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Module 4 post 5 (Sam Charles)

The process of discovery is so much fun, and to stumble upon a new worthwhile resource is awesome. These five sites provide some excellent examples of video as a method to disseminate Indigenous knowledge, and will be included in the video repository of my final project.

  1. Documenting elders on film
  2. Listen to the knowledge of the elders
  3. First Nations Pedagogy
  4. The contribution of indigenous elders: An example of intergenerational solidarity
  5. Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre

1. Listen to the knowledge of the elders

The National Centre for Collaboration in Indigenous Education (NCCIE) is hosted by First Nations University of Canada. This site provides a full video catalogue featuring over 200 videos highlighting First Nations, Metis, and Inuit ways of knowing and being. The site provides a searchable directory of audio and video resources.

https://www.nccie.ca/knowledge-space/elder-knowledge/

2. Documenting elders on film

Director Sarain Fox has produced some wonderful videos highlighting Indigenous culture, and many feature Elders including her auntie and matriarch Mary Bell. This documentary is extremely powerful. “We are people of our land, and people of our stories.”

https://www.cbc.ca/shortdocs/shorts/inendi

3. First Nations Pedagogy

This site curated by two educators provides resources related to Indigenous pedagogy.

https://firstnationspedagogy.ca. The site led me to the Grandmothers Wisdom Project.

The Project is intended to supporting all people reclaiming their relationship to Mother Earth, calling for a profound transformation in the heart, mind, and spirit.

https://www.grandmotherswisdom.org/

4. McMaster Indigenous Elder projects

I found several Elder videos posted by McMaster University. Many are related to health and Indigenous knowledge in this area. This is an interesting blog post about the contributions of elders with health contexts.

https://www.mcmasteroptimalaging.org/blog/detail/blog/2021/08/25/the-contribution-of-indigenous-elders-an-example-of-intergenerational-solidarity

5. Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre

The MFERC provides services and supports to First Nation schools in Manitoba. They also have a collection of documentaries and videos featuring elders.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6UdcrR9HVgLR-0-ZrUysM0EmokbxC0i_

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6UdcrR9HVgKnWAVfMpXYlfGR9VWjQuHX

 

 

Module 4 post 4 (Sam Charles)

As we near the end of this journey, I continue to seek more examples of Indigenous elders telling their stories to better understanding the process and their story. These examples are some that I may include in my final project video repository.

  1. The Sacred Relationship
  2. Storytelling videos from Saskatchewan Library Services
  3. Our Elder Stories
  4. First Nations University Elder Story Content
  5. NCOA Native Elder Storytelling Project

 

  1. The Sacred Relationship

Beautiful website that includes middle school curriculum and resources related to our relationship with water as led by elders.

https://www.sacredrelationship.ca

  1. Storytelling videos from Saskatchewan Library Services

As part of Aboriginal Storytelling Month in January 2021, Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples celebrated Indigenous storytelling

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRUK7BHZUVfpvqy_Z-5tR3JcAw4rCML7

  1. Our Elder Stories

Judy Iseke’s research has been front-and-centre for much of my research related to storytelling and video. She provides great insight into the importance of Elder knowledge and storytelling. She hosts this great website:

https://ourelderstories.com

  1. First Nations University Elder Story Content

Elder videos produced by First Nations University. The length of the video are succinct but the content is powerful.

https://opentextbooks.uregina.ca/financialempowerment/back-matter/video-interviews-with-elders/

  1. NCOA Native Elder Storytelling Project

The National Indian Council of Aging (in the United States) posted a number of videos of elders sharing their stories and experiences.

https://www.nicoa.org/newsroom/videos/the-native-elder-storytelling-project/

Module 4 post 3 (Sam Charles)

Continuing this journey searching for different approaches of sharing Indigenous knowledge through storytelling, I found the follow resources that are examples of methods that video can be used to share Indigenous knowledge (this provides some best practices that I am developing for my final project):

  1. Promotion video highlighting an Indigenous storytelling workshop
  2. SD36 elementary school resources including videos
  3. Importance of storytelling
  4. Indigenous Storywork
  5. PBS Circle of Stories

1. Promotion video highlighting an Indigenous storytelling workshop

It appears that the workshop is no longer being offered, but this promotional video highlights a workshop that the Young People’s Theatre facilitated that emphasized the importance of Indigenous knowledge to youth.

