Editing Storytelling (section)

==== Types ====
There are various types of stories among many indigenous communities. Communication in Indigenous American communities is rich with stories, myths, philosophies and narratives that serve as a means to exchange information.<ref>{{Cite journal|url = https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/aprci/275|title = Learning From the Grandmothers: Incorporating Indigenous Principles Into Qualitative Research|last = Loppie|first = Charlotte|date = February 2007|journal = Qualitative Health Research|volume = 17|issue = 2|pages = 276–84|doi = 10.1177/1049732306297905|pmid = 17220397|s2cid = 5735471}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Howard |first1=Victoria |title=Clackamas Chinook performance art: verse form interpretations |last2=Mason |first2=Catharine |last3=Jacobs |first3=Melville |date=2021 |publisher=University of Nebraska Press American Indian Research Institute, Indiana University |isbn=978-1-4962-2411-8 |series=Studies in the anthropology of North American Indians series |location=Lincoln Bloomington}}</ref> These stories may be used for coming of age themes, core values, morality, literacy and history. Very often, the stories are used to instruct and teach children about [[Moral development|cultural values and lessons]].<ref name="Silko, L. Storyteller 1981"/> The meaning within the stories is not always explicit, and children are expected to make their own meaning of the stories. In the [[Lakota People|Lakota Tribe]] of North America, for example, young girls are often told the story of the [[White Buffalo Calf Woman]], who is a spiritual figure that protects young girls from the whims of men. In the [[Odawa|Odawa Tribe]], young boys are often told the story of a young man who never took care of his body, and as a result, his feet fail to run when he tries to escape predators. This story serves as an indirect means of encouraging the young boys to take care of their bodies.<ref>Pelletier, W. Childhood in an Indian Village. 1970.</ref>

Narratives can be shared to express the values or morals among family, relatives, or people who are considered part of the close-knit community. Many stories in indigenous American communities all have a "surface" story, that entails knowing certain information and clues to unlocking the metaphors in the story. The underlying message of the story being told, can be understood and interpreted with clues that hint to a certain interpretation.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title = Indigenous Storywork: Educating the Heart, Mind, and Spirit|last = Archibald|first = Jo-Ann|publisher = University of British Columbia Press|year = 2008|isbn = 978-0-7748-1401-0|location = Canada|pages = 76}}</ref> In order to make meaning from these stories, elders in the [[Sto:lo]] community for example, emphasize the importance in learning how to listen, since it requires the senses to bring one's heart and mind together.<ref name=":1" /> For instance, a way in which children learn about the metaphors significant for the society they live in, is by listening to their elders and participating in rituals where they respect one another.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Growing Up in a Culture of Respect: Child Rearing in Highland Peru|last = Bolin|first = Inge|publisher = University of Texas Press|year = 2006|isbn = 978-0-292-71298-0|location = Austin|pages = 136}}</ref>