Cosmic reionization mystery deepens as Hubble data exposes gaps in astrophysical assumptions about early-universe star formation

The article entirely omits Indigenous cosmological frameworks, such as those of the Anishinaabe (e.g., the *Seven Fires Prophecy* or the cyclical understanding of time) or Māori cosmology (e.g., *Te Korekore* and *Te Ao Mārama*), which often describe the universe as a living, self-organizing entity rather than a static, linear process. Indigenous knowledge systems frequently emphasize relationality and emergent patterns—qualities absent in the reductionist framing of reionization as a singular, supernova-driven event. The exclusion of these perspectives reinforces a colonial epistemic gap, where Western science claims universality while ignoring non-Western ways of knowing the cosmos. **Score: 0.1**