Lesson 2: Stories of My Community
Links to all videos and stories can be found in the Lesson 2 PowerPoint.
Materials to Download
What is Community?
Discuss: What is Community? Community to me is ________________.
Read Aloud: “Fry Bread” by Kevin Noble Maillard (Seminole Nation) (9:25) Lead a question-and-answer period about words and pictures in the book and what they mean.
Listen/Watch: “Home to Me” by N’we Jinan Artists // Grassy Narrows First Nation (5:14)
Discuss: What is the message, or messages, the artist is telling through his story? Where is this video filmed and with what Tribal Nation? How can you compare or contrast these themes and Tribal experiences with the lived experience of Tribes of Oregon?
Stories about Place and Peoples
Watch: Warm Springs Skatepark, Warm Springs, OR by the Skatepark Project (3:46).
Discuss: How do stories about place shape your community? How do these stories of community confirm or differ from stories you have been told about Native people in Oregon? What stories about Native peoples have you been told? Who gets to decide which stories matter and how they are told?
Create!
Watch: Let’s Talk About Zines & Why You Should Make One by Greg Kletsel, an illustrator from New York. He explains what a Zine is, and the purpose of just creating art without limits. (4:48)
Make a Zine!
- Write a short story/lyrics/poem. How do you define your community?
- What story can you tell about your community?
- How do you tell your story?
- Include Native/heritage language(s) if you have one other than English.