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Indigenous oral narratives are an important source for, and component of, Coast Salish knowledge systems. Stories are not only to be recounted and passed down; they are also intended as tools for teaching. Jo-ann Archibald worked closely with Elders and storytellers, who shared both traditional and personal life-experience stories, in order to develop ways of bringing storytelling into educational contexts.

The last "Indian War" was fought against Native American children in the dormitories and classrooms of government boarding schools. Only by removing Indian children from their homes for extended periods of time, policymakers reasoned, could white "civilization" take root while childhood memories of "savagism" gradually faded to the point of extinction. In the words of one official: "Kill the Indian and save the man."

O termo tekoá se refere, num primeiro momento, a uma aldeia do povo tupi-guarani, mas, para além disso, diz respeito sobretudo ao modo de existir. A ideia se expande para além do território em direção ao que se convencionou chamar de ética na tradição do pensamento ocidental. O curso apresenta as ideias e propostas dessa tradição a respeito da relação humana com a natureza e com si mesma, sobretudo nas dinâmicas de diferenças, de poder, da vida em comum e da memória como catalisadora de conhecimento.

Podcast host and producer, Eric Standing interviews knowledge keepers about traditional Indigenous outdoor activities.

A podcast series on Indigenous language revitalization efforts across Canada