2016 - Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher
Edward Curtis was dashing, charismatic, a passionate mountaineer, a famous photographer, and he was thirty-two years old in 1900 when he gave it all up to pursue his great idea. He would try to capture on film the Native American nation before it disappeared with the backing of Theodore Roosevelt and J.P. Morgan. He would die penniless and unknown just a few years after publishing the last of his twenty volumes. But the charming rogue with the grade-school education had fulfilled his promise.
Lake Oswego Reads 2016 Art Show Schedule
February: Lakewood Center for the Arts
March: Lake Oswego Public Library
April: Silver Falls Public Library
May: Concordia University Library
June: Salem Public Library
July & August: Sandy Public Library
September: Stayton Public Library
October: Scio Public Library
November: Wilsonville Public Library
Join us to celebrate the 10th annual Lake Oswego Reads. Bring your Lake Oswego Library card to receive a free copy of Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher. Enjoy soup shots and Douglas Fir tea while watching a demonstration of Ravenstail weaving by John Beard.
Author Timothy Egan will be speaking in Lake Oswego on February 10 at Lake Oswego High School Auditorium. Admission is free but a ticket is required. A limited number of tickets will be available at Lake Oswego Library starting at 11 am on Saturday, January 23. Arrive early, as spots in line are reserved starting at 10:00am.
View displays related to the 10th annual Lake Oswego Reads program through the months of January and February. Original art work from artists of all ages, genuine Edward Curtis photographs, Pendleton blankets and more! Displays will be up at the Library, the Oswego Heritage House, and Parks & Rec Building, formerly Palisades School.
View displays related to Edward S. Curtis and Native Americans at various Portland venues throughout the month of February and beyond.
Examine the fascinating history of Native America Trade Blankets, and learn how this unique American art form continues to thrive today.
***Sold Out*** Join our van tour as we view a selection of Native American inspired totems, sculptures, murals and more by various artists. Highlights include a guided tour of the PSU Native American Student Community Center and murals of Celilo Falls at Jake’s Restaurant.
Fish Martinez, Confederated Tribes of Siletz tribal member, will perform and talk about Native American pow-wow drumming and hip-hop. He will also share the experience by having guests drum via his instruction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aBuTbRTFFc
Between 1849 and 1861, George Gibbs, heir to one of America's great fortunes, lived and worked among the American Indians of Oregon, Washington, and California. Join renowned historian Stephen Dow Beckham as he explores the life of this fascinating historical figure.
David Harrelson presents Native American Tools for Managing the Landscapes of the Willamette Valley. Native people have lived on this land long before it was known as Oregon. Within the present day boundaries of Lake Oswego lived the Clackamas, Clowewalla, and Tualatin Kalapuya. The impact of Oregon’s native people on our region’s environment and landscape has historically been overlooked or denied altogether.
For time immemorial, the Willamette Valley has provided a vast array of plant foods for Native Americans. Stephanie M. Wood, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, will share the management techniques traditionally practiced by her people to improve and maximize food systems.
Join author Susan Beal to learn the fascinating history of Oregon's own treasure Pendleton Woolen Mills, and get inspired to do your own sewing and quilting with wool with her book in partnership with Pendleton, Hand-Stitched Home! Susan will share a slideshow of beautiful archival photos from the company's century of history; stunning jacquard, solid, and plaid fabrics; and lots of projects from her book, from wool shawls and scarves to quilts and blankets.
The Pendleton Woolen Mill Store is generously offering a gift bag for the first 75 attendees.
Well-recognized artists will explain the art they created after reading Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher which will be displayed during February at Lakewood Center for the Arts. Enjoy Native American snacks and refreshments.
Not every moral tragedy is the same. Dr. Joel Martinez will discuss different kinds of moral tragedy and how distinguishing between these types of tragedy can help us engage with a number of moral issues in Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mtNuu6Ojtc
This talk and visual presentation from Cynthia-Lou Coleman shows how settlers, scientists and politicians in the 1800s created stories about American Indians that tore apart families and tribes, and led to their relocation onto reservations.
View this presentation on TVCTV on channel 30 at 8 pm on February 24, 8 pm at February 26 and at 2 pm on February 28. Egan’s book explores ideas of conservation, tradition, and the humanization of marginalized peoples. Join us as we honor Timothy Egan for sharing his vision. Admission is free, but a ticket is required.
Join two hike leaders on a fun and interesting winter walk along the Klickitat Trail, near Lyle on the Gorge. It is a 3.5 mile walk on flat trail and is rated “easy.” There are great birding opportunities, including winter habitat for bald eagles near the Lyle trailhead.
Lake Oswego and Lakeridge High School Art Departments will be featured with student interpretations of the life and photographs of Edward Curtis. Meet the teachers and student artists and view the art which will be on display and for sale through February.
