Zaagi’idiwin: Reflections on Love, Indigenous Teaching Practice, and the Hoop Dance Project

• Published in: The Canadian Review of Art Education
• Main Authors: Hill, Lauren, John, Beany
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Society for Education through Art 2024
• Subjects: Truth and Reconciliation; Hoop Dance; Indigenous Methodology; Indigenous Education; Goodlife Teachings; Amour; Blanche; anishina*
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1112540ar; https://doi.org/10.26443/crae.v50i1.266

This paper reflects on an elementary school hoop dance project organized by a white music teacher, taught by an Indigenous hoop dancer, and guided by the Anishinabek goodlife teachings. It suggests that the hoop dance project, and specifically the hoop dancer’s teaching approach, allowed students to...