Wisdom of the Elders, Inc
Wisdom of the Elders, Inc
Our Mission
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 cultural reconciliation.
Wisdom Newsletter
December Newsletter: Greetings Friends of Wisdom
Greetings, On behalf of Wisdom of the Elders, Inc. and Wisdom Workforce Development, LLC we wish you a joyful holiday season! We hope 2022 has been a year of prosperity, compassion, kindness, and a deeper connectedness to your cultural values and practices. Wisdom of...
Native Wisdom Documentary Film Update
Wisdom’s multimedia team is continuing its work on an educational film shared with the forestry service, and also filming a program that features a variety of Grandmothers stories.
Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge: An Internship program
Wisdom of the Elders, Inc. is pleased to announce the (ITEK Program) Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge. This program is designed for interns and focuses on traditional ecological knowledge passed down from generations.
Wisdom Projects, Community Action, & Events
Read more about what Wisdom of the Elders is doing in the community.
Wisdom Board & Staff Retreat at ilani Resort, Washington
Wisdom of the Elders recently participated in a board and staff retreat hosted at Ilani Resort in Ridgefield, Washington. Where our team worked on strategy, goals, and team building for the next 6 months. We would like to extend a special thank you to the Developing...
Celebrating Earth Month with our Partners & Earth Day Oregon
We are excited to announce our new business partnerships with Come Thru Market and Wombyn’s Wellness Garden, thanks to Earth Day Oregon! This month Wisdom will be hosting an online raffle, as a part of a larger campaign to support Oregon nonprofits with sustainable...
Traditional Plants and Medicine | NARA NW Walking In Balance Conference Pt 7
Good Morning Native Community, Today NARA NW is hosting another set of virtual conferences in the Walking In Balance Conference series! “Traditional Plants and Medicine”. Date: 03/03/2022 Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm Registration Link: Click Here Please register each...
How to Beat the Winter Blues with Tea, Plants, and Oils Part I
(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...
Wisdom Workforce, LLC wins 2021 Bill Naito Award
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...
Staying healthy for the Holiday season with the backdrop of Covid still here
Warming for Winter and Helping the Immune System The Holiday season is upon us with the backdrop of Covid-19 influencing how our lives have changed. Stress and for some lack of sleep, anxiety, and an overall “not feeling so good” can take their toll on our immune...
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Notes from Wisdom’s Executive Director
Hello, and a happy Spring to all of you.
I hope this finds you all well, and thank you for checking in with Wisdom!
I want to say thank you to our staff, who are all amazing.
I appreciate your dedication and perseverance to our mission and projects as we continue to move forward.
To our Board, thank you for standing for Wisdom while helping to expand our outreach through sharing our visions and goals with your professional and community partners, and families.
We work closely with each team member and Board member to make sure we build on our mission while expanding our vision for the future and continuing to increase our programs and staff.
I would like to direct your attention to our Multimedia Archives Project.
As all of the 30 years of the film is on formats such as 8mm, reel-to-reel, or VHS,
we sent out, and have recently received back, the first of our Digitized footage.
*We are excited to finally be able to get every single item digitized and returned to the families and Tribes from which all of these stories came. We will honor those agreements.
As we go through each of the films &/or recordings to identify participants, we will be reaching out for assistance in identifying the people who contributed to them. In time, we will be reaching back out to inquire about future presentations and opportunities for community engagements to help preserve and share the stories, histories, and Indigenous knowledge as is appropriate.
Furthermore, we have now renewed our partnership with OpenSignal for our Multimedia program internships (as we had to discontinue due to the onset of COVID-19).
Our ITEK internships are going great as well! So wonderful to see the engagement and dedication of our students. We are planning to increase our offerings by adding more weeks for classes and hands-on fieldwork to both internships.
Please be sure to check out our paid internships.
You can find out more information and whom to contact from the ITEK and Multimedia sites.
We are looking to the future with great excitement. Please feel free to contact us and let’s see how we can work together for a greater future for our communities and for our shared environments.