In plain English
The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians is seeking proposals from storytellers to share Anishinaabe cultural stories, such as stories about creation, land, and water. Proposals should describe the storyteller’s cultural journey, teachers, story topic and its origins, travel availability, accessibility and IT needs, and interest in outdoor storytelling in a lodge setting. Multiple proposals are allowed.
About this bid
Winter is culturally the time of year Anishinaabe people told stories about our culture and traditions. Our teachings were never written or recorded so the tradition of wintertime story telling is a very important part of our history that helps our people reconnect to the land, water, our ancestors, relatives, and one another but also strengthens our community for future generations. Storytelling examples would be the creation story, land, and water etc. We know because of our history of children being removed to boarding schools and our cultural traditions not being legal in recent history, not everyone grew up with our culture and traditions being taught from birth in the home. With that…
Details
- Agency
- Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians
- Place of performance
- Michigan
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