Grey Eagle, or Ken Jackson (1923-2008), was director of Sacred Circle Storytellers and a founding member of Read Eagle Soaring, a Native American theater group that produced his AIDS-awareness and substance abuse play, Story Circles. Grey Eagle told stories for many years in North America and Europe, especially in the Nordic countries. A book of […]
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Artist, teacher, native-arts conservator, author and storyteller, Pauline Hillaire works to carry on the heritage of Washington’s Lummi Nation and is one of the most knowledgeable living resources of the Northwest Coast’s arts and culture. Known as Scälla or “of the Killer Whale,” Hillaire is a member of the Lummi tribe of Washington State’s northern coast. […]
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Chenoa Egawa is Coast Salish of the Lummi and S’Kallam Nations of Washington State. She is a ceremonial leader, singer, speaker, environmental activist and artist dedicated to bringing healing to our Mother Earth, and to people of all cultures, backgrounds and origins through recognition of our shared experiences as human beings. Chenoa has long been […]
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Johnny Moses is a Tulalip Native American master storyteller, oral historian, healer and spiritual leader. Moses was raised on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada in the village of Ohiat. He learned tribal traditions from his grandparents and has the traditional name Whis.stem.men.knee (Walking Medicine Robe). In addition to speaking English, Moses is fluent in eight […]
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Gregory Fields is a professor of philosophy who specializes in Native North Pacific Coast culture, history, philosophy, and language preservation/revitalization. He is the founding faculty advisor of Southern Illinois University’s minor in Religious Studies and he teaches courses for the minor in Asian Studies. Artist Support Program 2013: Produce a media companion to the book Sacred Breath: Pacific […]
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