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Learning from Us!
Learning from Us!
Desiring to Indigenize and Learn — For those External to ENGL 3353 & MRU
Desiring to Indigenize and Learn — For those External to ENGL 3353 & MRU
Joe's stories offer an Indigenous perception of the human condition. As specific as these stories are to a particular time, place, people, and culture, a universal, human experience is contained therein.
Joe shares these stories to educate. As much as there is a desire to Indigenize on our part, there must be a desire to learn on yours. Being open-minded allows for these stories to resonate in you, the person receiving them. That way, Joe's story — as well as our story working together — can be a part of your story.
Visit our Working Together page to find ways to grow your story with us.
A Mystical Experience: Ii kii pii sah tahp pii
A Mystical Experience: Ii kii pii sah tahp pii
In one of Joe's recorded stories, he recalls a time when he shared a personal experience with his parents on a car trip back home from Browning, Montana. After hearing what his son went through, Joe's father says to him, "it is, ii kii pii sah tahp pii. It's mystical what you experienced." Ii kii pii sah tahp pii captures so well what Joe's stories attempt to describe.
According to Joe, ii kii pii sah tahp pii applies to all things on a human level that cannot be explained. As humans, though, we continue trying to make sense of the mystical, making use of the various forms of storytelling available to us.
We hope Joe's stories of bravery, heroism, and sacrifice have you reflecting on the great wonder of life in all its complexity and simplicity – as Joe's tipi and its design represent.
We invite you to take this Indigenous journey. We look forward to learning from you.
Christopher Grignard (Mistaki Oomaka) &
Joe Eagle Tail Feathers (Iitsooahp’potah)
MRU's Journey to Indigenization Public Event (September, 2023)
Joe in MRU's Immersion Studio
Chris and Joe in the Immersion Studio
Joe's Tipi on his ceremonial grounds. Chief Mountain (Ninastako) in the background.
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