Mahenwahdose,
Will Hill & Jehnean Washington
P.O. Box 921
Tulsa, OK 74101-0921
1.800.536.1044
918.747.1044
E-mail: mhndose@sbcglobal.net
Discipline: Theatre - Storytelling
Participants: Childhood, Adolescents
Participants: Elementary schools, libraries, senior centers
Availability: Statewide
Language Fluency: Muskogee Creek Cherokee; Seminole Choctaw; Italian, German and French
Will Hill and Jehnean Washington are nationally known performers and have been the featured storytellers at two national storytelling conferences. This popular team has provided arts education to schools and communities across the state and nation. Participants in a Mahenwahdose residency will experience the stories taught to Native American children of long ago and learn about oral tradition and traditional dance. They will become part of the story while music, language and dance are also incorporated.
Arts Learning Goals:
- Look at a new way of learning through the ancient American Indian cultural art of storytelling
- Discover a new way of approaching teaching
- Understand the beautiful and rich history of the American Indian
- Practice the principles of movement, sound and observation to become a better presenter
- Discover history within the participants’ own family societies
- Help in gathering, cataloging and presenting community history