Where the dog ran

The giant dog for the northern sky stole cornmeal from Cherokee people and ran off across the night sky. But the cornmeal that had spilled from its mouth made a path way across the sky. Each gain of cornmeal became a star and made the milky way.

The Cherokees call that pattern of stars, gi li' ut sun stan un' yi (gil-lee-oot- soon stan-Unh-yee), "the place where the dog ran."

Pritchard Park, Asheville, North Carolina

2022