Teachings

Teachings let us know who we are, who we are related to, and help us learn lessons that guide our lives. Guidance while growing up comes from Sundance, medicines, stories, feasting, and shared knowledge as well as parents and grandparents. Elders speak about the disruption of teachings and impacts of residential schools. Elders contemplate a difficult future without teachings and Elders to support learning.

Esther Teachings 2

Esther describes going to a friendship feast with her mother and the importance of gratitude, prayers, and the foods created by the women of the community.

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Esther Teachings 3

Esther says she asked a lot of questions as a child and her mother would teach her but not always as some things wouldn’t have any use for her.

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Esther Teachings 1

Esther describes learning to use herbal medicines for healing and the women who shared their knowledge in the community and experiences when medicines were used to cure ailments.

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Don’s Teachings 1

Don points to body language as an aid in understanding each other.

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Julia’s Teachings 3

Julia explains how traditional ways of life were replaced with negative, foreign teachings in the Residential School system.

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Julia’s Teachings 2

Julia describes the importance of storytelling when teaching children.

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Diane’s Teachings 1

Dianne tells a story of how life used to be for her growing up with the after effects of Residential Schools.

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