Indigenous knowledge is passed down through oral history, traditions, and collective memory. With audiobook popularity on the rise for readers, this provides an opportunity to deliver some of that oral tradition to young readers. Indigenous societies throughout the world value the well-being of the self, the land, spirits, and ancestors. SHARING THROUGH STORY focuses on the power of story, through literacy supports, literature and storytelling resources. Oral traditions substantiate Aboriginal perspectives and Torres Strait Islander perspectives about the past, present and the future. Take some time to explore our interactive map by clicking on the treaty that interests you. Data were obtained through the Indigenous method of storytelling (Iseke, 2013), which places oral history and ceremony at the forefront. Historic records within tribal cultures consisted of weavings, paintings, drawings, pottery and other artistic mediums, but the important part of reading these recordings is interpreting them the correct way. Learning about indigenous peoples nurtures multicultural awareness and respect for diversity. Oral storytelling is a story spoken to an audience. Storytelling remains an inherent part of many indigenous cultures today. Storytelling is the most famous and most often studied form of Native oral tradition. In the process of doing so he appropriated the colonising language. This Indigenous social studies unit guides elementary and middle school students through Aboriginal oral storytelling traditions and practices, while also teaching First Nations culture. The novel Things Fall Apart (1958) by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe (1930 -2013) is a post-colonial text in which Achebe attempts to reassert his culture’s oral storytelling narrative over a Eurocentric literary model via the application of language and syntaxial hybridity. He writes, “ Oral tradition is inclusive; it is the actions, behaviors, relationships, practices throughout the whole social, economic, and spiritual life process of people. Curricular Competencies: Storytelling in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. While Western folklorists often divide stories into categories of myth, folktale, and legend, most American Indian people call all of these simply “stories” and believe that listeners will come to their own conclusions in regards to a tale’s meaning/intentions. Speaking is the primary form of communication in Aboriginal cultures and Torres Strait Islander cultures. Participants were offered tobacco as a … Throughout history, it's taken many forms, including songs, poetry, chants, dance, masks, and so on. In an odd way, storytelling is one of the greatest pieces of our culture we have left. Indigenous cultures share stories in many ways – orally, in song, in drumming, with pictographs, and through medicine wheels and tipi rings. Welcome to Indigenous Storytelling, a website for schools and youth across Canada to celebrate Indigenous culture, as well as learn about the various cultural differences and similarities with various Indigenous cultures in Canada. Pueblo writer Simon Ortiz has always argued that storytelling reflects the belief system of Indigenous people. While oral tradition is reliant upon gesture and body language, an obvious component is the audio.