Wisdom of the Elders Inc
Wisdom of the Elders Launches its Documentary Film Fundraiser
Wisdom’s Multimedia Team is inviting you to join us in completing a pair of hour-long television programs about the effects of the warming climate on traditional Native foods and resources in Oregon. On December 12th, we will launch a crowd funding campaign on...
Welcome to the new Home of Wisdom of the Elders
We are hard at work getting the finishing touches complete on our site. We will be posting new and older content soon. Please stay tuned for updates. Let us know if there is anything you would like to see.
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 race 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
Native Wisdom & Traditional Ecological Knowledge Documentary Film Screening
Join in on a two-part online film screening hosted by the Multnomah County Library featuring the efforts of Oregon's indigenous scientists, tribal elders, and culture keepers to preserve ecosystems where they have gathered traditional food, medicine, and first foods...
Willamette Week’s annual Give Guide donation campaign
Greetings from Wisdom of the Elders. Welcome to our new website! We’re excited to have our new site up and running! We’ll be making many additions, tweaks and corrections in the coming weeks (possibly months) so if something seems like it’s missing or incomplete,...
Wisdom Newsletter
Greetings From Teresa Montana
Greetings, community! I hope you all are well and happy and enjoying the beautiful colors of fall! Wisdom of the Elders is transitioning and looking into the future full of hope and excitement. I would like to say, I am so very honored to be considered for the...
Native Wisdom Documentary Film update
Wisdom’s multimedia team is continuing its recording work on the Native Wisdom Documentary Film Series last week with a trip to the Warm Spring Indian Reservation. We conducted interviews with veteran Hotshots/Warm Springs Fire Management officers Luther Clements and...
Native Wisdom Documentary Film Update
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 the generations.
Featured Wisdom Projects & Community Action
Oregon Cultural Trust benefits from your contributions to Wisdom
As an eligible cultural nonprofit, most of your individual donors can participate in and claim the Cultural Tax Credit. This is a special benefit unique to Oregon cultural donors; it prioritizes Oregon’s cultural organizations at the state level. Surprisingly, studies...
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Note from wisdom’s executive director
Once again, we at Wisdom of the Elders would like to thank everyone who attended and/or supported Wisdom’s 25-year celebration in November 2018. We appreciate you walking through the years with us. We are grateful for the opportunity to continue growing and improving our projects and programming into the next 25 years!