Newsletter Archive
Take a look at past Newsletters and Announcements in our extensive Wisdom ArchiveFour pieces of one of a Kind Native American art available at Wisdom’s First Annual Gala
Night Song by Adrian Larvie An Adrian Larvie original acrylic painting has been donated by board members Bob and Loye Ryan. An Oglala Lakota, Adrian was born in 1958 on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. He received his Associate in Fine Arts degree from the...
Shadow Spirit and Condors: A one of a kind print to be available at the Wisdom First Annual Gala.
Several one-of-a-kind art auction items will be available in our silent auction during our First Annual Gala and Salmon Dinner on Friday evening June 22, 2012. Artists include internationally renowned Warm Springs artist, Lillian Pitt, who has gifted Wisdom with a 1/1...
Start a Garden!
Wisdom Community Gardens Advisory Council wants our community to discover the abundance that can be provided by Portland's rich natural world. Our NCCC team is building six raised vegetable garden beds this week so our Native community can learn and grow healthy...
Read: Rose’s Blog
The Wisdom Community Gardens Open House is Tuesday, June 12 from 4:30 - 6:30 PM. Our garden is located at the east foothill of Kelly Butte Natural Area, at the offices of Wisdom of the Elders, Inc. The address is 3203 SE 109th Avenue (Exit 19 east of I-205...
First Annual Gala and Salmon Dinner
Scottish Rite Center 709 SW 15th Avenue Portland, Oregon 97205 (map) You are invited to our first Annual Salmon Dinner and Silent Auction! Wisdom of the Elders is excited to announce our First Annual Gala and Salmon Dinner on Friday evening June 22, 2012. Guest...
NISA Storytelling Festival
The Advisory Council of the Northwest Indian Storytellers Association held their annual retreat over the weekend at the Brighton Creek Retreat Center in Roy, Washington. Advisory Council members invited their emerging tribal storytellers for a weekend of...
Invitation to Wisdom Community Gardens Events
You are cordially invited to several upcoming Wisdom Community Gardens events this spring as Wisdom of the Elders launches our educational and organic heirloom vegetable garden at Kelly Butte House. A team of seven AmeriCorps' National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC)...
Discovering Our Story Team travels to Washington, D.C.
Wisdom of the Elders, Inc.’s Executive Producer Rose High Bear and Discovering Our Story Producer Toby Joseph recently returned from Washington D.C. where they attended the Annual Native American Service to Science (STS) Academy sponsored by the Substance Abuse and...
An Evening with Walter Echo-Hawk
Friday, May 4, 2012 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm Portland State University Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR This special event is free and open to the public. Click here to reserve your free ticket today! "Indigenous rights are never freely...
Participate: Take the Wisdom Gardens Survey
Are you interested in helping to shape a new garden and micro-business initiative? Contribute your voice and feedback to the development process of the Wisdom Gardens project. An initiative of Wisdom of the Elders, with the purpose of providing garden experiences,...