Confluence Podcast

Parallel Lives - Part 1 by Confluence

Indigenous Voices of the Columbia River: Vancouver Story Gathering part 2 by Confluence

Indigenous Voices of the Columbia River: Vancouver Story Gathering by Confluence

"I know I'm from this place. I know what other folks call wild, I call home. Because nothing in our homelands is wild to us, it's not unknown." Roberta Kirk, Chuck Sams, and Patricia Whitefoot discuss the importance of the river and interconnectedness.

Paul Lumley, the Executive Director of NAYA PDX, talks about how treaties are a source of power for tribes, the importance of tribes being in charge of their own science, and the resilence and passion tribes have to maintain their traditions.

“We’ve come back with strength and the power of deprivation and desperation and that’s what a non-treaty tribe encounters.” Tanna Engdahl, the spiritual leader of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, talks about Cowlitz federal recognition, the experience of non-treaty tribes, the impact of the disease on the Cowlitz and the spiritual power of sacred sites and ancestors.

In this episode, anthropologist and Grand Ronde historian David Lewis discusses the loss of land, tribe-settler interactions, the historical context of Grand Ronde’s treaty negotiation, and protecting rights that weren’t guaranteed in treaties.

Tule Films founder Woodrow Hunt talks about his work with Confluence, termination and resilience, and how his own family history relates to the work he does.

In this Confluence Podcast, Carol Craig, a Yakama educator and journalist, relates her experiences during the historic 1999 Makah whale hunt, of working with the Yakama Fish Commission, and the peoples’ grief over the loss of Celilo.

“Something stays pure and stays unchanged. So if you go through time, it will be heard and said the way it was hundreds of years ago.” In this episode, James Holt (Nez Perce) talks about lifeways, intergenerational trauma, and Nez Perce endurance.

Confluence Story Gathering - Josiah Pinkham by Confluence

Confluence Story Gathering - Roberta Connor by Confluence

Confluence Story Gathering - Silas Whitman by Confluence

Confluence Story Gatherings are live story-driven conversations designed to elevate indigenous voices in our understanding of the Columbia River system. This discussion is framed by audio excerpts from interviews we conducted with tribal elders and leaders with our partners at NW Documentary. This public event was recorded on February 18, 2017 in the Liberty Theater in Astoria, Oregon. Thanks to the Oregon Community Foundation, Oregon Cultural Trust, Paul B. and Deborah D. Speer, Steve and Jan Oliva and Brot and Mary Bishop.

Confluence Story Gatherings are live story-driven conversations designed to elevate indigenous voices in our understanding of the Columbia River system. This discussion is framed by audio excerpts from interviews we conducted with tribal elders and leaders with our partners at NW Documentary. This public event was recorded on November 12, 2016 at Tamastslikt Cultural Institute on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Pendleton, Oregon. Thanks to the Oregon Community Foundation, Paul B. and Deborah D. Speer, Steve and Jan Oliva and Brot and Mary Bishop.

Confluence Story Gatherings are live story-driven conversations designed to elevate indigenous voices in our understanding of the Columbia River system. This discussion is framed by audio excerpts from interviews we conducted with tribal elders and leaders with our partners at NW Documentary. This public event was recorded on November 12, 2016 at Tamastslikt Cultural Institute on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Pendleton, Oregon. Thanks to the Oregon Community Foundation, Paul B. and Deborah D. Speer, Steve and Jan Oliva and Brot and Mary Bishop.

Most magazines exist on paper and online. But Ampersand, a journal by the land conservation group Forterra, took its latest edition to the live stage. It was a deep dive on our sense of place in the Northwest. In this Confluence Podcast, we hear from executive director Colin Fogarty on what it means to connect to place. Famed architect Johnpaul Jones connects spiritual life to creating spaces through architecture.

This audio tour is a guide to the Confluence Trail at the Sandy River Delta near Troutdale, Oregon. The Confluence Bird Blind at the end of the trail is one of five completed projects along the Columbia River system by Confluence.

This audio tour describes the Confluence Land Bridge at Fort Vancouver. Listen onsite or remotely. Find out more about the confluences of history, cultures and ecology that define this iconic site at Fort Vancouver, one of six Confluence sites along the Columbia River system.

This episode of Oregon Territory first aired on Oregon Public Broadcasting on March 9, 2007 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the flooding of Celilo Falls. It was produced for OPB by Colin Fogarty. He is now executive director of Confluence, which connects people to place through art and education. The final Confluence art installation by Maya Lin, set to be completed in 2017, is at Celilo Park near The Dalles, Oregon.