Join over 300 who have registered for "Tarweed- The Plant for the People
David Eckert
Join over 300 people who have registered for this very special webinar this Wednesday at 7 pm about why Tarweed (Madia or sawal) is the “Plant for the People” and why Tarweed is now a “buzzword” in Corvallis (Champinefu).
Remember, even if you cannot attend the live webinar Wednesday evening, everyone who pre-registers in advance of the live webinar will receive by December 5th a link to the raw recording of the webinar.
TARWEED – THE PLANT FOR THE PEOPLE
2026 Champinefu Series
Wednesday, December 3rd
7:00-8:30 pm
Free Zoom Webinar
Registration required in advance at this link:
You are invited to learn more about Tarweed, a culturally and ecologically important plant that is reawakening in Corvallis/Benton County by watching this locally-important webinar.
No matter how much you think you know about Tarweed, the webinar will provide you with new and interesting information about this special plant and what it is such an important plant for the Willamette Valley, in the past, in the present and in the future.
Join Dr. Molly Carney (OSU Anthropology Department) and David Harrelson (Cultural Resources Manager, Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde) to learn the cultural history of native Tarweed in the Willamette Valley and how the planting, tending and utilization of Tarweed acts as a cultural placekeeper in the homeland of the Kalapuya people. And learn why Tarweed has recently become such a focus of interest in the Corvallis-Benton County area. The presentations will be followed by a Q & A.
Co-sponsors are the Marys Peak Group Sierra Club, the Spring Creek Project, Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, Corvallis Sustainability Coalition and the OSU School of Language, Culture and Society.
Champinefu is the Kalapuya word for the Land of the People of the Marys River.
Corvallis and much of Benton County IS Champinefu.
Ampinefu is the Kalapuya word for the People of the Marys River.
Pinefu is the Kalapuya word for the Marys River. Source: Shawala (William Hartless), 1913 oral history
Shawala means “Little Tarweed” and is a term of endearment.
Dave Eckert
Corvallis Sustainability Coalition Water Action Team
www.sustainablecorvallis.org/action-teams/water
dec...@willamettewatershed.com