What was it like being a Mazama in the early years? Matthew Brock, Library and Historical Collections Manager of the Mazamas, will speak about Edward Curtis and his brother’s time with the organization and John Muir and Teddy Roosevelt’s association.
SOLD OUT! Anthropology is the study of people, discovering all their biological and cultural diversities. Anthropologist Dr. William Wihr addresses the controversy of Curtis as anthropologist and shares his expertise on the Pacific Northwest Chinook Indians.
A program like Lake Oswego Reads highlights community connection through shared experience. You are invited to join the conversation and share your experience of the book with others including a Lake Oswego Library librarian.
Join Police Chief Don Johnson, former Mayor Jack Hoffman and the Bike Gallery on our Short Nights inspired bike ride from the Library to Jean Road Fire Station to see the Totem by Travis Pond and then back again to the Library. Registration required.
Enjoy a deeper appreciation of Curtis' artistry, lighting, camera work and compositions. Dawn Boone of A6 Studio in Bend will examine select prints from the current Edward Curtis exhibit at Oswego Heritage House.
M.J. Cody & John Laursen present a preview of Northwest Photography Archive’s forthcoming book, Enduring Spirit: Photographs of Northwest Native Americans 1855 – 1928.
In 1900 when Edward Curtis began his epic project, The North American Indian, photography was only 61 years old. How did it begin and evolve to that point and how has it changed in the years since?
In 1874, the Sisters of the Holy Names opened a school on the Grand Ronde Reservation in Yamhill County. This presentation will explore the Sisters’ connection to numerous tribes in the Pacific Northwest from the 1870s to the present.
Lakeridge High School alum Jon Knokey, while a graduate student at Harvard, unearthed hundreds of unpublished letters and interview notes from Roosevelt contemporaries.
A program like Lake Oswego Reads highlights community connection through shared experience. You are invited to join the conversation and share your experience of the book with others including a Lake Oswego Library librarian.
Canceled due to equipment malfunction. TeePee’s food truck owner Rod and his family come from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Rod is a member of Oglala Lakota Sioux Indian tribe and will share his Grandmother's recipe for "Indian Toes" with kids today.
Join Armando Cruz to learn and see Native American healing properties of gems and symbols for protection against evil and bad luck. All items will be for sale.
Roots of Wisdom: Native Knowledge, Shared Science with the behind-the-scenes story of this exhibit, 5 years in the making. Through four tribes, learn the ways in which traditional knowledge of indigenous communities and cutting–edge science are being applied to improve our world.
In 1911, as part of his massive undertaking, Curtis traveled to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to visit the Kwakwaka'wakw. By the next year, needing money for his research and photography work, Curtis decided that the best way to record the traditional way of life and ceremonies of the Kwakwaka'wakw was to make one of the first feature motion pictures.
A program like Lake Oswego Reads highlights community connection through shared experience. You are invited to join the conversation and share your experience of the book with others including a Lake Oswego Library librarian.
Emeritus Director of the Oregon Historical Society, Chet Orloff, will present highlights from the Pamplin Collection, of which he is director and co-curator. His presentation will include images, artifacts and discussion of superb examples of historical clothing, domestic items, weaponry and items of adornment, along with contemporary work by nationally-recognized artists.
Oregon Historical Society docent Sherry Johnston will explore the many layers and challenges of America’s largest migration west, from the first Americans and how they fought with or accepted the pioneers to the farming families, craftspeople, professionals, and some who wanted to escape creditors or the law and headed west over a span of 30 years.
Stephen Dow Beckham’s presentation will include images by other visual documentarians such as George Catlin, George Gibbs, and Lt. Lorenzo Lorain, and will establish the historical context in which Curtis produced his images of the "vanishing Americans."
SOLD OUT! Northwest Salmon will be prepared in the traditional Salmon bake style – whole salmon threaded on sticks and cooked vertically over an open fire pit by Fred Broadwater and family. (Contact: Broadwater Salmon Barbecues-broadwater6616@comcast.net) Side dishes by The Stafford: Indian Fry Bread with honey butter, Garden Salad, Willapa Bay Oyster Dressing, Roasted Vegetables and salmon wedges. Dessert: cupcakes from Lake Oswego Women's Club. Traditional and contemporary Native American dance and music by Painted Sky/Northstar Dance Company will also be performed along with demonstration of Ravenstail weaving and Chilkat weaving.
Join a trained naturalist for a walk in the woods and discover how people in this area have used plants to survive and thrive for thousands of years. After the walk, check out the classroom for hands-on demonstrations on ethnobotany (how people use plants).
Very little is known about dances and music of the Kalapuya. Ancestors who went to the reservations quickly adopted European ways and quit singing and dancing. Esther Stutzman tells stories to non-Indian groups as a way to tell the truth about the tribal culture of the Kalapuya/Coos.
In this award-winning film, Anne Makepeace explores the often controversial nature of Curtis's romantic images, and the meaning they have for Native Americans today.
Books considered for 2016