• Wisdom Gardens Open House – Thursday May 23rd
  • Wisdom Gardens in the News
  • An Evening with Wisdom of the Elders
  • PM.LightaFire
  • WG Advisory Council

  • This year’s team of National Community Conservation Corps members from AmeriCorps are bringing their enthusiasm to Wisdom Gardens during May. Our garden soil is being restored and our plots are now all ready for planting. The help of this team is invaluable as we begin to grow heirloom vegetables...

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  •   Wisdom Gardens is featured in the latest issue of Edible Portland magazine. Executive Director Rose High Bear discusses the vision for our garden, and why it is important for cultural resiliency and our local Native communities: “Get your hands dirty, reconnect with the earth. Because no matter where...

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  • You’re invited to our Second Annual Gala on Friday June 21 at 6:30 PM. This event is a perfect way to celebrate the Summer Solstice, please join us for a salmon dinner, silent auction, and cultural arts presentation. Featured Guest and Keynote Speaker will be Deana D. Dartt, PhD,...

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  • Dear Friends and Relatives, Wisdom of the Elders was honored as recipient of a 2012 “Light A Fire” award in the category “Honoring Our Elders - Awarded to an organization that serves and celebrates the oldest and wisest people in our community”.

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  • Wisdom Community Gardens Advisory Council wants our community to discover the abundance that can be provided by Portland’s rich natural world.  Our NCCC team is building six raised vegetable garden beds this week so our Native community can learn and grow healthy heirloom vegetables for their family. Please contact...

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Wisdom Gardens Open House – Thursday May 23rd

Wisdom Gardens ~ Restoring native food systems

This year’s team of National Community Conservation Corps members from AmeriCorps are bringing their enthusiasm to Wisdom Gardens during May. Our garden soil is being restored and our plots are now all ready for planting. The help of this team is invaluable as we begin to grow heirloom vegetables and traditional First Foods crops onsite. Wisdom Gardens Open House is on Thursday, May 23 from 2:00-5:00 PM and we will acknowledge them for their efforts. We are also inviting our friends, colleagues and Portland’s increasingly diverse community to join us. Read More »

Watch: Our Featured Video


Marc Anderson, BSCE (Seminole), Engineer and Certified Water Rights Examiner, is our guest, featuring video segments of Marc’s interview produced for Discovering Our Story’s Career Pathways Project. You can learn more about the Career Pathways Curriculum here. Find more episodes at Discovering Our Story TV.

Tune in to Discovering Our Story

Discovering Our Story Production Team

Wisdom’s Native American produced TV series is broadcast live from Studio B at Portland Community Media, monthly on the first Sunday  at 1 PM on Comcast Channel 11.

Hosts Bill Ray and Nico Wind, with Executive Producer Rose High Bear, discuss Discovering Our Story’s recently completed Career Pathways Planning Curriculum. Learn more at Discovering Our Story: Career Pathways Planning.

June’s program will re-broadcast on Tuesday, June 18th at 10 PM on Comcast Channel 22, and again on Friday, June 21st at 9 AM on Comcast Channel 23. Our next episode will air on Sunday July 7th. View episodes archived at Discovering Our Story TV.

Wisdom Gardens in the News

 

Gardens Harvest

Wisdom Gardens is featured in the latest issue of Edible Portland magazine. Executive Director Rose High Bear discusses the vision for our garden, and why it is important for cultural resiliency and our local Native communities: “Get your hands dirty, reconnect with the earth. Because no matter where you are on Mother Earth, you are at home. She’s our oldest grandmother. And this is where we need to reconnect.” Visit http://edibleportland.com/2013/03/powerful-medicine/ to read more.

An Evening with Wisdom of the Elders

2013 Save the Date

You’re invited to our Second Annual Gala on Friday June 21 at 6:30 PM. This event is a perfect way to celebrate the Summer Solstice, please join us for a salmon dinner, silent auction, and cultural arts presentation. Featured Guest and Keynote Speaker will be Deana D. Dartt, PhD, Curator of Native American Art at the Portland Art Museum. Featured Musical performance by Cedar Rose, a collaborative effort that focuses on traditional and contemporary Native American music, formed by Karen Kitchen and Nico Wind. Reserve your tickets now.

Wisdom of the Elders 2012 Recipient of Portland Monthly Magazine Light A Fire Award

Dear Friends and Relatives,

Wisdom of the Elders was honored as recipient of a 2012 “Light A Fire” award in the category “Honoring Our Elders - Awarded to an organization that serves and celebrates the oldest and wisest people in our community”.

Read More »