Importance of Metis Ways of Knowing in Healing Communities ...
Indigenous research draws upon Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and connectingwith self and spirit. This position is evident in a research program focused on examining Metis storylines, histories, cultural contexts, and pedagogies ivith four Metis Elders. Three grandfathers and one grandmother s...
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Canadian Journal of Native Education
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/cjne.v33i1.196523 https://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/CJNE/article/view/196523 |
| Summary: | Indigenous research draws upon Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and connectingwith self and spirit. This position is evident in a research program focused on examining Metis storylines, histories, cultural contexts, and pedagogies ivith four Metis Elders. Three grandfathers and one grandmother shared understandings of storytelling.Each of these Elders is involved in healing and spiritual ceremonies and all are PipeCarriers and spiritual leaders. Within their discussions of storytelling, these Eldersshare understandings of spirituality and ways that it is understood in communitiesand in ceremonies. This paper explores spirituality as sources of strength for MetisElders, the importance of ceremonies in Metis communities, and challenges to maintaining spiritual practices that exist in communities. Elders suggest that there is considerable resistance in communities to ceremonies and spiritual practices because ofresidential schools, Christianity, and government policy that have restricted and limited ... : Canadian Journal of Native Education, Vol. 33 No. 1 (2010) ... |
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