Indigenous storywork
Subtitle: educating the heart, mind, body, and spirit
By: Jo-Ann Archibald (Q'um Q'um Xiiem)
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Vancouver
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780774814010
Subjects: Coast Salish Indians -- British Columbia -- Folklore.; Storytelling -- Canada.; Coast Salish Indians -- Education -- Canada.; Older Indians -- British Columbia -- Interviews.; Oral tradition -- British Columbia.; Coyote (Legendary character); Indiens d'Amérique -- Canada -- Folklore.; Indiens d'Amérique -- Colombie-Britannique -- Folklore.; Art de conter -- Canada.; Indiens d'Amérique -- Éducation -- Canada.; Autochtones -- Anciens -- Colombie-Britannique -- Entretiens.; Tradition orale -- Colombie-Britannique.; Tricksters.
Genres: Folklore.; Interviews.; Entretiens.
Description: "Indigenous oral narratives are an important source for, and component of, Coast Salish knowledge systems. Stories are not only to be recounted and passed down; they are also intended as tools for teaching." "Jo-ann Archibald worked closely with Elders and storytellers, who shared both traditional and personal life-experience stories, in order to develop ways of bringing storytelling into educational contexts. Indigenous Storywork is the result of this research and it demonstrates how stories have the power to educate and heal the heart, mind, body, and spirit. It builds on the seven principles of respect, responsibility, reciprocity, reverence, holism, interrelatedness, and synergy that form a framework for understanding the characteristics of stories, appreciating the process of storytelling, establishing in holistic meaning-making."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-167) and index.
Table of contents: title: The journey begins; title: Coyote searching for the bone needle; title: Learning about storywork from Stó:lō elders; title: The power of stories to educate the heart; title: Storywork in action; title: Storywork pedagogy; title: A give-away.