Feb
12
The Education of an Elder
Posted by: mcs1 | February 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment
I had an excellent session with Ken last week. We talked in a great deal of depth about his early educational experiences with both his father and the Irish school teacher assigned to the one room school house near the cannery in the Kitlope. He speaks of both with a great deal of fondness and says that Irish woman taught him some of the most valuable lessons of his life. Other school experiences, not so much. Also, interesting to talk about the influence that Europeans had on Ken’s father. Particularly a Norwegian navigator. That collaboration has definitely trickled down and there seems to be more reverence than remorse for Western education/ knowledge when I talk to Ken about this. Apparently the abandoned cannery school house is still there. I really hope to see it. Something tells me that the spirit and energy of that school house will be valuable to this project.