Table of Contents

Storyline

Chiwakíia "to pray"
Foreword by Leonard Bends

Basbaaaliíchiwé "telling my story"
Preparing to Gather--Awakening Stories

'Me'y'mi'y'm "telling stories"
Swirling with Coyote--Re-telling the Stories

Smlich "salmon"
Resuscitating Salmon from the Bones--
Re-telling as Pedagogy and Perpetuation

Hnleq'ntsutn "sweat house"
Traveling the Stories of Others--A Professional Protocol

Stmi'sm "listening" and 'Itsk'u'lm "doing"
Traveling the Stories of Others--On Being an Ethnographer

Ashkísshe "representation lodge"
Traveling the Stories of the Sundance--A Personal Journey

Hnkhwelkhwlnet "our ways of life in the world"
Heart Knowing--The Structure and Dynamics of Story

Sqigwts "water potato"
Aligning the "How" with the "What"--Bringing Forth the Stories of Others

Stsee'nidmsh "adaptability"
A Spinning Wheel--Bringing Forth the Stories of Others

Snukwnkhwtskhwts'mi'ls "fellow sufferer"
A Healing Story--Bringing Forth One's Own Story

Tsi'lhnkhukhwatpalqs "the trail ends"
Great Stories Will Come--To Carry Forth the Stories

Ahókaashiile, Qe'ciyéw'yew', Lim lemt.sh "thank you"
Acknowledgments

Pronunciation Guide

Indigenous Term Glossary

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

About the Author

Rodney Frey is professor of ethnography and Distinguished Humanities Professor at the University of Idaho. He holds a doctorate in anthropology from the University of Colorado, and since the mid-1970s has partnered with tribal communities including the Crow, Coeur d'Alene, Nez Perce, Warm Springs, and Wasco. He is the author of Stories That Make the World: Oral Literature of the Indian Peoples of the Inland Northwest, The World of the Crow: As Driftwood Lodges, and Landscape Traveled by Coyote and Crane: The World of the Schitsu'umsh--Coeur d'Alene Indians.

Leonard Bends is a retired Sundance Chief.

Reviews

"Carry Forth the Stories breaks a trail toward a new/old way of looking at the world that promises cultural, personal and ecological healing."--Billings Gazette

"An impressive exploration of indigenous storytelling and culture...in a distinctive style consistent with indigenous storytelling methods. Dr. Frey invites the reader to indulge, not as a casual observer, but as an active participant. This is the heart of indigenous storytelling."--Randall Schleufer, Coeur d'Alene Tribe, Board of Directors, Salish School of Spokane

"This book offers something very rare and very important: a reflection on what the author has learned over a long career as a professor and as a human being. His ability to weave together central ideas within his scholarly work (orality, literacy, ethnographic methodology, the ethics of scholarship, pedagogy, traditionalism) with his own personal narrative is striking, and often simply beautiful."--Suzanne Crawford O'Brien, Pacific Lutheran University, author of Coming Full Circle: Spirituality and Wellness Among Native Communities in the Pacific Northwest