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Wisdom welcomed Carol Craig (Yakama) as our Radio Production Assistant in July. She is serving a six-month internship for the balance of 2012 to help Wisdom complete the first audio and video recordings for our fourth series of Wisdom of the Elders Radio programs....
Cedar Rose
We are excited that Cedar Rose will perform at our first Annual Salmon Dinner and Silent Auction! Nico Wind (Assiniboine and Ojibwe) and Karen Kitchen (Osage) – are gathering again to create a powerful melodic duo to honor Wisdom of the Elders and our history of...
Organic garden beds available to Native American Community
Our National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) team constructed six raised vegetable garden beds this past week out of juniper. The juniper wood is from Eastern Oregon and was purchased from a sustainable lumber company down on 2nd and SE Division Street. We are now...
Read: Rose’s Blog
You are invited to join us to see the recent transformation of Wisdom Community Gardens. Please join us at the Open House on Tuesday, June 12 from 4:30 to 6:30 PM. Our garden is located at the east foothill of Kelly Butte Natural Area, at the offices of Wisdom of the...
Four 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...