Native / Indigenous

A Native Approach to Finding Unity Within our Diversity: The Importance of the Circle

WJEF Resource
By Mike Hendricks
As you enter into conversations and working relationships with those of other cultures remember the analogy of the circle. Think of the act of creating a circle out of a piece of string. We must intentionally bring our circle together- a string is not a circle, it takes effort and purposeful action to take two ends and create one unified circle.

The Life of God on the Reservation:

Reflections from Would Jesus Eat Frybread (WJEF) Conference
by Willie Krischke
This article originally appeared in InterVarstiy Chrisitan Fellowship’s national blog https://www.intervarsity.org/blog/life-god-reservation (November 30, 2012)

Art and Faith in Native Culture: Characteristics of Bezalel, Artist for the Tabernacle

WJEF Resource
Elmer Yazzie
The discussion questions below are based on the story of Bezalel (Exodus 31:1-11), the artist in charge of creating all artwork for the tabernacle.

Native Culture and Faith - How does Christianity fit into who I am as Native person?

WJEF Resource
Celste Handy
This resource emerged from a 2012 workshop delivered by Celeste Handy at the “WJEF - Would Jesus Eat Frybread? And Other Native Questions About Jesus” Conference. As someone who has spent many years wrestling with incorporating her faith in Jesus with who she is as Native person, Celeste shares 3 concepts and wisdom from her journey.

Art and Faith in Native Culture: Nine Characteristics of God’s Artistic Nature

WJEF Resource
Elmer Yazzie
As a part of his teaching, Elmer Yazzie often shares with others about the importance of art and faith. This is his list of characteristics of God’s creative nature - he encourages each of us to add to the list.

Recommendations for Connecting with Native Students

WJEF Resource
By Willie Krischke
Things I wish my staff worker understood about being Native, topics that would be helpful to learn about and Questions that would be helpful for my staff worker to ask me, and additional helpful resources for learning about Native culture. This resource was developed from a workshop offered at WJEF 2012.

Ho‘olohe Pono Listening and Discussion Guide

Ho‘olohe Pono - Listening for God in Community
By Jennifer Ikoma-Motzko
This guide was created to help us listen as we explore how the themes from Hoʻolohe Pono can be used as a tool for growing in cross-cultural competency. It is to be used with the Hoʻolohe Pono video which profiles Intervarsity’s immersion project into the Hawaiian community. In Hawaiian, hoʻolohe pono means “to listen carefully, intently, rightly, and justly.”

First Nations and Christian: Cheryl Bear and dance group Dancing the Way

Urbana 09
Cheryl Bear talks of learning to embraces her identity as both First Nations and Christian, followed by a performance by the First Nations dance group, Dancing the Way.

Perceptions of Life and Our Creator: Dancing the Way

Urbana 09
In this video, Dancing the Way’s Blackfoot and Cree performers present dances that reflect percetions of life and of our Creator - the One who truly came down and walked with us.

Dividing Walls and Reconcile (Short Version)

A story from the Penelakut Tribe of the Vancouver Island Region
By InterVarsity's twentyonehundreded productions
In North America, policy towards Indigenous peoples is one example of the church rebuilding the dividing walls of hostility that Jesus came to destroy. God wants to heal our racial and ethnic divisions. This documentary profiles how this is happening with the Penelakut Tribe of the Vancouver Island region of Canada and some non-native residents of the region.
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