Indigenous Storywork, Educating the Heart, Mind, Body, and Spirit (Heftet (myke permer))

Jo-ann Archibald, whose Sto:lo name is Q'um Q'um Xiiem, is Associate Dean for Indigenous Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia.

Indigenous oral narratives are integral to Coast Salish indigenous knowledge systems. Although these narratives and knowledge systems are threatened constantly by the encroachment of Western values, Elders and storytellers have kept traditional and life experience stories alive in their hearts and minds."Indigenous Storywork" is about the power of stories to educate and heal the heart, mind, body, and spirit. "Indigenous Storywork" involves weaving together the seven principles of respect, responsibility, reciprocity, reverence, wholism, interrelatedness, and synergy to understand the characteristics of stories, to appreciate the process of storytelling, to establish a receptive learning context, and to engage in wholistic meaning-making. It is also an example of indigenous methodology based on the knowledge and teachings of Elders. Coyote, the indigenous Trickster, participates in the learning journey to help us appreciate the joy, beauty, and power of indigenous storywork for education and research.This book demonstrates how an indigenous knowledge system facilitates a valuable meaning-making process through storywork.

Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Journey Begins; 2 Coyote Searching for the Bone Needle; 3 Learning about Storywork from Sto:lo Elders; 4 The Power of Stories for Educating the Heart; 5 Storywork in Action; 6 Storywork Pedagogy; 7 A Give-Away; Appendix; Notes; References; Index.