Honoring Native American Heritage Month at COCC
2020-11-04 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Jefferson Greene, of the Columbia River Institute for Indigenous Development Foundation, will present “Keeping Customs Thriving” via Zoom: https://cocc.zoom.us/j/98718548116. Greene, an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, will discuss means of sustaining culture through language, cultural harvesting, song, dance and story.

Honoring Native American Heritage Month at COCC
2020-11-12
“Responding to a Pandemic: An Indigenous Perspective,” is the focus of a talk on Thursday, Nov. 12, via Zoom: https://cocc.zoom.us/j/92847837717. Hear firsthand stories from presenters Emily Washines (from Yakama Nation, with Cree and Skokmish heritage) and Chuck Sams (of Cayuse, Walla Walla, Cocopah and Yankton Sioux heritage) of the different ways in which tribes have responded to the pandemic, as indigenous populations face a disproportionate impact from the health crisis.

Honoring Native American Heritage Month at COCC
2020-11-18
Join a Native fry bread cooking demonstration with Joie Simtustus-Chavez, an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs via Zoom: https://cocc.zoom.us/j/97954015852. Simtustus-Chavez learned how to make this customary food from her grandmother and mother, with the recipe handed down in the oral tradition. Please have the following ingredients assembled prior to the event: flour, salt, baking powder and warm water.

ONLINE ONLY: Know Feliz - Christmas in Mexico: Importance and Adaptations
2020-12-22
Explore the richness and diversity of Mexican culture through this holiday. Dr. Enrique Chacon will explore the interaction of European and Indigenous cultures in the Christmas celebration in Mexico. A link to view this program will be available beginning Tuesday, December 22nd at 5:00 p.m.

Sense of Place PNW Speaker Series: Indigenous Perspectives on Earth, Water and Sky, Featuring Roberta (Bobbie) Connor
2022-11-17
Bobbie is the director of Tamástslikt (Tah-MAHST-slickt) Cultural Institute, the 45,000 square foot tribally-owned museum on the Umatilla Reservation near Pendleton, Oregon. The Institute serves three goals: providing the most accurate history of the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla peoples, perpetuation of tribal knowledges, and improving the Tribal economy. It is the only tribally-owned interpretive center on the Oregon National Historic Trail and one of a handful on the Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail.
Space is limited so please register now at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3616672391253/WN_8quoatgwQ56jJ_BJb4FKgQ
