Oral tradition a tradition that varies throughout the different first nations (example: can bevaries in the way the various First Nations make use of it; for instance, through songs, stories of originabout their origins, trickster stories, family narratives, and formal oratory.)

oralOral tradition is incorporated in everyday life, because the first nation carriesFirst Nation peoples carry the knowledge, traditioncustoms, and culturecultures that hashave been passed on from one generation to another, also through songs, dances, and ceremonial artifacts.

Many first nationsFirst Nations still practice oral traditions today, even though there arethey are aware of the writing tools and the digital technology because ofavailable to them. They believe that putting thoughts into writing would loselack the emotions inthey convey through their voices, thethat the connection between the storyteller and the listener would be lost, and that the power of language would be lost. Itdiminish. Furthermore, telling stories orally is also considered a tradition to tell oral storiesin itself.

Stories and narratives have many elements in common, but can be distinguishedthey are also very different from each other. Such as storiesThe former are often told in a performance setting and many accompaniedare accompanied by songs and dances to extend their meaning. The narrative haslatter have a more concrete need that is passed along threwthrough specific skillskills and knowledge or record oral history.