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Celebrate 20 years with wisdom of the elders Courtesy photos Siletz Tribal Head Start students visit the Portland Area Office on Feb. 28 to hear storyteller Ed Edmo (above) and make puppets (left). Wisdom of the Elders, Inc. (Wisdom) will be 20 years old on April 19, 2013, and the organization invites people to share this night from 5-8 p.m. at the Billy Frank Jr. Conference Center at Ecotrust as it thanks the community for its support. During the past 20 years, Wisdom has completed numerous oral history record- ing projects, three American Indian radio series and 36 sets of culturally tailored multimedia health and wellness curricula. Seven years ago it formed the North- west Indian Storytellers Association, sponsored the annual Northwest Indian Storytellers Festival and Emerging Tribal Storytellers Workshops and hosted the Turtle Island Storytellers Network. Most recently, it founded Wisdom Gardens at its offices at Kelly Butte House. Mission Wisdom of the Elders records, preserves and shares Native American oral history, cultural arts, language concepts and traditional ecological knowledge of exemplary indigenous Elders, storytellers and Tribal leaders. Contact the Siletz Community Dental Clinic if you experience den- tal pain or a dental emergency. The staff will do everything it can to see you as soon as reasonably possible. Check-in time is Monday- Thursday from 8:30-9 a.m. and Fri- day from 10-10:30 a.m. Afternoon check-in time is Monday-Friday from 1-1:30 p.m. NAYA Spring Marketplace Saturday, April 6 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. To be held at The 20 Year Anniversary Celebration will include music from Cedar Rose fea- turing Nico Wind and Karen Kitchen, an account of Wisdom’s history, storytelling and a keynote address. A silent auction and paddle-raising to welcome new Friends of Wisdom will be held to cover event expenses. Wisdom extends special acknowl- edgement to Ecotrust for the use of the Billy Frank Jr. Conference Center at the Ecotrust building (721 NW 9 th Ave. in Portland, Ore.) and to New Seasons for its generous food donations. Wisdom also thanks Joe Cantrell for more than a decade of compelling photo images, Marc Anderson for graphic design and all Friends of Wisdom, board members, teams and volunteers from the past 20 years. The event is free, but seating is lim- ited. Please RSVP at brownpapertickets. com/event/337502. Contact Lisa Lakes at lisawisdom- elders@gmail.com for more information. Native American Youth & Family Center 5135 NE Columbia Blvd., Portland, Ore. In the main building Contact: Ryan Parker, Micro Enterprise Coach 503-288-8177, ext. 288 │ ryanpa@nayapdx.org 8 • Siletz News • April 2013 To use mail order pharmacy to order your refills after hours and on weekends: Please call the Siletz Clinic 7-10 days before you need your refills. This allows us time to contact your provider, if necessary, and for mailing. • Call 800-648-0449; enter 1624 as soon as the clinic’s message begins – you’ll be transferred to the refill line. • Or call the refill line direct – 541- 444-9624.
