Iseke, J., & Moore, S. (2011). Community-based Indigenous digital storytelling with elders and youth. American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 35(4), 19-38.
According to Iseke & Moore (2011), Indigenous digital storytelling has the potential to integrate indigenous artifacts, sacred places, and stories in innovative ways. It also creates spaces for indigenous youth to affirm their identity and become agents of social change. These digital videos can ensure that future generations of indigenous people use technology to sustain their indigenous worldviews. This article looks at four particular community-based digital storytelling projects. Through these projects, the authors consider the importance of Indigenous storytelling and explore some of the strategies for creating and designing Indigenous digital stories. It’s challenging to tell the story that the community or Elders intend to share based on the collaborative dialogue between the digital storyteller and community members regarding the intention of the video project. It’s easy to alter the story that is being told and to replace it with another story that the researcher writer, or editor wants to tell. It can help if the filmmaker is involved in a real way with the community and has a sense of the story.