Stories 'n Stones

Stones are the Keepers of the StoriesAn engaging presentation uniting the storytelling talent of Marilyn Kinsella with the stone-tool making skills of her husband Larry Kinsella

Marilyn Kinsella, the Storyteller, teams up with her husband Larry Kinsella, the Stone-Tool Maker to offer this entertaining and informative presentation in the Fuller Dome, on the SIUE campus, in Edwardsville Illinois, on Saturday, May 29th at 7:00 PM. The program opens with Marilyn presenting a traditional Iroquois story, "Skunny Wundy aand the Stone Giant." This tale recounts the adventures of the trickster, Skunny Wundy and his amusing encounter with the Stone Giant. Following the story, Larry demonstrates the primative tools that Marilyn referneced in the story - stone axes, atlatls, spears, banner stones, flint knives and arrow points. Larry explains the process of how these tools were made and how they were used. Marilyn returns to tell a riveting tale from the Northwest, "The Whistling Tsonquas."