About Native American Art of Oregon
Presented by Dr. Tracy Prince, PSU Research Professor
Join us to learn forgotten moments in Oregon's Native American
history and how Oregon’s Native art differs from that of British Columbia,
Alaska, and Washington. Dr. Tracy Prince, PSU Research Professor, explains the
history of tribal decimations faced by Oregon and how Native American cultural
and artistic expressions have survived those decimations. Tribes in Oregon have
expressed artistry via basketry, canoes, longhouses, burial platforms, rock
art, and beadwork (on clothing, necklaces, headdress and cradleboards), and
contemporary artists’ sculptures, paintings, and weavings are internationally
acclaimed.
About the Presentation:
PSU Historian, Dr. Prince has uncovered completely forgotten
Native American, Chinese, and women’s history while researching her books: Portland's
Goose Hollow and co-authored Notable Women of Portland and Portland's
Slabtown. She has given talks throughout the state on Native American Art
of Oregon as a speaker for Oregon Humanities and Oregon Parks and Recreation.