Gathered Together: Listening to Musqueam Lived Experiences

What forms does biography take in my community, Musqueam? My experience listening to storytellers gathered together demonstrates a) the inseparability of narrating lived experiences and carrying forward Musqueam’s distinct teachings; b) the collective nature of telling and remembering; and c) how this form of oral tradition—of life-telling—requires its own set of listening skills. I conclude that group storytelling can inform other forms of representation such as biography and ethnography.