ABSTRACT
Goulet and Goulet express the depth Indigenous people hold in reading the land. Land is experienced as a relational being. Episkeniew furthers this by stating that stories, which continually embody the land, articulate Indigenous relationships with the world. Wilson identifies three key features to ensure that a relationship is ethical, which are: "respect, reciprocity, and responsibility". Connections that have brought the author to engage with land-based, experiential learning when he is a teacher and student alongside youth who are part of institutional settings, such as schools. Wilson makes the connection between the land and spirit by stating: "Our relationship to the land that's a spiritual connection". The interaction with the land helps the author to understand McAdams' assertion that the construction of identity brings together the different parts of their lives and them into a purposeful and convincing whole.
