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Turtle Island Storyteller Lillian Pitt

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...

Turtle Island Storyteller Pat Courtney Gold

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....