Crossroads of Cultures: the Applegates and the Kalapuyans Join us for a History Pub at the Axe and Fiddle Restaurant in Cottage Grove on Tuesday April 8th. The speaker is Karen Rainsong, the Executive Director of Singing Creek Educational Center. She will be talking about the Applegate family of Yoncalla, Oregon and their relationship with […]
Each year in Spring and Fall, SCEC teaches the Kalapuya Ways program for Outdoor School in the Dorena area, for hundreds of children. We provide a 45 minute unit on the First Peoples of the Willamette Valley area, including either a stick dice game activity or throwing atlatls in the field (if the weather is […]
Join SCEC at the BookMine in Cottage Grove during the Artwalk in April! We will be bringing one of the original copies of Opal Whiteley's "The Fairyland Around Us" book for viewing. Also on display will be a first edition copy of Opal's "Journal of an Understanding Heart", the famous childhood journal the captured the […]
Join us at the Eugene Public Library in April with Deitrich Peters of the Grand Ronde Tribe. Deitrich (Deitz) has graciously agreed to share elements of his regalia and will play flute music, talk about his culture, and answer questions. FREE.