Native American Virtual Celebration
The Central Oregon Community College First Nations Student Union welcomes you to the
VIRTUAL CELEBRATION OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE
Due to COVID-19 concerns, the annual Salmon Bake is cancelled this year but please
join us for these wonderful virtual events:
Thursday, May 28
Native American Music Award Winner, James Edmund Greeley, of Hopi, Warm Springs, Wasco, and Nez Perce descent, will be presenting an outdoor,
Native American flute concert from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. You may view
this hour long concert on our web page at any time on Thursday, May 28.
Friday, May 29
Brenda Brainard, of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, will be leading
a live, virtual, cedar strip weaving project at 1 p.m. via Zoom. There is still space
available. Please contact Michelle Cary at mcary@cocc.edu to sign up and receive your weaving kit and Zoom invitation. Registration and participation
are free.
Saturday, May 30
Jefferson Greene is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Jefferson, among
many other callings, is an Ichishkín Language and Cultural Liaison. He is an accomplished
Story-Teller as well and will be sharing some Native American stories with us. His
30-40 minute story session will be available for viewing our website all day on Saturday,
May 30.
For more information, contact:
Michelle Cary, Native American Program Coordinator at COCC at 541-318-3782 or mcary@cocc.edu.