ERIC Number: EJ778158
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 10
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Approaching a Sacred Song: Toward a Respectful Presentation of the Discourse we Study
Palmer, Andie Diane
Studies in American Indian Literatures, v19 n2 p52-61 Sum 2007
Educators who focus on American Indian or First Nations languages often have the privilege of bringing tape recordings of songs and stories to their students in the classroom. Learning the protocols for such sharing of the treasured gifts of ancestors is made easier by the good examples of teachers in and out of the classroom, who share such gifts as part of their own teaching. The intent of this essay is to make explicit some teaching practices that go without saying, as they are modeled by Upper Skagit Elder, university professor, and storyteller Vi taq Seblu Hilbert. The author wrote this essay as a reflection back to her own teacher about what she learned in her teacher's presence. It was written in response to a student's wish that such good examples could be more widely shared and consciously articulated in the literature on educational practice.
Descriptors: American Indians, Educational Practices, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods, Singing, American Indian Culture, Audio Equipment, American Indian Languages
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