Tlingits saw Pleiades, a constellation in the northern sky known as “The Seven Sisters,” as a sculpin placed in the heavens by Raven. Some western Alaska Natives described the cluster of stars as a “bundle of codfish” and the Inupiats of Barrow saw in the same stars a polar bear hunting scene.
The lore of the heavens, the search for life on other planets, aurora borealis and black holes were topics Tuesday at a special…