2023 Champinefu Series: Fire is Life: Living in Relation with Indigenous Fire Practices of Western Oregon

Please register here for this free, virtual event: https://bit.ly/2023champinefuseries2

Join Joe Scott (Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians), winner of the 2023 Indigenous Place Keeping Artist (IPKA) Fellowship, for a virtual presentation about his work as a Fellow over the last year connecting indigenous people of this place to the sacred resources that have sustained people through the seasonal round since Time Immemorial. Come learn about his work to restore the high art of tended landscapes here in Western Oregon through fire.

About the 2023 Champinefu 7th Annual Series: Champinefu is the Kalapuya name of the lower Marys River valley in what is now known as Philomath and Corvallis in Benton County. This year, the series will include two webinars and one in-person program. Content for the series is planned and presented in partnership with the Grand Ronde Cultural Resources Department. Event logistics are organized by the Marys Peak Group Sierra Club. The webinars are hosted by the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library. Additional co-sponsors include: the Spring Creek Project, Corvallis Sustainability Coalition and OSU School of Language, Culture & Society.

More events in this series:

• Tuesday, December 12th: Winter Storytelling: Indigenous Stories of Place (in-person event)