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Noggin + Storytelling + Song @ Siletz Valley
June 7, 2018 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
WHAT: Noggin visit to Siletz Valley School
WHERE: Siletz Valley Early College Academy, 245 NW James Franks Ave, Siletz, OR 97380
WHEN: Thursday, June 7, 10:00am – 12:00pm
How to say “brain” in Dee-Ni (“day-nee”)…
LEARN MORE: Language and oral traditions of the Siletz
LEARN MORE: Phonology of Smith River Athapaskan (Tolowa)
LEARN MORE: SILETZ DEE-NI
We are returning to Siletz Valley to meet with Theresa Smith, a Siletz tribal member and second grade teacher, and Cassondra McDonnell, a school counselor at Siletz Valley Early College Academy, and Bud Lane III, Vice Chairman of the Tribal Council for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. Joanne Trzcinski, Education Coordinator for the Oregon Pacific Area Health Education Center (OPAHEC) will join us too!
LEARN MORE: Alfred “Bud” Lane III: Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
We listen to elders and storytellers, and invite them to our fall Synapses & Stories project. Stories are seasonal, and those who closely observe the natural world tell instructive tales about the richness of animal behavior. Brain scientists are only now discovering how neuroanatomy relates to this complexity – how the underlying structure and function of cerebral networks contributes to what each of us perceives, thinks and does…
Cougar brain dissection at BioGift
LEARN MORE: Synapses & Stories: Coyote, Grizzly & their Brains!
We did it! We confirmed TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9th for our all day visit with K-12 students at Siletz Valley. And the project is now “Synapses, Stories & Songs!“
According to a science teacher at Siletz, our earlier visit had impact – students are advocating for opportunities to hear and play more music, they are more aware of their changing circadian cycles in adolescence, and more understanding of diverse developmental experiences and how they are not alone in facing challenges…
LEARN MORE: Noggin @ Siletz Valley!
Also struck today by depictions of Siletz students formally greeting crows, watching crows use pennies as tools, and performing the Crow Dance, reflecting their distinctive movements. Great meeting; more details coming soon…
“When we see a landscape, mountains, valleys, ridges, we see the skeletal structure underneath; when we look at the stars, we see bodies, stories.” -Bud Lane
This resonates – neuroscience researchers and artists explore landscapes too, and study the fascinating structure and function of cellular and biochemical networks that act beneath the surface and determine who we are.
Talking brains at the Little Chief diner in Siletz, Oregon
Tremendously honored to be presented with a copy of The People are Dancing Again: The Siletz Tribe of Western Oregon by Charles Wilkinson…
Very excited to return to Siletz in October…
CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS
1. Jordan Ray, PSU
2. Denessa Oberbeck, OHSU, Noggin Brain Board
3. Joey Seuferling, Noggin Resource Council
4. Sami Friedrich, OHSU