The Sun, Moon, planets, and stars have accompanied sky watchers over millennia. The Pleiades star cluster, observable from every continent except Antarctica, is tied to Indigenous worldviews, astronomy, calendaring, traditional weaving, weather prediction, and agriculture. The heliacal rising of the cluster—its first visible sighting in the morning twilight before sunrise, is particularly significant. For the original peoples of Polynesia, Mesoamerica, and the Andes, the Pleiades continue to be a source of knowledge, both culturally and scientifically. Due to the loss of Indigenous languages and the pressures of globalization, the knowledge is eroding at a fast pace. We describe a Fulbright U.S. Global Scholar project and emerging results from collaborative research conducted in ancestral lands with Indigenous elders, young adults, and academics, as well as with other knowledge holders in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Guatemala, and Peru. Results are being shared locally for the benefit of the host communities and future generations.

几千年来，太阳、月亮、行星和恒星一直伴随着天空观察者。昴宿星团可以从除南极洲以外的每个大陆观测到，它与土著世界观、天文学、日历、传统编织、天气预报和农业息息相关。星团的螺旋上升——它在日出前的晨光中首次可见，这一点尤为重要。对于波利尼西亚、中美洲和安第斯山脉的原住民来说，昴宿星团在文化和科学上仍然是知识的来源。由于原住民语言的消失和全球化的压力，知识正在快速流失。我们描述了富布赖特美国全球学者项目以及在祖传土地上与土著长者、年轻人和学者进行合作研究的新兴成果，以及与新西兰、危地马拉和秘鲁的其他知识持有者。为了东道社区和子孙后代的利益，正在当地分享结果。