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History
Ojibway Storyteller
Aaron Bell
From a very early age, Aaron
Bell, Ojibway Storyteller displayed many talents in
the arts. Throughout his young life, Aaron put to
paper everything he could which eventually led to
Sheridan College for Classical Animation as well as
Mohawk College for Graphic Arts Production.
Aaron soon realized that drawing
was not what he wished to do with his life. After
leaving college, he gained employment at many First
Nations organizations from the Woodland Cultural
Centre to Kanata Native Traditional Village in
Brantford, Ontario. This is when his journey began
to lead him into other forms of art, from acting to
set design and eventually to the gifts of First
Nations Storytelling…
His travels have led him on many
paths throughout his life, but this is what he loves
to do… which is share the teachings and the culture
of the First Nations people of Southern Ontario with
those who wish to learn through the magic of the
spoken word, drama and humour.
Accomplishments:
- 15 years of sharing
the story’s and culture of the First Nations people
- Administrator of
Gonrah Desgohwah White Pine Dancers
- 2007, chosen as one
of three storytellers to represent Ontario during
the Canadian Book Week, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
- 2 Storytelling Cd’s,
“How The Oceans Became Salty” and “Painted
Imagination”
- 2005, Created Ojibway
Storyteller as a sole proprietorship business.
- 2004, Guest Speaker,
Mysterious Canada
- 1999 – 2004, Kanata
Native Traditional Village, Assistant Manager of
Aboriginal Tourism Business.
- 2003, Winner of
Individual Arts and Culture Award, Brantford’s
Shining Stars Tourism Awards.
- 2003, Principal
Actor, The War That Made America, Pittsburgh, Ohio
- 2003, Principal
Actor, Narrator, Storyteller, “Ohio: One State, Many
Nations” P.B.S. Ohio.
- 2002, Winner of the
Canadian Tourism Commissions, Best Winter Cultural
Experience (Curriculum Designer and Facilitator,
Kanata Village, Brantford, Ontario)
- 2002, Principal
Storyteller, Opening night, Toronto Festival of
Storytelling
- 1999, Created Gonrah
Desgohwah White Pine Dance Troupe with Garret Jones
Aaron is happily married to his
wife, Barb and has four children, Joey, Chelsey,
Kierra and Daxxon and currently resides in
Brantford, Ontario.
Aaron Bell is
not a “Traditional Storyteller”. Aaron shares his
gift of First Nations storytelling in his own unique
way. A Traditional Storyteller knows and shares the
story’s of his or her people word for word in the
oral tradition during ceremony’s and recognized
times throughout the year for both the Haudenosaunee
and Anishinabae Peoples. For a more traditional
perspective of any First Nations story’s you must
contact a local Elder from your local First Nations
Community. |