Featuring Marta Lu Clifford
Wednesday, October 19th
6 ~ 8 p.m.
Camp Lutherwood
The next in a seasonal series of Elder Fire Talks will be held on Wednesday, October 19th at Camp Lutherwood. These conversations center Tribal voices, and this next event has been organized by the Traditional Ecological Inquiry Program and by members of the watershed community who are committed to uplifting Indigenous perspectives.
Presenter Marta Lu Clifford will speak about Kalapuya ilihi, the traditional homeland of the Kalapuya people, the importance of land acknowledgements, and how you should be expanding work beyond a land acknowledgment. Marta will provide guidance on steps beyond a land acknowledgement to honor the Indigenous Peoples of your homeland. Using her own lived history and her stories, she will guide you on a journey to help you to honor Indigenous land, people, and tribal sovereignty.
Marta Lu Parazoo Clifford is a Tribal Elder and member of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde (Chinook, Cree). She is a native of Oregon and strives to always be a good caretaker of the world we live in. Marta is an actress, a writer of stories and plays, and a storyteller. She currently serves as the Tribal Elder-In-residence for the University of Oregon Native theater courses, under the direction of Theresa May. She also assists in coordinating public readings of Native plays at the Many Nations Longhouse on campus. She is committed to ensuring Native plays and playwrights are shown, developed, and shared in the community. Marta leads tours of the Kalapuya Talking Stones for University of Oregon students for Native Studies, History, and Theater classes. When she is not busy with Native theater and leading tours she works part time as a Procurement Counselor for the Oregon Procurement Technical Assistance Center in Springfield, where she assists and trains businesses to be government contractors.
Site Information & Location
Location: Camp Lutherwood
Address: 22960 Highway 36, Cheshire, OR 97419
Questions? Contact Jabrila: jabrila@wintergreenfarm.com