Reading: The First Oregonians (Nov. 29)

The First Oregonians reading at Powell’s City of Books, November 29

Please join the Oregon Council for the Humanities and contributors of The
First Oregonians at Powell’s City of Books (1005 W. Burnside) on Thursday,
November 29, at 7:30 p.m.

Editor Laura Berg, and authors Wil Phinney (Confederated Tribes of Umatilla
Indian Reservation), Minerva Soucie (Burns Paiute Tribe), and George Wasson
(Coquille Indian Tribe) will be on hand to read from and discuss the book,
which provides a comprehensive view of Oregon’s native people, told
primarily from the perspective of tribal members. Using oral histories,
personal recollections, interviews, research, and photographs, The First
Oregonians, Second Edition, vividly depicts not only a story of decimation
and decline, but also a contemporary view of cultural revitalization,
renewal, and continuity.