Storytelling

Tribal Invitation to Seventh Annual Northwest Indian Storytelling Festival October 26-28, 2012

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The Seventh Annual Northwest Indian Storytelling Festival is scheduled for October 26-28, 2012 at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. The NISA Emerging Tribal Storytellers Workshop is Saturday, October 27 and Sunday, October 28, 2012. We extend warm greetings to Native American community members interested in knowing more about Native American culture and heritage to...
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Northwest indian storytellers association (NISA) Application for NISA apprenticeship project 2012-2013

Wisdom of the Elders, Inc. (Wisdom) has developed the 2012-2013 NISA Tribal Apprenticeship Project. We are seeking ten NISA master tribal storytellers to apply for a funded opportunity to mentor two emerging tribal storytellers either from your tribe or from your community over the next 9 months, between October 2012 and June 2013. Any...
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Northwest Indian Storytellers Association Membership Form

Are you a tribal storyteller or oral historian? Or would you like to become an emerging storyteller and work with a traditional teller to learn the art of traditional storytelling? If so, we welcome you to become a member of Northwest Indian Storytellers Association. Membership is free. NISA was formed in October 2005 to...
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Turtle Island Storytellers Network

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Turtle Island Storytellers Network is the American Indian online speakers bureau which promotes 80 tribal storytellers, historians, and song carriers. This network was developed to provide speaking and consulting opportunities for tribal elders, oral historians, storytellers and song carriers from 13 states in the Northwest and Northern Plains states. Individual webpage portfolios include information...
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Northwest Indian Storytellers Association

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We welcome Washington, Oregon and Idaho tribal members, along with the region’s urban Indian storytellers from other nations around Turtle Island, to join the Northwest Indian Storytellers Association (NISA). Sign up online to become a NISA member here. NISA MISSION STATEMENT: NISA was formed in 2005 to encourage, preserve and strengthen traditional storytelling among...
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