2. SD36 elementary school resources including videos

Indigenous resources for teacher from SD36 through their Indigenous Learning Teacher Website. The site includes links, some lesson plans, and resources. Lots of interesting videos featuring storytelling.

https://aboriginalresourcesforteachers.weebly.com/videos-from-our-dcf.html

3. Importance of storytelling

Some curriculum and videos highlighting the importance of storytelling within Indigenous culture produced by the Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium.

https://empoweringthespirit.ca/sharing-through-story/

I particularly enjoyed learning from this video:

4. Indigenous Storywork

Fabulous resources highlights the work of UBC Professor Emeritus Q’um Q’um Xiiem where she and her collaborators discuss the importance of traditional and life experiences stories for disseminating Indigenous cultures and ways of knowing.

https://indigenousstorywork.com/

5. PBS Circle of Stories

As we know, before settlers arrived, many Indigenous peoples lived and moved across lands we know delineate by borders. That’s why PBS’ Circle of Stories has some great resources and teaching tools for educators that may be relevant to Canadian educators as well.

https://www.pbs.org/circleofstories/index.html

Module 4 post 2 (Sam Charles)

Following up on the readings from Week 10 and 11, I started to investigate some resources for better understanding why the study of Indigenous culture, history and language is important. For my final project, this concept of why this teaching is important provides more context as to why Indigenous teaching and learning has a role within education in Canada and beyond.

  1. Documenting the resurgence of a culture (Sinixt)
  2. How to understand Indigenous Culture
  3. The importance of understanding Indigenous history
  4. Why learning about Indigenous Peoples is important
  5. Indigenous learning products

1. Documenting the journey of an Indigenous People’s to overturn its legal extinction designation. The making of this film is similar to some of the content we read about earlier in this course. In 1995, after hearing the story of Watt and the Sinixt struggle, the director reached out to the Sinixt. After several weeks of phone conversations, he was invited attend the annual Thanksgiving gathering at the site. The director used the limited funds he received from the NFB to produce seven hours of initial recordings that are now the core of the film.

https://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2022/11/09/york-film-professors-documentary-explores-little-known-struggle-of-the-sinixt-people/

2. The Program Coordinator for the Tumbler Ridge UNESCO Global Geopark describes how learning about Indigenous cultures, histories and languages can enhance partnerships and relationships.

https://en.ccunesco.ca/blog/2019/8/understanding-indigenous-cultures-traditions-and-languages

3. This site provides lots of resources to educate, raise awareness, and cultural understanding and competency, so users can address and dismantle systemic barriers that exist for Indigenous peoples.

https://www.kbrs.ca/insights/why-understanding-indigenous-history-important

 

4. An overview of why learning about Indigenous Peoples is important with primarily Australian resources

https://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/education/how-do-i-start-learning-about-aboriginal-culture

5. Indigenous Learning provides access to resources, courses, workshops and events on the history, heritage, cultures, rights and perspectives of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. The site offers 6 online courses including reflecting on cultural bias, historical relationships between Canada and Indigenous peoples, First Nations overview, Metis in Canada, Inuit in Canada and steps towards Indigenous Reconciliation.

https://www.csps-efpc.gc.ca/ils-eng.aspx

Module 4 post 1 (Sam Charles)

In this post, I went on a journey to further explore Indigenous storytelling and video but also wanted to investigate the role of reflection (motivated by the readings and discussion within Week 10). This concept of reflection within the interpretation of videos is an important component of video within pedagogy.

  1. Using Indigenous storytelling to connect (Halloween)
  2. Connecting with elders
  3. Understanding the power of sharing through storytelling
  4. Understanding Indigenization through reflection
  5. Describing the process of decolonizing a museum

 

1. This is an interesting Halloween inspired news story that also includes some additional features related to Indigenous storytelling

Indigenous storytelling (scary stories)

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/indigenous-storytellers-share-scary-stories-and-the-wisdom-they-hold-1.6629302

2. Storytelling video featuring an elder

-effective and appropriate approach to Indigenous storytelling through video

The video is part of a series created by the TreadRight Foundation.

 

3. Dan Nanamkin describes the power of sharing history through story-telling within a TEDs Talk from Spokane.

 

4. I appreciated the introspection of this post regarding using reflection as a tool for Indigenizing

As the author says “Reflection helps us understand our experiences, navigate hardships, and act strategically.”

https://nativegov.org/news/reflection-a-tool-for-indigenizing-the-future/

5. This Q&A investigates the manner in which the Royal Ontario Museum is decolonizing through the eyes of two of their facilitators.

https://medium.com/viewfinder-reflecting-on-museum-education/decolonize-and-indigenize-a-reflective-dialogue-3de78fa76442