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Utilizing Traditional Storytelling to Promote Wellness in American Indian Communities

Felicia Schanche Hodge, DrPH

Center for American Indian Research and Education, University of Minnesota

Anna Pasqua, BA

Center for American Indian Research and Education, University of Minnesota

Carol A. Marquez, MPH

Center for American Indian Research and Education, University of Minnesota

Betty Geishirt-Cantrell, MSSW, MBA

Center for American Indian Research and Education, University of Minnesota

Utilizing storytelling to transmit educational messages is a traditional pedagogical method practiced by many American Indian tribes. American Indian stories are effective because they present essential ideas and values in a simple, entertaining form. Different story characters show positive and negative behaviors. The stories illustrate consequences of behaviors and invite listeners to come to their own conclusions after personal reflection. Because stories have been passed down through tribal communities for generations, listeners also have the opportunity to reconnect and identify with past tribal realities. This article reports on a research intervention that is unique in promoting health and wellness through the use of storytelling. The project utilized stories to help motivate tribal members to once more adopt healthy, traditional life-styles and practices. The authors present and discuss the stories selected, techniques used in their telling, the preparation and setting for the storytelling, and the involvement and interaction of the group.

Journal of Transcultural Nursing, Vol. 13, No. 1, 6-11 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/104365960201300102
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