How to weave a cultural legacy through storytelling | Cohen Bradley

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🗓️ 15 June 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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"I think of legacy as the weaving together of our stories passed on as a whole," says Haida storyteller Cohen Bradley. Highlighting the significance of potlatch ceremonies (or gift-giving feasts) and other Indigenous traditions of the Haida Nation, Bradley shares why we all should prioritize our collective legacies -- and how they live on through the stories we tell.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
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0:13.3	Storyteller Cohen Bradley weaves together his family and his ancestor stories through
0:17.8	a talk about basket weaving.
0:20.8	In his 2023 talk from Ted at Destination Canada, he explains how this age-old tradition
0:26.6	is a way to think about legacy and being a good ancestor for future generations.
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1:04.8	I come from a culture of storytellers.
1:07.2	Our oldest legends stretch back to a time of the supernatural.
1:10.6	They're so ancient they begin long ago before time began when the world was both light
1:16.3	and dark.
1:18.3	So I thought we could discuss the story of story itself, of legacy.
1:23.0	In a western sense, legacy is the mark a person leaves on history.
1:27.1	Statues are raised for the heroes for those that are revered.
1:30.6	In my culture, we see it a bit differently.
1:33.6	Tidal hanunikkega ga.
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