ABSTRACT
The process and product of the autobiographical narrative inquiry and the space created for the inquiry into my stories, resulted in much more than a stepping stone for me. The author speaks how the experience of inquiring into the educational stories of five of her relatives helped her to understand the importance of stories and the impact of the autobiographical narrative inquiry on her and her family. She attempted to build relationships, to gather stories, and she searched for awareness of stories to live by within the inquiry process. In this class project the author had a beginner's understanding of the methodology of narrative inquiry, and of the methodological principles of Indigenous research. A final course in the author graduate program required me to engage in a small research project with an Aboriginal community on the topic of Aboriginal education.
