2. Indigenous Storyworlds: Beings at the Threshold

Explore Indigenous accounts of beings that cross between worlds — tricksters, cryptids, shapeshifters, underworld creatures, and guardians. Emphasis is placed on understanding these beings within their cultural context and relations: to the land, to ecological systems, to human communities, and to spiritual protocols. This book resists decontextualizing or exoticizing; instead it invites respectful engagement with how Indigenous storyworlds represent threshold beings and their lessons.

🔑 Key Features of This Structure

• Starts with protocols (grounding in respect).
• Anchors in Blackfoot knowledge while making room for global Indigenous voices.
• Bridges into XR translation without rushing past cultural protocols.
• Ends with reflections and cautions — ensuring humility.
  
  
  Keywords: IIndigenous XR, Blackfoot, Napi, Thunderbird, trickster, shapeshifters, underworld beings, oral tradition, relations, context, storyworlds.