About Our Book

Editors

Todd Ormiston, EdD.

Jacquie Green, PhD.

Kelly Aguire, PhD.

S’TENISTOLW is a SENĆOŦEN term referencing the concept of ‘moving forward’. This book highlights both the doing and being of Indigenous education. Authors share their knowledge on the themes of the most recent S’TENISTOLW Conference: Land-Based Learning; Supporting Learners; Indigenization; and Strengthening Alliances. Keynote addresses by renowned Indigenous scholars Gregory Cajete, Graham Hingangaroa Smith, Linda Tuhiwai Smith and Kathy Absolon are intertwined throughout the book.

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This book is like a visit home, to talk with the wisest people you know…

John Borrows, PhD
Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law University of Victoria

S’TENISTOLW is a wonderful feast of stories, experiences, teachings, and approaches of educational and community leaders involved in Indigenous post-secondary education. Practitioners-scholars-leaders receive gifts of hope, inspiration, and transforming potential to live Indigenous education in good ways

Jo-Ann Archibald,

PhD Professor of Educational Studies

University of British Columbia

6” x 9” Paperback

Published 2020

ISBN: 978-1-926476-28-5

JCharlton Publishing Ltd.

pages: 166 | Price: $34.20

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Opening Words
Elders/Old Ones May and Skip Sam

Acknowledgements
About the Cover
Table of Contents

Foreword:
S’TENISTOLW
Verna Billy-Minnabarriet

Introduction:

The Story of S’TENISTOLW “To Walk or Move Forward”

Todd Ormiston, Janice Simcoe, and Kelly Aguirre

PART I: INDIGENOUS PEDAGOGIES

LAND and COMMUNITY-BASED EDUCATION

Keynote Speaker
Bringing into the Sunlight After a Great Eclipse: Indigenous Pathway to Knowledge and Community

Gregory Cajete

QĆÁSET Culture Camp: Developing Pathways to Strengthen Spiritual Renewal within Post Secondary Educational Institutions

Naadli (Todd Ormiston) with Mookaasige (Richard Spearman)

SḰÁLs TŦE TEṈEW TŦE SḰÁȽTE (Our Language is the Voice of the Land): Land and Language-Based Learning and Teaching

Nicholas XEMŦOLTW Claxton and STOLȻEȽ John Elliott Sr.

SUPPORTING LEARNER ENGAGEMENT
Keynote Speaker
Critical Indigenous Pedagogies that Support Being and Doing Indigeneity
Linda Tuhiwai Smith

Noosa – A Haisla Paradigm of Sacred Storying Practices for (Re) Searching Teachings shared by glasttowk askq Ray Green and bakk jus moojillth, Mary Green and written by Kundoqk, Jacquie Green

Approaching a Turn: Indigenous Access, Equity, and Belonging in Post- Secondary STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Spaces
Sandy Marie Bonny

PART 2: RELATIONALITY AND LIVING OUR COLLECTIVE VALUES
PRACTICING INDIGENIZATION
Keynote Speaker

Being and Doing: Teachings of the Land

Kathy Absolon

The Practice of Goodness: An Ethical Approach to Indigenization Vancouver Island University
Sharon Hobenshield

Being Human: Indigenization in Practice

Dianne Biin and Janice Simcoe

STRENGTHENING ALLIANCES
Keynote Speaker
Transforming Practice from Discourse to Enactment: Show Me the Blisters on Your Hands
Graham Smith

The Community is Our Classroom: A Story of Nurses Living and Learning with First Nations
Evelyn Voyageur and Joanna Fraser

Walking Together: Indigenous and Black Perspectives on Decolonizing Education
V.C. Rhonda Hackett, Amoaba Gooden, Billie Allan, and Devi Mucina

Moving Forward Closing Plenary Panel S’TENISTOLW

Closing Words

Elder, Alex Nelson

Contributing Authors / Editors

List of Figures