Sep
9
“In the language of the Diné (what the Navajo call themselves), the word for “star” is “sitsoi yoo.” But that word means more than just “star.” According to Nancy Maryboy of the Indigenous Education Institute, sitsoi yoo means something closer to “my ancient relation from which I came,” a reference to a traditional Diné belief that humans were born from stars.”
Indigenous Americans and Carl Sagan agree: We are star stuff – Boing Boing
