Preface
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
Notes
References
Index
This book is well overdue. It shows how and why indigenous storywork is important as an analytical and theoretical tool for understanding and transforming contemporary educational challenges. Dr. Archibald has written an excellent text for teachers, researchers, educationists. -- Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Pro Vice-Chancellor Maori and Professor of Education and Maori Development, University of Waikato This text is a gift. The author does exactly what she says a good storyteller will do: she highlights the seven principles, she moves at a pace where I, as the listener, am able to follow, and her content is rich and enticing. -- Bryan Brayboy, Lumbee Principal Investigator, American Indian Teacher Training Program, University of Utah
Jo-ann Archibald, also known as Q’um Q’um Xiiem, from the Stó:lo Nation, is Associate Dean for Indigenous Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia.
[The] author’s self-reflection on the multiple roles she balanced
as a researcher is appreciated, and her text serves as an excellent
testimonial for the efficacy and successes of researchers working
collaboratively with indigenous communities.
*Choice, Vol.46, No.01*
Archibald’s research studies how people, including herself, live
with their stories; moreover, how people can live well with their
stories. […] Here, stories are not material for analysis; they are
not folklore with its implication of museum culture, and they are
certainly not “data.” Stories take on their own life and become
teachers. […] In her spiraling, iterative style, Archibald gets as
close as any book I have found to a truly narrative pedagogy, as
opposed to a pedagogy of narrative. […] To stay with her writing is
to experience how stories work in and on a life.
*Canadian Journal of Sociology, Vol.33, No. 3*
Jo-Ann Archibald, Q’um Q’um Xiiem, has gifted us here with a
sensitive glimpse into the thoughts of her Sto:lo elders. In doing
this, she presents folklorists with a great deal of useful emic
information. And she offers guidelines for educators who hope to
use story with children. Her elders show us how to not just tell
stories … but how to make meaning of the tales through
storywork.
*Western Folklore*
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