by Wisdom Blogger | Nov 15, 2021 | Oregon, Storytelling, Turtle Island Storytellers Network
Remember your Weyakin My name is John Bevis. I’m a member of the Umatilla tribe. I’m Umatilla /Walla Walla ancestry. My Indian name is Mowitit, which comes from my grandmother’s side the Barnhardt side. Born and raised on the Umatilla Reservation. I...
by Wisdom Blogger | Nov 11, 2021 | Oregon, Storytelling, Turtle Island Storytellers Network
Gerald Primeaux Senior, I am a Huntawa Lakota from the Yankton Sioux Reservation. My name is Chactawa which means Twin Eagle Boy. I was born in 1963 in Yankton, South Dakota, my dad was Asa Primeaux Senior. His dad, my grampa, was Harry Primeaux Senior. My great...
by Wisdom Blogger | Nov 11, 2021 | Oregon, Storytelling, Turtle Island Storytellers Network
It Feeds My Soul My name is Lillian Pitt and my Indian name is Wakamu and my ancestry on the BIA papers is Warm Springs, Wasco, and Yakama. The memories of the elders are very special because they are the last of the quote-unquote traditional type of people who saw...
by Wisdom Blogger | Nov 11, 2021 | Oregon, Storytelling, Turtle Island Storytellers Network
Weaving History My maiden name is Courtney and I was born and raised on the Warm Springs Reservation. The Wasco people were known for fishing and for trading. The salmon runs produced enough fish for us so that each family could catch hundreds and hundreds of pounds....
by Wisdom Blogger | Nov 1, 2021 | Featured Content, Featured Homepage, Wisdom Workforce
A special shout out to Bruce Amick, Karrie Young, Adrienne Moat, David Eyster, and William Hudacek of our Wisdom Workforce, LLC for winning the Bill Naito award this year, 2021. The Wisdom Workforce, LLC has had a very busy year so far. Our partnerships and projects...
