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Noggin @ Siletz Tribal Camp!
July 12, 2018 - July 14, 2018
WHAT: Brains and art and storytelling at Siletz Camp
We did it! See how to do the Crow Dance at the link!
Stories, Singing, Dancing & Brains!
WHERE: Mservey Meadows, Oregon (near Agness)
WHEN: Thursday & Friday, July 12th & 13th
LEARN MORE: Synapses & Stories
We’ll drive towards Agness early on Thursday, aiming to arrive by the afternoon. Storytelling, dances, brains and art on Thursday afternoon through Friday evening!
Esther Stutzman organizes this annual gathering, and tells traditional Coos and Kalapuya stories. She recently won a 2017 Governor’s Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement!
“Esther Stutzman is a native Oregonian and traditional American Indian storyteller of Kalapuya/Coos heritage. She learned the stories from her grandmoth- ers and she has been telling stories of the ancient ways for more than 50 years. She is a descendant of the Headman Camafeema (Halo) of the Komemma/ Kalapuya and is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians.
Stutzman works with Title VII Indian Education and Arts in Education programs throughout Oregon as a cultural resource specialist with children as well as with teacher in-service programs.
She is the primary storyteller for Mother Earth’s Children, an American Indian theatre group that has performed for school assemblies and a variety of events and conferences for the past 42 years. She has been a long-time presenter for the Oregon Chautauqua History Series and is a recipient of several Oregon Historical Society Folk Life awards.”
LEARN MORE: Turtle Island Storyteller Esther Stutzman
LEARN MORE: Governor Kate Brown announces 2017 Governor’s Arts Awards
LEARN MORE: Governor’s Arts Awards, revived
We’re bringing some extra brains – and pipe cleaners! Sincere thanks to Eileen Torres of the Raber Lab at OHSU Behavioral Neuroscience for freshening up the brain juice!
Volunteers please bring tents, sleeping bags, lights. Campsites and camp food provided 🙂
COMMITTED PARTICIPANTS
Kanani Miyamoto, Noggin Resource Council
Ashley Keates, PSU
Jacob Schoen, OHSU
Bill Griesar, NW Noggin/PSU/OHSU
Jeff Leake, NW Noggin/PSU
Contact griesar@pdx.edu for more details…