storyknifing en · NOUN
Etymology
From story + knifing or storyknife + -ing.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A traditional Yup'ik play activity of young girls in which they tell stories accompanying them with illustrations scratched in the mud, sand, or snow using a storyknife or stick.
Symbols for monkey bars, swings, slides, and seesaws, which are common in the storyknifing we observed, of course, were not drawn before such articles were introduced into the culture with the building of schools and playgrounds in the villages. The use of the symbol or the word "yes" to signify the end of a storyknifing session was not used by the women in Margaret and Leota's generation.
1994, Jaipaul L. Roopnarine, James Ewald Johnson, Frank H. Hooper, Children's Play in Diverse Cultures, →ISBN, page 194:The children of Bethel, then, come from diverse communities, brining their own storyknifing styles with them.
2013, Carolyn Kremers, Upriver, →ISBN, page 81:One of their favorite storyknifing places was under an old, abandoned, Bureau of Indian Affairs school.
2012, Kathleen B. deMarrais, Inside Stories: Qualitative Research Reflections, →ISBN, page 94:Once oral stories are learned, they can be retold through storyknifing, song, and dance.
1997, Nancy H. Hornberger, Indigenous Literacies in the Americas, →ISBN: