A creation story told through immersive technology

Photo caption: Dancer in the project “Ne:Kahwistará:ken Kanónhsa’kówa í:se Onkwehonwe,” by Jackson 2bears, also known as Tékeniyáhsen Ohkwá:ri (Kanien’kehà:ka). Photo credit: Jackson 2bears a.k.a. Tékeniyáhsen Ohkwá:ri (Kanien’kehà:ka). Article by Anya Ventura. MIT News – June 14, 2024.

In the beginning, as one version of the Haudenosaunee creation story has it, there was only water and sky. According to oral tradition, when the Sky Woman became pregnant, she dropped through a hole in the clouds. While many animals guided her descent as she fell, she eventually found a place on the turtle’s back. […]

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