The Future of Indigenous Foods in the Kalapuya ilihi - October 8th

[David Eckert]

You are invited to a one-time event that reaches to the core of Kalapuya culture, the past, present and future. You will be surprised how Indigenous food culture is practiced today in the Willamette Valley, with few people realizing what is happening.

The Future of Indigenous Foods in the Kalapuya ilihi

October 8 from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm    Doors open at 6:00 pm

Live at the PRAx (Patricia Valian Reser Performance Art Center, OSU campus)

470 SW 15th Street, Corvallis

Free admission. No pre-registration. First come - first seated.
BE THERE Early!

Join David Harrelson, Ampinefu Kalapuya member and Cultural Resources Department Manager of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde, for an overview of Indigenous foods efforts within the Kalapuya ilihi – a.k.a. Willamette Valley. His talk will be followed by a conversation with a panel of local Indigenous food activists who are contributing to the native food sovereignty movement.

• Francene Ambrose, Grand Ronde Program Manager, Iskam MǝkʰMǝk-Haws
• Danita Macy, SNAP-Ed/FCH Outreach Program Coordinator- Urban Indigenous Unit- Indigenous People Workgroup at OSU and OSU Extension Service
• Luhui Whitebear, Assistant Professor of Indigenous Studies and OSU Indigenous Studies Program Coordinator and Indigenous liaison for the OSU Food Program.

 

Moderator: Adam Davis, Executive Director, Oregon Humanities

 

This live presentation will kick off the 2025 Champinefu Lecture Series (9^th season) which will also include webinars on Indigenous Placekeeping through Teas (November 12^th) and Tarweed - A Kalapuya First Food and Placekeeper (December 3^rd).

 

Prior to the program visit:

• The Table Display by the OSU Indigenous Studies Program about returning Indigenous Canoe Culture to the Mid-Willamette and Marys (Pinefu in Kalapuya) Rivers for the first time since March 20, 1856.
• The Grassroots Books table featuring Indigenous books recommended by the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde

 

Program Co-sponsors:

·     Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Cultural Resources Department

·     Marys Peak Group Sierra Club

·     Spring Creek Project

·     Corvallis-Benton County Public Library

·     Corvallis Sustainability Coalition

·     OSU School of Language, Culture and Society

 

For further information about the Champinefu Lecture Series, contact Dave Eckert at:

dec...@willamettewatershed.com

 

Dave Eckert

Corvallis Sustainability Coalition Water Action Team

www.sustainablecorvallis.org/action-teams/water

dec...@willamettewatershed.com