage, bamboo, shell and kata (barkcloth).
Lupe Hoku or star kite 2023 is made from earth pigment, hau cordage, bamboo, shell and kata (barkcloth).
Kulama-Yam, 2000, created with natural earth pigments on canvas embodies the depth and vibrancy of Australian Aboriginal art. Jean Baptiste Apuatimi, a Tiwi artist, draws on ancestral stories, ceremonial traditions, and deep connections to Country.
September 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Kulama-Yam, 2000, created with natural earth pigments on canvas embodies the depth and vibrancy of Australian Aboriginal art. Jean Baptiste Apuatimi, a Tiwi artist, draws on ancestral stories, ceremonial traditions, and deep connections to Country.
Stepping into Converging Realities by Marques Hanalei Marzan (Hawaiian) is like entering a living dialogue between ancestry and imagination — where thread, shadow, and space converge. Marzan is more than a fiber artist — he is a cultural bearer, chanter, dancer, scholar, and curator.
September 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Stepping into Converging Realities by Marques Hanalei Marzan (Hawaiian) is like entering a living dialogue between ancestry and imagination — where thread, shadow, and space converge. Marzan is more than a fiber artist — he is a cultural bearer, chanter, dancer, scholar, and curator.
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Cosmic Bat Nebula (LDN 43)
In the constellation Ophiuchus, some 1,400 light-years from Earth, a giant cosmic bat seems to fly across the stars.
#astrophotography #astronomy #TicosEnAtacama 🔭
In the constellation Ophiuchus, some 1,400 light-years from Earth, a giant cosmic bat seems to fly across the stars.
#astrophotography #astronomy #TicosEnAtacama 🔭
September 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Cosmic Bat Nebula (LDN 43)
In the constellation Ophiuchus, some 1,400 light-years from Earth, a giant cosmic bat seems to fly across the stars.
#astrophotography #astronomy #TicosEnAtacama 🔭
In the constellation Ophiuchus, some 1,400 light-years from Earth, a giant cosmic bat seems to fly across the stars.
#astrophotography #astronomy #TicosEnAtacama 🔭
Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa (Seven Sisters Dreaming) by artist Athena Nangala Granites who was born in 1994 in Alice Springs and raised in Yuendumu. She is part of a long lineage of renowned Warlukurlangu artists, Athena carries forward powerful stories through her art.
September 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Napaljarri-warnu Jukurrpa (Seven Sisters Dreaming) by artist Athena Nangala Granites who was born in 1994 in Alice Springs and raised in Yuendumu. She is part of a long lineage of renowned Warlukurlangu artists, Athena carries forward powerful stories through her art.
Eagle Spirit Negana Wu’U (Six Nations Confederacy)
The Eagle is more than a guardian, it is a messenger between earth and sky. This sculpture honors the Eagle’s spiritual power: the first to see beyond the horizon, the one who carries our prayers upward, and the eternal protector of its keeper.
The Eagle is more than a guardian, it is a messenger between earth and sky. This sculpture honors the Eagle’s spiritual power: the first to see beyond the horizon, the one who carries our prayers upward, and the eternal protector of its keeper.
September 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Eagle Spirit Negana Wu’U (Six Nations Confederacy)
The Eagle is more than a guardian, it is a messenger between earth and sky. This sculpture honors the Eagle’s spiritual power: the first to see beyond the horizon, the one who carries our prayers upward, and the eternal protector of its keeper.
The Eagle is more than a guardian, it is a messenger between earth and sky. This sculpture honors the Eagle’s spiritual power: the first to see beyond the horizon, the one who carries our prayers upward, and the eternal protector of its keeper.
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I love #Seestar #Astrophotography!
September 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I love #Seestar #Astrophotography!
A collaboration between Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson (Tohono O'odham) master basket weaver. This piece titled Brass Knot (2022) is made of Brass, Agave Fiber and Sinew.
September 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A collaboration between Aranda\Lasch and Terrol Dew Johnson (Tohono O'odham) master basket weaver. This piece titled Brass Knot (2022) is made of Brass, Agave Fiber and Sinew.