Storyteller Tenille Campbell embraces Indigenous joy
As the University of Saskatchewan's 2024 Indigenous Storyteller-in-Residence, Tenille Campbell (BA'07) is exploring art, laughter and culture.
By Julia Peterson | Saskatoon StarPhoenixTenille Campbell’s best stories have one thing in common: They start with joy — crinkled laugh lines, a joke, a shared smile between friends.
“Creating joy is just a natural reflection of where I grew up and who I grew up with — laughing, powerful, creative Indigenous people,” she says, in an interview with the Saskatoon StarPhoenix.
As the University of Saskatchewan’s 2024 Indigenous Storyteller-in-Residence, Campbell is sharing her perspectives on art and joy with the campus community while exploring different forms that storytelling can take.
A Dene and Métis poet, photographer and artist from English River First Nation in northern Saskatchewan, Campbell grew up in a community full of storytellers.
“Whenever I go home, there’s always somebody — and I don’t think they think of themselves as storytellers — but there’s always somebody telling me a great story, with humour and context and subplot,” she says. “They don’t think about it that way; they go ‘Oh, it’s just a funny story.’ And I’ll say, ‘No, this is legendary.'”
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