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The Archaeology of Fire & Water. Synopsis: Back in May I attended Archaeology Roadshow 2026: The Archaeology of Fire & Water — a public archaeology event exploring fire and water history, land stewardship, and recovery. Met a wide range of organizations doing great work in the region — more at archaeologyroadshow.org. Back on May 30th I attended Archaeology…
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Where technical history and Indigenous sovereignty meet on the same tracks. Synopsis: Next month I’ll be in Sacramento for the Railroads in Native America Forum, a multi-day gathering exploring how railroad expansion shaped — and was shaped by — Native American history across the West. Research for an upcoming book project. I’ll be attending the Railroads in…
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Next week I’m heading north to Indigenous Agroforestry Network Gathering, June 24–26, at Little Creek Casino Resort on Squaxin Island territory in Shelton, WA. The Network brings together tribes and practitioners working at the intersection of traditional ecological knowledge and forest/land stewardship — present-tense work, not just history. This one feeds directly into the Living Stories thread…
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Whiskey Tender, a memoir by Deborah Jackson Taffa. The Siletz Elder’s Book Club has selected this book for Fall 2025. We started off talking about Cindy Burnett’s interview with Deborah from Thoughts from a Page Podcast https://youtu.be/IIVigqHZ9Jk). We hope to read a “Part” every 2 weeks – there are 5 parts – so we should…
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Just heard about TFFF – Tropical Forest Forever Facility. (See https://tfff.earth) A proposal from Brazil for an international financial instrument to protect Tropical Forests – and support indigenous peoples and local communities. The fund will be kicked off at the UN COP30 in November, 2025. I will be following this closely. It is good to…
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Success! Installed the Photo Sphere Plugin for WordPress, and loaded an image I had already uploaded into WordPress. This image was shot on a Insta360 camera at the Mocha Express Coffee Shop on SE 82 in Portland, Oregon. More to explore!
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This is a quick test of a model hosted on Sketchfab. I had woven the cedar bark basket myself at the NW Native American Basketry Association’s 2024 Gathering, then scanned it with Scaniverse and uploaded to my Sketchfab account. Much more work to do on figuring out sizing of the model! If you click on…
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Scaniverse is a phone app from Niantic that allows a newer iPhone to scan an object or scene as a 3D object. Scenes are captured in a “splat” which can be uploaded to the Scaniverse Cloud Atlas, and viewed on a Quest 3 or though the phone app. Below are two “meshes” – that are…
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I forget where I first ran across Christopher J Preston’s book Tenacious Beasts, MIT Press, 2023, I put a copy “On Hold” through Libby, and it came through last week. I’ve started reading it – and find that it pulls together many of my interests: Indigenous Rights, Conservation, and Nature. Get a copy on Amazon…
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Under Review I picked up this copy of Angeline Boulley’s Fire Keeper’s Daughter at a community event last summer. I’ve only read a few chapters – but I think it is a candidate for the Elder’s Reading Club! More to come! Book info at WorldCat