Wisdom of the Elders, Inc
Wisdom of the Elders, Inc
Thankful and Blessed
2022 has been a year of prosperity, compassion, kindness, and a deeper connectedness to cultural values and practices
Thankful and Blessed
2022 has been a year of prosperity, compassion, kindness, and a deeper connectedness to cultural values and practices
Keep up to date with Wisdom of the Elders
Congratulations to the 2022 Wisdom Workforce Development Interns
Wisdom is very proud of you all, and honored to be a part of your growth. Wisdom wants to encourage you to stay connected and active in this growing dynamic community. Great Spirit United Methodist Church, Nellie Stearns and Allen Buck Friends of Tryon Creek, Gabe...
Wisdom receives the 2022 Environment and Sustainability Impact Award from Ninety-Nine Girlfriends
Over the last few months Wisdom has been hard at work writing a grant proposal for the 2022 Impact award which is provided by Ninety-nine girlfriends. Their organization makes annual, large, impactful grants in the Portland Metro/SW Washington region. They fund in...
Tim Keenan Burgess visits Israel as a visiting artist at Musrara School
Wisdom's Director of Multi-Media and Co-Director/Producer of Wisdom’s ongoing documentary film series, Tim Keenan Burgess recently completed a long paused program and cultural exchange between Wisdom of the Elders, Inc and the Musrara phototherapy school in Jerusalem...
About Wisdom Of The Elders
Wisdom records, preserves, and shares oral history, cultural arts, language concepts, and traditional ecological knowledge of exemplary Native American elders, storytellers, and scientists in collaboration with diverse institutions, agencies, and organizations. Our vision: Native American cultural sustainability, multimedia education, and cultural reconciliation.
Wisdom of the Elders, Inc. (Wisdom) was founded in 1993 by the late Martin High Bear, Lakota medicine man and spiritual leader, and Rose High Bear, Deg Hitan Dine (or Alaskan Athabascan), and Inupiat.
Wisdom Events
Medicine Gathering at Oxbow Park 2022
Friends and family, please join Wisdom and the Pacific North West Water Protectors for the 5th Annual Medicine Gathering: Aug 26th-28th 2022 at Oxbow Park. Healing the sacred water of the North West. There will be a traditional Pow Wow Saturday and guest speakers....
Join us at the Portland Indigenous Marketplace
Join us for the Portland Indigenous Marketplace. An in-person Indigenous Marketplaces event for Spring/Summer 2022, the marketplace will be held at 432 NE 74th ave Portland, OR 97213 Portland Indigenous Marketplace supports indigenous artists and entrepreneurs by...
Wisdom Newsletter
December Newsletter: Greetings Friends of Wisdom
Greetings, On behalf of Wisdom of the Elders, Inc. and Wisdom Workforce Development, LLC we wish you a joyful holiday season! We hope 2022 has been a year of prosperity, compassion, kindness, and a deeper connectedness to your cultural values and practices. Wisdom of...
Autumn Newsletter: November is the time to become a friend of Wisdom
Greetings Friends of Wisdom We hope you all have had a great year so far and have been enjoying Fall in all her beautiful colors! We want to say thank you to all who have sent in donations throughout this year to help sustain the work we do here at Wisdom.Your support...
Native Wisdom Documentary Film Update
Wisdom’s multimedia team is continuing its work on an educational film shared with the forestry service, and also filming a program that features a variety of Grandmothers stories.
Traditional Ecological Knowledge: An Internship program
Wisdom of the Elders, Inc. is pleased to announce the (TEK Program) Traditional Ecological Knowledge. This program is designed for interns and focuses on traditional ecological knowledge passed down from generations.
Featured Wisdom Projects & Community Action
Join us at the Portland Indigenous Marketplace
Join us for the Portland Indigenous Marketplace. An in-person Indigenous Marketplaces event for Spring/Summer 2022, the marketplace will be held at 432 NE 74th ave Portland, OR 97213 Portland Indigenous Marketplace supports indigenous artists and entrepreneurs by...
Wisdom of the Elders is featured on Koin.com for partnership during EarthWeek
Happy Earth Week Everyone. Wisdom of the Elders is featured on Koin.com Wisdom is busy this Earth Week partnering and celebrating Earth Day, Week, and Month with Earthday Oregon, an organization that works with Nonprofit Partners who work year-round across Oregon to...
Celebrating Earth Month with our Partners & Earth Day Oregon
We are excited to announce our new business partnerships with Come Thru Market and Wombyn’s Wellness Garden, thanks to Earth Day Oregon! This month Wisdom will be hosting an online raffle, as a part of a larger campaign to support Oregon nonprofits with sustainable...
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Notes from Wisdom’s Executive Director
New Years Greetings
First and foremost, we would like to express our gratitude to all of you who made such generous donations to Wisdom of the Elders through our Give! Guild campaign and to those who made private donations. What a turnout!
We cannot continue the work for our communities without your generous support and continued partnerships and helping with the collaborative work we share throughout our communities. We have been able to move forward with our Strategic Plans for building into the future a stronger stance and broader outreach into our communities and helping to restore and rebuild our Traditional Ecological internships and move forward with making new films and increasing our curriculum to include more STEM/STEAM elements and partnerships.
I hope each of you is keeping well and safe and I wish you all a prosperous New Year.
With our deepest gratitude, we thank you to each and every one!