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Indigenous Day: Learning for adults, teens and teachers
Join us for an educational and cultural presentation with Deitrich Peters of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and Nicole Butler-Hooten of Bethel School District
Learn about Indigenous culture, including best practices for sharing about Native culture today, especially for those who are teachers or aspiring teachers. Karen Rainsong of SCEC will open the session with a short presentation about the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. Then Deitrich (Deitz) Peters will share culture and elements of his regalia, play flute music and answer questions. Learn about the how local indigenous people are reclaiming culture and connection to the Earth. Hear from Nicole Butler, Bethel School District Equity Coordinator, about cultural appropriation and best practices for sharing about First Peoples in educational settings. If time allows we will make a simple craft related to the four directions and the medicine wheel. SCEC Executive Director Karen Rainsong will display items of Kalapuya material culture.
Group rate available. For teen and adult audiences. Pre-registration required.
Location:
Lane Community College
Longhouse BLD 31
4000 East 30th Avenue
Eugene, OR 97405
Date: Monday, April 13th
Time: 1pm – 3:00pm
Cost: $25 per person
To register: email our director, Karen Rainsong at director@singingcreekcenter.org
Deadline to register is Thursday April 9th at 5pm.
Nicole Butler-Hooton has spent twenty years in education. She was a second and fourth grade teacher in Oregon for 15 years. Over the last five years she has followed her passion of coaching teachers and educational equity spending time as an Instructional Coach and currently in year 3 as the equity coordinator in the Bethel School District. She was named the 2021 Oregon Teacher of the Year, becoming the first Indigenous teacher in Oregon to earn this recognition. Butler-Hooton is a member of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians- Chetco Band (Oregon) and the San Carlos Apache Tribe (Arizona). A first-generation college graduate, she values making connections with students, families and the school community, while centering equity and cultural competency in her teaching.
Nicole holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology with a focus on Ethnic Studies, and a Master’s Degree in Elementary Education from the University of Oregon, where she was part of the Sapsik’ʷałá Teacher Education Program. She is currently enrolled in an Ed.D program through Walden University specializing in Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction.
Butler-Hooton says her primary professional goal is to engage in decolonization practices, policy change, social justice, anit-racist curriculum, and more humanized approaches to teaching and learning. She believes that Indigenous children need access to a more truthful education that allows them to realize their Indigenous self-identity, language and culture through accurate representation in their lives.
