Our National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) team constructed six raised vegetable garden beds this past week out of juniper. The juniper wood is from Eastern Oregon and was purchased from a sustainable lumber company down on 2nd and SE Division Street.

Thanks to everyone who attended and helped make this a very special evening! Highlights of the evening included: Music by Cedar Rose.  Nico Wind (Assiniboine and Ojibwe) and Karen Kitchen (Osage) – created a powerful melodic duo to honor Wisdom of the Elders and our history of cultural resilience. They...

Wisdom Community Gardens Advisory Council wants our community to discover the abundance that can be provided by Portland’s rich natural world.  Our NCCC team is building six raised vegetable garden beds this week so our Native community can learn and grow healthy heirloom vegetables for their family. Please contact...

Wisdom of the Elders, Inc.’s Executive Producer Rose High Bear and Discovering Our Story Producer Toby Joseph recently returned from Washington D.C. where they attended the Annual Native American Service to Science (STS) Academy sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The workshop was held at the...

The producers of Wisdom of the Elders Radio are currently planning the next series of American Indian public radio programs. We are employing a higher level of multimedia journalism – high definition audio and video, science journalism, and new media web content – as we prepare for radio production...