The power of sharing history through story-telling! | Dan Nanamkin | TEDxSpokane

Dan is an Indigenous Educator from Washington on the Colville Indian Reservation. Through his work, Dan hopes to encourage schools to offer “more accurate Native American culture into their curriculum."

Dan will take us back in time to hear the stories passed down from past generations. Stories of a land that provided for its people and how the native people nurtured it. Through song, dance, and the power of storytelling, Dan shares his passion for native history.
Dan will take us back in time to hear the passages passed down
from generations before. Stories of a land that provided for its people
and how the native people nurtured it in response.

Dan is an Indigenous Educator from the Colville Indian Tribe. He
takes pride in hearing more of the Indigenous Native American perspectives like the TED Talk with Mark Charles. When he’s not traveling and Pow Wow dancing, he is a public speaker and educator.

Through his work, Dan hopes to encourage schools to offer “more
accurate Native American culture into their curriculum." Dan's deep
connection to his stories and performance will move us all to think

[yuda]

This man represents the only thing that can save our corrupt culture from itself yet few of us understand.

[DoloresJNurss]

This was hours worth of teaching distilled down into 15 minutes--something that this remarkable teacher only found out that he would have to do the night before. And yet he did it!

[oliviahart]

Outstanding—TEACHING — kids gravitate to this medicine... THANK YOU CREATOR FOR PUTTING THE VISION THERE

[fd]

That was so powerful!! I have Blackfoot and cherokee high 33% from family wedding myphotos. Now, I find my self living within Kalispell, and only see pride in my boys eyes to be native American they stand tall with pride and Kalispell provides so much ty!!

[colleenbilyew]

This was beautiful, filling my Soul, deeply. My heart was pulled into the ancestors of my Cherokee grandmothers and grandfathers, who lived in the Carolinas. Ever since I was a little girl, I have felt things I could not understand, when I found out my great, grandmother was Cherokee, I have been sad in different ways and later an opening came for me and my husband to join the Inner Tribal Indian club of Tulsa. We were waiting in a restaurant for our good friends Melvon Bevenue who was Chief for life on the Creek Nation, and before they arrived, a group of people walked in and I found out later that the leader of this group when he saw my husband and I sitting and waiting for our friends to arrive, he said, " that couple needs to belong to our group. This was the beginning of a great journey, but today my heart is very lonely because I have no one to visit with, no tribes in Wichita Kansas, since I had to move from Tulsa. My heart is Sad. Colleen Bilyew 408 N. Elm Cottonwood Falls, Ks. 66845

[andrearenee]

I'm told I am a late bloomer. Just got this one 4 years later! I just breathed in some real truth...from the past. The real past. Thank you...

[teejayevans]

I appreciate everything that is Good that is coming from you & your Native American/Indigenous teachings my Brother! Aho MAy the Creator of all things CONTINUE to watch over you, and all your Peoples' in this Journey you Lead, and create many avenues to help educate others of all color, for many generations to come! Aho Hiycha'

[hiddenmeadowbison]

I'm so grateful to be from Colville peace be until you all

[damageincorporatedmetalv]

People have to realize this was the way we lived. Nothing was handed out to me. Look @ my work history...

[dustinclark]

I love this style of folklore, it covertly mixes history and philosophy

[enjoyyoursleep]

we need these legends to help us save this world

[Merlin-urdz]

To Natives people that are talking about what they don't know you have to effectively effect papers work in your hands to show who you are dealing with with great respect to you all we ❤❤❤

[Stormsong]

Chi miigwetch (big thank you) TEDx for helping revive native american culture and traditions.

[ElRayDelRio]

Keeper of The Secret Arrows
The Sacred Pipe
🧘🏽‍♂️👏🏽🙌🏽💯

[volgariver]

I will never say I'm sorry because I was born on this land, but I will honor this land the best I can because it is my home I am not a monster I am not a thief I am a good man and I love the forest and I love the people of this forest

[kickzo]

Yo I love this man!!! I felt every second

[damageincorporatedmetalv]

My version is a bit different but it works. People don't understand. In the original recipe it was made with Pine sap. Sugar is needed to crust or heal a wound.

[damageincorporatedmetalv]

I made this Balm for a friend of mine.... thank God there both still alive.

[damageincorporatedmetalv]

My mom asked me about drawing salve. I can make it, but the last time a made a batch. It was taken, it worked these two brothers I speak of. George is native. Mario is lucky !!! 🤔

[jordanallen]

I am what they call sawabi "white man" I would like to say I'm so sorry for all tribes that lost there land and there animals. I wanna start by saying I love native American culture. I wish white people would look at life the way you guys do money is pointless.. and that's all white people think about I hate it. I wish we could go back to living off the way of the land and trade and tbh I would try my hardest to get expedited into a tribe to learn your ways the ways to use everything the earth offer's to give to not waist anything and not to over harvest and pray to the Creator and thank him for the animals and the leaders of the animals