Potlatch As Pedagogy : Learning Through Ceremony.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Two Working Together -- Chapter 2: The Story of sk'ad'a -- Learning Emerges from Strong Relationships -- Learning Emerges from Authentic Experiences -- Learning Emerges from Curiosity -- Learning Occurs through Observation -- Learning Occurs through Contribution -- Learning Occurs through Recognizing and Encouraging Strengths -- Learning Honours the Power of the Mind -- Learning Honours History and Story -- Learning Honours Aspects of Spirituality and Protocol -- Differing Pedagogies -- Chapter 3: "We Were Once Silenced" -- We Were Once Silenced -- The Potlatch Ban -- The Indian Agent -- Residential Schools -- Connecting to sk'ad'a -- Chapter 4: "Celebrating one more time in a way they knew how" -- Haida Pole Raising -- Connecting to sk'ad'a -- Chapter 5: "That Pole Doesn't Belong to You Anymore" -- Preparing to Raise the Pole -- Connecting to sk'ad'a -- Chapter 6: Born "in the Nick of Time" -- Charles Edenshaw Memorial Longhouse Feast (1978) -- Tribute to the Living Haida Feast (1980) -- Children of the Good People (1981) -- Every Year the Salmon Come Back (1989) -- Memorial for Arlene Nelson and Arnold Davidson (1992) -- Urban Feasts (1993/1994) -- Gyaa 'isdlaa (2016) -- Redistribution of Knowledge -- Connecting to sk'ad'a -- Chapter 7: Potlatch as Pedagogy -- Learning Emerges from Strong Relationships -- Learning Emerges from Authentic Experiences -- Learning Emerges from Curiosity -- Learning Occurs through Observation -- Learning Occurs through Contribution -- Learning Occurs Through Recognizing and Encouraging Strengths -- Learning Honours the Power of the Mind -- Learning Honours History and Story -- Learning Honours Aspects of Spirituality and Protocol -- The Paper Bag.

Appendix A: Feasts and Potlatches Hosted and Co-Hosted by Robert Davidson -- References.

Banned for 67 years by the Canadian government, the potlatch is the foundational ceremony of the Haida people. Inspired by these traditions, educator Sara Florence Davidson and renowned artist Robert Davidson present a model for learning that is holistic, relational, practical, and continuous.

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