Circle of Life ~ A Storytelling Basket
Grantwriting vision and language:
Native/Indigenous Elders have many gifts to give their communities. One of these gifts is their personal journey around the circle of life that can be mapped from the East of childhood to the South of adolescence to the West of adulthood and to the North of Elderhood. These circular threads weave a rich basket that makes each elder unique and valuable. Circle of Life ~ A Storytelling Basket is a framework that supports Elders in giving their gifts of stories.
Phases of the project:
1> Trish and 3 Elders from United Indians of All Tribes Foundation Elders Program will visit the Nisqually Elder Program twice in 2010: once in Spring and once in Summer.
2> Trish will share two Circle of Life ~ Mapping One’s Story classes with Nisqually Elders. Personal stories will be mapped and told/exchanged Elder to Elder.
3> 3 Nisqually Elders will be featured on Storytellers Campfire Radio Program (Program Director, Lady Selah Sujuris, Ojibwe Nation). Trish, host of the 15-minute Circle of Life series, will interview Elders in the Bellevue studio or via telephone/land line. The radio program airs Sunday evenings, 6-7 PM, on Alternative Talk 1150 AM.
4> A CD will be produced with Elder stories after 12 months of radio programs. Elders from several tribes will be featured on the CD. A community event/film will be held to honor Elders and their stories. This will depend on Elders interest and their response.
Postive outcomes:
• Elder Program exchanges will build bridges between individuals and tribes.
• Circle of Life classes will increase the number of Elder stories being told.
• This activity and exchange will build confidence in the individual storyteller as well as increase pride in Native tribes/villages/communities.
• Goodwill gestures between elders and tribes will create more unification.
• Youth will get to know Elders better and learn from them. This rootedness through a sense of personal connection promotes wellness individually and collectively.
• The non-native community will be enriched by elder stories and the cultural divide will be lessened.
• This cross cultural project promotes healing between non-native and native people by demonstrating an interest in Elder stories and by telling the true stories of place and local history.
• Telling and sharing Elder stories reveals our commonality as a people. Such stories impact the next 7 generations.
Native/Indigenous Elders have many gifts to give their communities. One of these gifts is their personal journey around the circle of life that can be mapped from the East of childhood to the South of adolescence to the West of adulthood and to the North of Elderhood. These circular threads weave a rich basket that makes each elder unique and valuable. Circle of Life ~ A Storytelling Basket is a framework that supports Elders in giving their gifts of stories.
Phases of the project:
1> Trish and 3 Elders from United Indians of All Tribes Foundation Elders Program will visit the Nisqually Elder Program twice in 2010: once in Spring and once in Summer.
2> Trish will share two Circle of Life ~ Mapping One’s Story classes with Nisqually Elders. Personal stories will be mapped and told/exchanged Elder to Elder.
3> 3 Nisqually Elders will be featured on Storytellers Campfire Radio Program (Program Director, Lady Selah Sujuris, Ojibwe Nation). Trish, host of the 15-minute Circle of Life series, will interview Elders in the Bellevue studio or via telephone/land line. The radio program airs Sunday evenings, 6-7 PM, on Alternative Talk 1150 AM.
4> A CD will be produced with Elder stories after 12 months of radio programs. Elders from several tribes will be featured on the CD. A community event/film will be held to honor Elders and their stories. This will depend on Elders interest and their response.
Postive outcomes:
• Elder Program exchanges will build bridges between individuals and tribes.
• Circle of Life classes will increase the number of Elder stories being told.
• This activity and exchange will build confidence in the individual storyteller as well as increase pride in Native tribes/villages/communities.
• Goodwill gestures between elders and tribes will create more unification.
• Youth will get to know Elders better and learn from them. This rootedness through a sense of personal connection promotes wellness individually and collectively.
• The non-native community will be enriched by elder stories and the cultural divide will be lessened.
• This cross cultural project promotes healing between non-native and native people by demonstrating an interest in Elder stories and by telling the true stories of place and local history.
• Telling and sharing Elder stories reveals our commonality as a people. Such stories impact the next 7 generations.
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