by Wisdom Blogger | Dec 9, 2025 | Announcements, Community Action, Community Spotlight, Connect, Featured Homepage, Film, Film Screenings, Get Involved, Multimedia, Native Wisdom Documentary Film Series, Oregon, Wisdom Projects, Wisdom Workforce, WWD
RSVP & Tickets Give!Guide season is in full swing, and Wisdom of the Elders is honored to be featured once again among Portland’s most impactful nonprofits. This annual campaign helps connect our mission with new supporters, younger donors, and community members...
by Wisdom Blogger | Jan 7, 2022 | Education, Featured Homepage, Oregon, The desk of Dawn Lowe, Traditional Ecological Knowledge
(St John’s Wort, Citrus, Vitamin C and Rose Hips) Having experienced the snow and heavy rains so soon this year we are headed for what is classically called the “dark of winter.” This is the time when the ice settles in and stories are told to pass the time and...
by Wisdom Blogger | Nov 16, 2021 | Oregon, Storytelling, Turtle Island Storytellers Network
Our Songs Have Meaning Hello, my name is Carlos Calica. I come from the Confederate Tribes of Warm Springs. I was asked to come here to share today on the Tribal Rhythms program on Native American drumming and the history of the drumming and singing of the Warm...
by Wisdom Blogger | Nov 16, 2021 | Oregon, Storytelling, Turtle Island Storytellers Network
Hi, this is Vernon Kennedy, Paiute from the Burns Paiute tribe. I’d like to share this coyote story. Coyote was with Esha who was going to be in a fight. As Esha was getting ready he told his brother don’t watch me even though you hear a lot of fighting....
by Wisdom Blogger | Nov 16, 2021 | Oregon, Storytelling, Turtle Island Storytellers Network
A Convention of Satyrs My name is Spider Moccasin and I’m an enrolled tribal member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. I’m a Wasco/Warm Springs person. I’m a cartoonist and a rock and roll musician I’m currently collaborating with a...
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...
